The Danger Games in the Middle East

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1. Iraq’s Narrow Escape
   

   Summary: Iraq appears to have narrowly avoided being drawn in to the US-Israeli / Iranian war, with Iran opting for a symbolic strike elsewhere. This reprieve is crucial for Iraq, which is grappling with significant domestic political upheaval, including judicial resignations and strained relations between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and can ill-afford further destabilisation....

2. OPEC: ‘No Clear Option’
   

   Summary: confronted by economic and geopolitical uncertainty, OPEC+ ministers will still have no good options to turn to when they next meet on 1 December, pointing to a probable further postponement in unwinding voluntary cuts in output....

3. Yemen: implications of acute political fragmentation in Hadhramaut
   

   Summary: the STC is striving to claim the mantle of the southern secessionist movement but it faces challenges from its rivals in the south while Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with their relations over Yemen fraying,  each look  for advantage by supporting opposite sides. ...

4. Once more around the block
   

   Summary: as Israel braces for another election, Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in tying his Jewish opponents up in knots whilst hamstringing the Arab Joint List and angering Jordan....