This week saw the announcement of a potential Saudi-backed investment in Elon Musk’s xAI, new Bahrain-US deals and DP World’s interest in Syria’s Port of Tartus.

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

DP World has entered into a 30-year concession agreement with Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Ports to develop and operate the Port of Tartus. The deal, structured as a ...