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Trump Offers Syria ‘Chance At Greatness,’ Pledges To Remove US Sanctions
...ther exit or restructure in the country. The harshest sanctions regime to date came with the outbreak of Syria’s civil war in 2011 when the US – this time joined by the European Union and the Arab League – targeted the Central Bank of Syria as well as its oil sector, which was a key source of re...
Volume: 68Issue: 20Published at Fri, 16 May 2025 -
Kuwait’s Emir Suspends Parliament;Can He Quell Tumultuous Divisions?
...position figures, including former MPs who were involved in the 2011 storming of parliament, in addition to those jailed or stripped of citizenship for state-security and terrorism-related charges. On 10 May, he doubled down saying “those who were convicted of treason were set free…I will never allow this to...
Volume: 67Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2024 -
Egypt’s New Capital In Spotlight As Spending Priorities Shift
...oject. In 2011, millions of Egyptians occupied the streets of Cairo and its iconic Tahrir square, with mass marches reaching the presidential palace and eventually forcing then-president Hosni Mubarak to resign. With Sisi having taken power in 2013 following a period of Islamist-flavored quasi-democracy, hi...
Volume: 67Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2024 -
Libya Slides Into Deeper Disarray
...bya want free and fair elections. But they want it on their own terms. The problem is that if there’s winners then there must be losers. The biggest losers are Libyans themselves who have undergone three civil wars since 2011. While politicians and military figures squabble over power, public se...
Volume: 65Issue: 20Published at Fri, 20 May 2022 -
Libya Sees Smuggling Surge As Oil Prices Rise
...e illicit trade of products like gasoline and diesel. As international oil prices shoot through the roof, so have reports of attempted fuel smuggling. Some may get caught, but many groups remain seemingly untouchable. Libya’s fragmentation following the fall of Gaddafi in 2011 has led to a state do...
Volume: 65Issue: 20Published at Fri, 20 May 2022 -
Can Iraq’s Power Sector Maintain Momentum? .
...ll inherit several imminent startups that will add another 2-3GW of available capacity to Iraq’s electricity capacity. The first addition should come from China’s CMEC which is nearing completion on its 1.26 GW powerplant in Samarra, Salahuddin province. The $1.2bn project was initially awarded in 2011...
Volume: 63Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2020 -
Energean Taps Cyprus For Israel Gas Exports
...ospects for Cyprus’ own 4.2tcf 2011 Aphrodite discovery. And Energean will struggle to meet even a modest sales commitment (especially from 2021) based on current reserves and development plans. The recent ‘Karish North’ discovery takes total recoverable reserves to around 3tcf (MEES, 19 April). Ho...
Volume: 62Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2019 -
US Tries To Soothe Gulf Arab Fears Over Iran At Camp David Summit
...nations sharing common interests. The GCC has been weakened by internecine disputes since the start of the so-called Arab Spring revolutions of 2011, often finding some of their members on opposite sides of the struggle against rising extremism in the region. The metastatic spread of Iranian in...
Volume: 58Issue: 20Published at Fri, 15 May 2015 -
US Gets Tough On Iran Sanctions-Busting
...ports have since plummeted, falling to around 1.1mn b/d in March 2013 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), down from near 2.5mn b/d for 2011. Among Iran’s key East Asian customers US allies Japan and South Korea have cut imports the most; China – now by far the biggest buyer of Ir...
Volume: 56Issue: 20Published at Fri, 17 May 2013