<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes - Breaking News Editor: Middle East]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes - Breaking News Editor: Middle East]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUpqNrs7eAk/patrick-sykes</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Patrick Sykes - Breaking News Editor: Middle East</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUpqNrs7eAk/patrick-sykes</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:12:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUpqNrs7eAk/patrick-sykes.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey Tightens Israel Trade Ban With New Shipping Restrictions]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/turkey-tightens-israel-trade-ban-with-new-shipping-restrictions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/turkey-tightens-israel-trade-ban-with-new-shipping-restrictions</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Firat Kozok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:12:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMjnayUxV5So/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMjnayUxV5So/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A container ship in the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Turkey&apos;s central bank said it will keep monetary policy restrictive until it sees a permanent slowdown in monthly inflation, underscoring its commitment to stay away from premature interest rate cuts.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Orders Floating Power Plants to Ease Electricity Crisis]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/iraq-orders-floating-power-plants-to-ease-electricity-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/iraq-orders-floating-power-plants-to-ease-electricity-crisis</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:00:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEASbYLOtpyk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEASbYLOtpyk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Powership Orka Sultan Source: Karpowership</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkish Billionaire Strikes $465 Million BHP Brazil Mine Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/turkish-billionaire-strikes-465-million-bhp-brazil-mine-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/turkish-billionaire-strikes-465-million-bhp-brazil-mine-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:28:39 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifFNEAdFi6JM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifFNEAdFi6JM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>BHP Group signage outside Brookfield Place in Perth, Australia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey Investigates 66 Power Firms Over Failure to Follow Grid Orders]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/turkey-probes-utilities-over-failure-to-help-balance-grids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/turkey-probes-utilities-over-failure-to-help-balance-grids</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:15:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivaUcC8zQGuE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivaUcC8zQGuE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An electric city tram in Istanbul. Photographer: Nicole Tung/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Defies US and Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deeper the IRGC’s entrenchment, the harder it will be for the US and Israel to dislodge.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-19/iran-s-revolutionary-guard-defies-us-and-israel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-19/iran-s-revolutionary-guard-defies-us-and-israel</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:04:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC1hZ4cPUjyU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC1hZ4cPUjyU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Israeli airstrike in central Tehran on June 15. Photographer: ATTA KENARE/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurol Eyes Alamos’ Turkey Mines Stuck in $1 Billion Claim]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/nurol-said-to-eye-alamos-turkey-mines-stuck-in-1-billion-claim</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/nurol-said-to-eye-alamos-turkey-mines-stuck-in-1-billion-claim</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shrinking Hazelnut Harvest Spells New Cost Woes for Chocolatiers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/top-hazelnut-producer-turkey-sees-37-hit-to-harvest-from-frost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/top-hazelnut-producer-turkey-sees-37-hit-to-harvest-from-frost</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:24:21 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.tUnwHIPpN8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.tUnwHIPpN8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Turkey accounts for around 65% of global hazelnut output.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkish Ports Boss Bets on Shorter Voyages to Beat Tariff Tumult]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/turkish-ports-boss-bets-on-shorter-voyages-to-beat-tariff-tumult</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/turkish-ports-boss-bets-on-shorter-voyages-to-beat-tariff-tumult</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:34:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4F9YR8SD1jE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4F9YR8SD1jE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Robert Yuksel Yildirim  Photographer: Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power-Barge Firm Plans Floating Data Centers to Meet AI Demand]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/karpowership-plans-floating-data-centers-to-meet-ai-power-demand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/karpowership-plans-floating-data-centers-to-meet-ai-power-demand</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:53:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZEggL0arHyg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZEggL0arHyg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Karmol LNGT Powership Asia floating storage and regasification unit, operated by Karpowership in Cape Town. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran and European Powers Agree to More Nuclear Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/iran-meets-uk-france-and-germany-for-nuclear-talks-in-istanbul</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/iran-meets-uk-france-and-germany-for-nuclear-talks-in-istanbul</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:24:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHiSR44tv_vE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHiSR44tv_vE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Iran&apos;s Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2019. Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Photographer: Atta Kenare</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia-Ukraine Talks End With Deal on POWs, No Progress on Peace]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/russia-and-ukraine-to-meet-for-new-talks-with-peace-hopes-low</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/russia-and-ukraine-to-meet-for-new-talks-with-peace-hopes-low</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:19:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iB8jGDu4PWcY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iB8jGDu4PWcY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A damaged apartment following a Russian attack in Odesa, in June. Photographer: Oleksandr Gimanov/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK, Turkey Sign Eurofighter Deal After Germany Gives Nod]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/germany-said-to-approve-sale-of-eurofighter-aircraft-to-turkey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/germany-said-to-approve-sale-of-eurofighter-aircraft-to-turkey</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nienaber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:41:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irxwQvfXenNU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irxwQvfXenNU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey’s Hunt for Energy and Influence Sparks Global Deal Drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ankara is signing exploration agreements across continents]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/turkey-s-hunt-for-energy-and-influence-sparks-global-deal-drive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/turkey-s-hunt-for-energy-and-influence-sparks-global-deal-drive</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX5SarJXxESg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX5SarJXxESg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Fatih, one of Turkey’s deepwater drillships, docked at Zonguldak in the Black Sea in 2023.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Azerbaijan’s Socar Mulls Port Sale in Latest Turkey Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/socar-weighs-sale-of-turkey-port-unit-socar-terminal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/socar-weighs-sale-of-turkey-port-unit-socar-terminal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:25:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey to Seek New Deal With Iraq on Idled Oil Pipeline]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/turkey-says-it-will-end-iraq-oil-pipeline-agreement-in-july-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/turkey-says-it-will-end-iraq-oil-pipeline-agreement-in-july-2026</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Firat Kozok]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 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url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG2t9zsHO5Y8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ferrero takes around a quarter of Turkey’s hazelnut crop to make products like Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Nutella.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran to Keep Cooperating With IAEA Amid Reports of US Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-03/iran-says-cooperation-with-un-nuclear-inspectors-to-continue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-03/iran-says-cooperation-with-un-nuclear-inspectors-to-continue</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:36:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivYcIND0Lmr4/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivYcIND0Lmr4/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey Approves Carbon Market Plan as Part of Net Zero Target]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-03/turkey-approves-carbon-market-plan-as-part-of-net-zero-target</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-03/turkey-approves-carbon-market-plan-as-part-of-net-zero-target</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:12:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Weighs Stake Sale in $25 Billion Turkish Nuclear Plant]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/russia-weighs-stake-sale-in-25-billion-turkish-nuclear-plant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/russia-weighs-stake-sale-in-25-billion-turkish-nuclear-plant</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Sykes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:06:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYWQ2_ciRoc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYWQ2_ciRoc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The under-construction Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Dismisses US Claim of Nuclear Talks Resuming Next Week]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/iran-dismisses-trump-s-claim-of-nuclear-talks-resuming-next-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/iran-dismisses-trump-s-claim-of-nuclear-talks-resuming-next-week</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eltaf Najafizada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:47:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content 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