Amir of Kuwait – a “health setback”
Summary: Kuwaiti Amir taken ill, no details. Kuwait keeping out of regional disputes.
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Amir of Kuwait – a “health setback”
Summary: Kuwaiti Amir taken ill, no details. Kuwait keeping out of regional disputes.
Bidoons
Summary: some quarter of a million Bidoons (residents without citizenship) in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE face discrimination. Moves for reform in Kuwait. Some given fictional Comorian nationality.
Arab League summit Tunis
Summary: annual Arab League summit the usual muddle, given some purpose by the need to badmouth US policy.
Comoros and its place in the Indian Ocean
Summary: small and poor, the Comoros are in a migration dispute with France, are involved in shady trade in passports for Kuwaiti residents and others, and side with Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Iran and Qatar (guess why!)
Nouakchott hosts Arab summit
Summary: the summit a flop. Most leaders were absent, those who attended mostly demandeurs.
Welcome to the Islands of the Moon
Summary: Stateless residents of Kuwait to be offered Comoros passports; a sticking plaster to cover a sore affecting 100,000 people.
Saudi-led alliance against terrorism
Summary: Muhammad bin Salman announces a new alliance of 34 states. Little detail.
Egypt: steadying
Summary: Little recent violence has been reported in Egypt. Standard & Poor’s has raised its sovereign credit rating for Egypt to B-/B from CCC+/C.