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Global Military Spending Up In 2015, Saudi Arabia In Third Position
...litary operations have until recently not been a major focus for armed military forces in the Middle East region,” says James Hackett, senior fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. “But since 2011, there has been a tendency for some re...
Volume: 59Issue: 18Published at Fri, 06 May 2016 -
Obama Looks To Mend Fences In Riyadh
...s not a direct attack on Saudi Arabia, but a call for a more collaborative approach to regional security. Recalling pressure for the US to intervene in Libya in 2011, Mr Obama told The Atlantic’s Jeffery Goldberg that he wants “Europeans and Gulf countries to be actively involved in the coalition.” Th...
Volume: 59Issue: 16Published at Fri, 22 Apr 2016 -
Libya Unity Government Faces Huge Challenges
...rack Obama described the failure to properly prepare for the 2011 ousting of Libyan leader Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi as the greatest error of his presidency, the new Western-backed government in Tripoli faces huge challenges if it is to establish its legitimacy in the conflict-torn country. Asked in...
Volume: 59Issue: 15Published at Fri, 15 Apr 2016 -
MEES Special Report: Jihadist Instability In North Africa And Beyond
...se of IS in Libya, which since the fall of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011 has been characterized by lawlessness and division. “Further instability in Libya and the ongoing absence of a unity government or unified security could plunge the country into a further crisis which would impact Europe in se...
Volume: 59Issue: 12Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2016 -
Libya Oil Production Falls Further
...tput. Power shortages since the 2011 revolution have presented a recurrent impediment to output (MEES, 17 May 2013)....
Volume: 59Issue: 12Published at Fri, 25 Mar 2016 -
Iranian Election Prompts Optimism On Investment
...esident Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani secured the most votes overall, while Mr Rohani was also voted in; both were already members of the assembly and Mr Rafsanjani had previously served as its chairman from 2007 to 2011. Elections for the assembly are held every eight years and the body is co...
Volume: 59Issue: 09Published at Fri, 04 Mar 2016 -
Iraq: Abadi’s ‘Technocrat’ Reshuffle Plan Slim On Detail
...s been held up by political gridlock in parliament for years; in fact the cabinet passed a draft for an independent company back in August 2011. With the possibility of passing an oil law seemingly out of reach, Mr Abd al-Mahdi may have decided that this less ambitious goal was a better use of hi...
Volume: 59Issue: 08Published at Fri, 26 Feb 2016 -
Libyan Unity Still Distant As Oil Trading Disputes Fester And IS Power Grows
...ng.” As has been the case since the ousting of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011, one of the biggest barriers to the agreement has been control over the country’s oil resources. The country’s crude oil output dropped to just 317,000 b/d in late January compared to some 1.6mn b/d prior to the fa...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Tunisia Bags EU, IMF Cash But Oil & Gas Output At Record Lows
...ansition process has been facing so many economic challenges since 2011;” recent terrorist attacks “have exacerbated an already vulnerable balance of payments and fiscal position, creating important financing needs,” he says. Tunisia, the pioneer of the 2011 Arab Spring revolts, suffered several deadly at...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Algeria Reaches Critical Crossroads
...e Arab Spring that started in 2011. The government responded to local protests through more spending via food and fuel subsidies, salaries increases for public jobs and housing and health assistance, at a time when oil prices were comfortably sitting above $100/B. But it is now paying dear for a fa...
Volume: 59Issue: 06Published at Fri, 12 Feb 2016 -
Libya: IS Attacks Continue, As Does Uncertainty Over Unity Government
...cording to Mr Sanalla, down from more than 600,000 b/d in March 2015, and 1.6mn b/d prior to 2011. The 155,000 b/d Brega port and the 150,000 b/d Hariga port, near Tobruk, are among only three operational export terminals in the country. The third is the Mellitah terminal in the northwest. Me...
Volume: 59Issue: 03Published at Fri, 22 Jan 2016 -
Saudi-Iran Fracas Ratchets Up Regional Tension, Oil Output Likely To Rise
...s on fire on 6 January. However, neither the protests nor security crack-down have as yet been on the same scale as in 2011. It was for his alleged role in orchestrating these 2011 Shia protests that Shaikh Nimr was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to death in 2014. REGIONAL SUPPORTERS WEIGH IN...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016 -
Libyan Security From Bad To Worse As IS Trashes Oil Facilities
...ternationally recognized government in Baida, citing security concerns. Capacity at the terminals has been significantly eroded during the conflict that has followed the removal of former leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. LIBYA: KEY OIL INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWN THREAT The IS threat to oil fa...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016 -
The MENA Region’s Vulnerability: A Geo-Economic Outlook
...portunities of success for all participants. But that will require a decisive, collective political will on the part of the prevailing leadership, and moves towards the inclusion of Morocco and Jordan have largely stalled since mooted in 2011. Otherwise, the alternative is, quite simply, bleak. UN 2015 HU...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Libya: No More Than A Glimmer Of Hope
...Foreign powers hope a nascent peace deal in Libya will be a prelude to concerted action against IS. But the omens for success do not look good. As Libya approaches five years since the uprising began that culminated in the removal of long-time leader Mu’ammar al Qadhafi in 2011, there has be...
Volume: 58Issue: 52Published at Wed, 23 Dec 2015 -
Libya: Fragile Peace Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
...volved in fighting in Libya since the ousting of Muammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. A political agreement is a crucial part of securing a lasting peace in Libya, but the two governments have far from complete control over the patchwork of militias involved in the conflict, whether or not they have declared al...
Volume: 58Issue: 51Published at Fri, 18 Dec 2015 -
South Sudan Oil Output Hike Remains A Distant Prospect
...mpletely. Oil production in South Sudan in 2015 has averaged about 148,000 b/d, according to figures from the Ministry of Petroleum, Mining and Industries, down from about 220,000 b/d before the outbreak of civil war in December 2013, and more than 400,000 b/d prior to South Sudan’s independence in July 2011...
Volume: 58Issue: 50Published at Fri, 11 Dec 2015 -
Militia Shuts Key Libyan Terminal, Deepening Rift Between Rival Regimes
...om the Bahr Essalam and Wafa fields and, when operational, oil from the Elephant field. Gas exports via the Green Stream pipeline from Mellitah to Italy have been consistently between 600-800mn cfd in 2015. This compares to a high of 909mn cfd in 2008 and a low of 215mn cfd in 2011. ...
Volume: 58Issue: 45Published at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 -
Syrian Oil Output Shrinks Further; Is An Endgame In Sight?
...eas fell to a mere 9,200 b/d for the third quarter this year, just 2% of the 387,000 b/d the country was producing before the country’s civil war broke out in 2011. Output averaged 9,688 b/d for the first nine months of this year, Syrian Oil Minister Sulaiman al-‘Abbas said this week, figures that im...
Volume: 58Issue: 44Published at Fri, 30 Oct 2015 -
Iraq Progresses With Giant Gas-Fired Plant, But Where’s The Fuel?
...ptember). IRAQ CRUDE BURN TOPS 220,000 B/D AS GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FAILS TO KEEP PACE WITH POWER DEMAND IRAQ GAS PRODUCTION (MN CFD) 2009 2010 2011 2012 20...
Volume: 58Issue: 42Published at Fri, 16 Oct 2015