Middle East

Fast train to holy sites

Saudi Arabia inaugurates a high-speed rail service linking Mecca and Medina

The Middle East and North Africa: the spectre of drought

Desalination treatment that makes sea water drinkable is the hope for the future

The relocation of Abu Simbel’s temples: how they were saved

The world's leading construction firms team up to rescue a pair of ancient temples threatened by the Nile

Bahrain to open bidding on first metro project

The latest effort by the kingdom to attract investors and diversify economy

Qatar: $100 billion on World Cup infrastructure

Mega investments in infrastructure to prepare for the 2022 World Cup

Dubai: the race for Expo, spurred on by infrastructure

The Emirate is spending billions in investments to stun the world with Expo 2020

Bahrain: connecting with rest of the world through infrastructure

This small state is building large infrastructure projects to increase tourism and foreign trade

The Da Vinci Tower: a rotating skyscraper for Dubai

A 400-metres-tall skyscraper whose floors can rotate independently

The construction of the Istanbul Canal: the next Turkish megaproject

Turkish President Erdoğan has announced the start of the canal’s construction by the end of 2017, early 2018