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Gulf Monarchies Look To Score In Soft Power Premier League
...ampions League performance under Abu Dhabi ownership is the semis in 2015-16. At least this is one stage better than the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has managed to achieve since paying $100mn in 2011 for French Ligue-1 club Paris St Germain (PSG). QIA subsidiary Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) has si...
Volume: 62Issue: 22Published at Fri, 31 May 2019 -
Anti-Hizbollah Banking Sanctions Tear At Lebanon’s Political Fabric
...th the high cost and strains on basic utilities, associated with the hosting of close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees who had fled their war-torn country since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in early 2011. So any new shocks to the Lebanese banking sector which has so far been resilient, de...
Volume: 59Issue: 22Published at Fri, 03 Jun 2016 -
Saudi Mosque Bombings Shatter Illusion Of Security
...stern Province since the 2011 so-called Arab Spring revolutions. Riyadh has in the past blamed Iran for what it says is an attempt to foment strife amongst the Shia minority. It also blames Tehran for supporting the Houthi rebellion in Yemen, which prompted King Salman to order air strikes against the Ye...
Volume: 58Issue: 22Published at Fri, 29 May 2015 -
Egypt: Poor Turnout Takes Shine Off Sisi Election Victory
...cular activists that had taken part in the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, arresting journalists that did not toe the government line. The media has long whipped up nationalist fervor in support of Mr Sisi, and a well-funded campaign has fostered a personality cult around the army strongman. The Muslim Br...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
Natural Gas Find To Propel Cyprus Towards Reunification?
...tural gas deposits in 2011 has given both Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the government controlled area in the south extra impetus to solve the division of the island. The consensus among experts is that the discovery of the 5 tcf Aphrodite field in Block 12 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Ec...
Volume: 57Issue: 22Published at Fri, 30 May 2014 -
EU Renews Sanctions On Syria
...y that Syrian production of oil had fallen to only 20,000 b/d, that is to say a mere 5% of the 380,000 b/d Syria was producing before the start of the civil war in March 2011. In early May Mr ‘Abbas estimated Syrian crude production at 70,000 b/d (MEES, 10 May). This has forced his country to...
Volume: 56Issue: 22Published at Fri, 31 May 2013