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Egyptians Wary Rushed Elections Spell Tougher Times Ahead
...e National Elections Authority (NEA) is set to announce the results of the first – and likely only – round on 18 December, but Sisi is already widely expected to win, with virtually no real competition (MEES, 19 April 2019). The 68-year-old former general won both the 2014 and 2018 elections wi...
Volume: 66Issue: 43Published at Fri, 27 Oct 2023 -
Houthi Terminal Attacks Risk Regional Escalation
...rlier this year. Marking the 8th anniversary of capturing former capital San’a (MEES, 19 December 2014), Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi launched on 21 September an attack on “foreign companies” that “plunder national wealth” in collusion with “the coalition of aggressors [Saudi Arabia and UA...
Volume: 65Issue: 43Published at Fri, 28 Oct 2022 -
Five Years On From Khafji Shut-In, Is The Neutral Zone Poised For Restart?
...wait Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) burst to the surface with the shut-in of the offshore Khafji field in October 2014 (MEES, 24 October 2014). And in just six months’ time, it will be half a decade since the 500,000 b/d capacity PNZ last produced a drop of oil (MEES, 15 May 2015). There is growing op...
Volume: 62Issue: 43Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2019 -
Divergent Saudi-Emirati Aims Further Complicate Yemen Conflict
...yadh. The alliance seized Yemen’s capital San’a in September 2014. Saudi Arabia’s strategy has been to divide the Houthis and Mr Salih’s General People’s Congress (GPC) and return President ‘Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi to power; he has largely been in exile in Riyadh since 2015, returning only sp...
Volume: 60Issue: 43Published at Fri, 27 Oct 2017 -
Tunisia: Election Time In The Arab Spring’s Sole Survivor
...their lot since the end of the Ben Ali regime. Unemployment has even increased since the revolution, standing at 15.2% in the first quarter of 2014, up from 13% at the time of Mr Bouazizi’s self-immolation. “Without social development, I don’t think the democracy could survive,” said Mr Fe...
Volume: 57Issue: 43Published at Fri, 24 Oct 2014 -
Saudi-US Tension Goes Public Over Iran
...position in any transitional government, and whether Mr Asad will be allowed to run in the 2014 presidential elections....
Volume: 56Issue: 43Published at Fri, 25 Oct 2013