Mohammed Aly Sergie
@msergie
Editor of @semafor Gulf. Former @bloomberg energy editor, Council on Foreign Relations. Sign up here: https://semafor.com/newsletters/gulf?utm_source=organic&
Gulf construction contract awards slumped to their lowest level in more than three years, the latest sign that low oil prices and a spending review in Saudi Arabia are affecting the sector. by @MattMartin128 semafor.com/article/07/21/…
Big NEOM scoop from @MattMartin128 semafor.com/article/07/18/…
🟡 SCOOP: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is considering significantly cutting its workforce and relocating more than 1,000 employees to Riyadh as the kingdom tries to control costs and improve oversight. semafor.com/article/07/18/…
Nobody smarter or scoopier on the most facsinating finance storyline in the world. @MattMartin128 welcome!
🟡We're excited to announce that @MattMartin128 is joining @semafor as Saudi Arabia Bureau Chief and Global Head of Sovereign Wealth Fund Coverage. He is one of the definitive reporters on the region and his hiring represents a major step forward for Semafor's Gulf coverage.
Packed Tuesday Principals - Schumer warns recissions vote could endanger government funding - Cooper, Lara Trump freezing field in NC Senate - Texas may need money from Congress after awful floods - Trump threatening more tariffs semafor.com/newsletter/07/…
Air travel passengers pay more in taxes to fly from Africa than counterparts departing from Europe or the Middle East, a report by the African Airlines Association shows. semafor.com/article/07/02/…
GEN Dan Caine’s excellent briefing confirms that this military operation as conceived and designed and rehearsed over fifteen years and across four administrations went precisely as planned: MOPs straight down Fordow’s ventilator shafts.
I’m excited to announce our $185M Series C valuing Kalshi at $2B. The round was led by Paradigm with participation from Sequoia, Multicoin, Peng Zhao, Neo, and Bond Capital. People choose to work at Kalshi not because of the money we've raised, but because of our ambition:…
Qatar says it reserves the right to respond to Iran's missile strike in letter to UN.
دولة #قطر توجه رسالة إلى الأمين العام لـ #الأمم_المتحدة ومجلس الأمن بشأن الهجوم الذي استهدف قاعدة العديد الجوية من قبل الحرس الثوري الإيراني #قنا
The State of Qatar strongly condemns the attack that targeted Al-Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. We consider this a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the State of Qatar, its airspace, international law, and the United Nations Charter. We affirm that…
Qatari planes due to land in Doha are turning around It looks like the airspace is being closed
الرحمة لشهداء كنيسة مار إلياس في الدويلعة. رغم الألم والمرارة والغصّة التي أشاركها مع أهلي في الدويلعة، ومع كل السوريين الحزانى، يبقى يقيني ثابتًا: أن العدل أقوى من الظلم، وأن البناء سينتصر على الهدم ، والإيمان الصادق سينتصر على التكفير وأن النور، مهما طال الظلام، لا بدّ أن…
.@msergie on the strange bystander positions the Gulf states occupy in a conflict across the water
Reiterating re: Strait of Hormuz
📈 What benefits Iran: use low-ranking officials to talk about closing Hormuz (It pushes up oil prices and because it doesn’t happen, prompts no response) 📉 What damages Iran: close Hormuz for real (It hurts China, its biggest oil client, and will prompt the US to intervene)
Assad regime genocidaire asks Iran for hundreds of millions of dollars to set up terror group to attack Israel (but mostly Syrians). thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025…
"If Trump does strike Iran, the vast majority of his party in Congress is going to support the initial effort to cripple nuclear capability." -@burgessev, @ShelbyTalcott semafor.com/article/06/18/…
A couple of weeks ago, the Senate was ready to hit the gas on a big Russia sanctions package. The Middle East crisis coupled with the push on Trump's megabill has stalled it, however. w/ @burgessev semafor.com/article/06/17/…
Why Israel managed to get control of Iranian skies, something that eluded Russia in Ukraine, and what it means now. My analysis of the implications of Israel’s air superiority. wsj.com/world/middle-e…
4 days of Israeli air-strikes and 3 nights of Iranian missile salvoes into this war. Both sides spent decades preparing for this test of each nation’s staying power. They may find out neither side can force the other to submit. My report in @TheEconomist economist.com/middle-east-an…