1. Saudi Arabia Looks To Expand Iraq Footprint

    ...ntract, does not make sense” – adding that the Saudi media could have possibly misinterpreted the comments made my Mr Allawi. Nonetheless, Akkas remains a major bone of contention. Iraq’s oil ministry continues to urge Kogas to return to the field, where the Koreans declared force majeure in 2014 as Is...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 22
    Published at Fri, 29 May 2020
  2. Mena Remittances Up 10% In 2017

    ...Remittances are a crucial lifeline to the region’s cash-strapped oil importing economies. Thanks largely to Cairo’s floatation of the Egyptian Pound in late 2016, Mena remittance inflows topped $56bn in 2017 after having fallen year-on-year since 2014. Egyptian inflows hit $20bn ac...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 22
    Published at Fri, 01 Jun 2018
  3. Anti-Hizbollah Banking Sanctions Tear At Lebanon’s Political Fabric

    ...chel Sulaiman whose term expired in May 2014. The political stalemate has brought decision making to a standstill, with key economic issues not to mention the legal framework for offshore hydrocarbon exploration left unresolved. At the same time political and economic relations between Lebanon and th...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 22
    Published at Fri, 03 Jun 2016
  4. Saudi Mosque Bombings Shatter Illusion Of Security

    ...blications criticizing Saudi Arabia and its participation in the Yemeni conflict while its leader released a speech on 14 May, his first since late 2014, claiming that Saudi rulers were “the slaves of the Crusaders and the allies of the Jews,” and had lost legitimacy to lead the Sunni people. IS ‘MORE RO...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 22
    Published at Fri, 29 May 2015