An urgent need for affordable housing is putting pressure on the government as it grapples with the economic impact of low oil prices and Covid-19.
Articles tagged: ‘Covid-19’
Egypt: calm like a bomb
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailMada Masr correctly predicts results of Senate elections; calls for anti-regime demonstrations mount; as economy shrivels, Sisi goes on a fundraising drive.
Qatar banks on soft diplomacy
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailIn hosting Afghan peace talks and supporting Gaza in its battle with Covid-19, Qatar is scoring points with the US and Israel.
Lebanon after the blast
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailMore than a month after the Beirut harbour explosion, Lebanon struggles to find hope and a way forward.
Not so quiet on the Syrian front
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSyria’s war has slipped out of the headlines but as the world’s attention is elsewhere ISIS and Russia remain busy.
Davos in the Desert postponed
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSummary: The postponement of Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative is a sign that all is not well with the kingdom’s efforts to attract FDI.
Yemen: Amid worsening humanitarian disaster, a hint of political progress?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWar weariness and growing Saudi frustration may finally drive Yemen’s many warring factions onto a path toward peace.
Lebanon’s path to a failed state
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailIn response to the port explosion donor countries are bypassing the government of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
Lebanon’s agony
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA massive explosion devastates Beirut; Israel denies any involvement. We also circulate below a transcript of last Friday’s podcast “The tactics of terror: ISIS and Al Qaeda in Yemen”.
Lebanon: politicians fiddle as the economy burns
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA key ministerial resignation, a Covid-19 upsurge, an economy headed to ruin and a middle class slamming headfirst into poverty: Lebanon’s disaster unfolds.