Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 20

16-May-2011

Political Comment (16 May 2011)

The gloves are off in Syria as President Asad's cousin warns of "a fight until the end." Qatar has given up on the GCC's attempt to mediate in Yemen. The Palestinians are running out of money after Israel's refusal to transfer taxes to the Palestinian Authority. In Egypt an official of the Muslim Brotherhood has decided to stand as an independent in the presidential election. Bahrain thinks its intifada is...