Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 10

9-Mar-2009

Political Comment (9 March 2009)

The US will be out of Iraq altogether by the end of 2011, according to the timetable announced by President Barack Obama. On her first visit to the region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stressed Washington's willingness to engage Iran and Syria and its support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows no sign of moderating his...