Covid-19 second wave plunges Egypt’s national health system back into crisis. The regime deploys propaganda and disinformation as it engages in vaccine diplomacy with China.
Articles tagged: ‘Covid-19’
Iraq’s roadmap to economic reform
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailIraq’s economy is hurtling down a road to ruin but it is not too late for a change of course.
Yemen: prospects for 2021
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs 2020 draws to a close, there is a flicker of hope that a just-announced unity government and the Biden presidency may signal the beginning of the end of a brutal war that has raged for nearly six years.
Saudi budget sails into the headwinds
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe budget strove for a message of ‘steady as she goes’ but a spectacular fall in Saudi Aramco’s revenues and a Covid-19 surge suggest rough seas ahead.
Survival in Yemen during a worsening crisis
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailDespite urgent need and a looming famine, key funders have cut aid pledges and funding to Yemen dramatically.
Aramco IPO: milestone or millstone?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailOn 5 December 2019, Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering on the Saudi stock exchange Tadawul immediately made it the world’s largest publicly traded company but the IPO has come with a cost that is still to be reckoned with.
Iraq: “the band has stopped playing”
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailFrank talk from the Iraqi finance minister is a measure of how close to economic catastrophe the country is.
Covid-19 puts a damper on Riyadh Summit
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia was hoping that the G20 gathering would help to burnish a brand that has been severely tarnished.
What a second Covid-19 surge means for the Middle East
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Covid-19 continues its alarming march, the Middle East is facing difficult challenges and hard choices.
Remembrance Day bomb in Saudi Arabia
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailA bomb targets foreigners in Jeddah, the first of its kind for years; Islamic institutions are reshuffled as the regime attacks the Muslim Brotherhood. A new court case threatens to damage MbS’ international standing yet again.