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UAE companies cut back on hiring as uncertainty over Iran war persists 89%
By Manal Albarakati96%
7/22/2026, 1:08:55 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Pessimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 574 faulty-reasoning hits from 140 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 81.2% and a BS Rank of 89% (2,599 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 88.10% of the article peer group.
Private-sector hiring in the UAE shrank in the second quarter — the first fall in more than four years, according to recruitment consultancy Cooper Fitch.
The decline comes after months of reported layoffs and economic uncertainty stemming from the Iran war.
New hiring fell 4% in the UAE, faster than the Gulf average.
Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar also saw activity dip, with only Saudi Arabia and Oman adding jobs.
When the conflict started in late February, companies in the region tried to retain staff by trimming pay and hours and handing out unpaid leave in the hope the disruption would soon pass.
That patience has thinned as the fighting has ebbed and flowed, and a quarter of companies now plan cuts, a survey by staffing firm ManpowerGroup found.
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