Entity

Middle East

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 58 coverage verticals, including Middle East, other coverage and Iran Regime.

As of 11 Nov 2026Last evidence 11 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Middle East latest: Qatari Prime Minister making unscheduled stop at G7 to brief Europeans

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • There’s Never a New Middle East

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • China Seeks Stronger Iran Ties Amid Middle East Conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • COMMENTARY: Middle East oil price war heralds post-conflict glut

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Oil Prices Fall Below $90 as Trump Signals Reduced Risk of New Iran Attacks — Middle East Supply Recovery Pressures Crude Markets

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Middle East

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 252 mentions on 11 Nov 2026, against 277 on 21 Oct 2026 (-9%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 5 Nov 2026 (2 changes recorded since 5 Nov 2026).
  • Claims 2 claims first reported since 10 Nov 2026.

How well we know this

10,262 documents · 532 publishers · 4% say something specific about it · last evidence 11 Nov 2026

  • Gap: 4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
  • Gap: 5 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Middle East

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilIsraelTrumpHormuzSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesChinaAfricaNorthern Marian…

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 252 mentions on 11 Nov 2026 with 277 on 21 Oct 2026 (-9%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +14% from 27 Sept 2026 to 11 Nov 2026, between 94 and 334 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Middle East, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Middle East yet. Ask about Middle East

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/b94dd10528bd60151e2c4b33 returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name middle east.

{
  "name": "middle east",
  "label": "Middle East",
  "asOf": "2026-11-11",
  "mentions": 1155,
  "outlets": 459,
  "domains": 58,
  "node": {
    "id": "sb:e/b94dd10528bd60151e2c4b33",
    "schema": "sb.node.v1",
    "rest": "https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/b94dd10528bd60151e2c4b33",
    "knowledgeCutoff": "2026-11-11T18:49:29.902137+00:00",
    "snapshot": "this deploy's committed data files (commit not exposed in this runtime)"
  },
  "coverageTrend": "fading",
  "history": {
    "since": "2026-11-05T13:11:02.767988+00:00",
    "changes": 2
  },
  "whereFrom": {
    "level": "counts",
    "label": "1,155 mentions across 58 domains",
    "children": [
      {
        "level": "reports",
        "label": "6 reports drawn on this page, each with its link",
        "children": {
          "count": 6,
          "unfold": "expand=+1"
        }
      },
      {
        "level": "domains",
        "label": "58 coverage domains",
        "children": {
          "count": 18,
          "unfold": "expand=+1"
        }
      },
      {
        "level": "not shown",
        "label": "The other 1,149 mentions",
        "edge": "counted daily from tracked coverage; single mentions are not listed one by one"
      }
    ]
  }
}

The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Middle East

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Middle East latest: Qatari Prime Minister making unscheduled stop at G7 to brief Europeans

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • There’s Never a New Middle East

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • China Seeks Stronger Iran Ties Amid Middle East Conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • COMMENTARY: Middle East oil price war heralds post-conflict glut

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Oil Prices Fall Below $90 as Trump Signals Reduced Risk of New Iran Attacks — Middle East Supply Recovery Pressures Crude Markets

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Formula 1 Broadcasters Threaten Qatar and Abu Dhabi Boycott Over Middle East Conflict: Bild claims

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Global travel to hit record-breaking levels in 2026 despite Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    could not check

  • Middle East conflict: Trump says Iran Task Force Iron Gate is in effect, expects Xi and Putin meeting next week

    Reported claim · first reported 7 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Middle East conflict: 10 key developments UAE residents should know (November 8, 2026)

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Thailand mulls setting up national food reserve to prepare for prolonged Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Emirates SkyCargo revenue climbs with Middle East conflict capacity squeeze

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Global refinery inputs fall 6% in Q2 as Middle East conflict disrupts crude supplies

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    could not check

Walk the record from Middle East

Open where it comes from, follow a claim or a related name, and use the trail to come back. Every step says what it is, how it stands and when. Machines read the same record.

Middle East

Entity.

Evidence
10,262 documents · 532 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 26 Mar 2026, last seen 11 Nov 2026
Measured
4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
11 Nov 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Middle East, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

Related records.

Pull a thread

Recorded history

  • 5 Nov 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 4 Nov 2026

  • 5 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 4 Nov 2026

2 changes recorded since 5 Nov 2026, newest first.

Ask about Middle EastWatch Middle East

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 11 Nov 2026.