1. Libya Expects Breakthrough Decision On Frozen Assets By End-2024

    ...hmoud Hassan expecting the sign-off by the end of 2024. The UNSC in October extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts – tasked with implementing Libya sanctions including the asset freeze since 2011 – until 15 February 2025, with the intent to provide the Council with a final report “no later th...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 32
    Published at Fri, 09 Aug 2024
  2. UAE-Oman Relations: Brotherly Love Or Sibling Rivalry?

    ...jor diplomatic spats have been few: the only high-level incidents in recent years are Oman’s claims to have broken up Emirati-backed spy rings in 2011 and in 2019; claims which Abu Dhabi denies. Where the countries have more often clashed is in their very different approaches to regional foreign po...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 20
    Published at Fri, 17 May 2024
  3. Saudi Economy Contracted In 2023 Amid Oil Price Drop

    ...7% contraction in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic - largely because in 2020 the sector was coming off a relatively weak previous year. Indeed, it is the sharpest oil-sector contraction in MEES records going back to 2011 (see chart 1). Oil prices softened considerably last year amid strong su...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 06
    Published at Fri, 09 Feb 2024