UAE OPEC

NPR | By Aya Batrawy,

A Martínez, Diantha Parker

Published April 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM EDT

The UAE says it will leave OPEC, amid tensions with Saudi Arabia and the chaos of the Iran war.

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