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Articles tagged: ‘Iraq’
Big Oil, the Gulf and Climate Change
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A water crisis in Iraq
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs global temperatures climb, Basra is experiencing temperatures hovering at 50 degrees while suffering severe water shortages; delays in a massive desalination project are making an already intolerable situation worse.
Iraq and Rumsfeld’s poisonous legacy
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Turkey’s drones “game-changing”
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe battlefield success of Turkish drones in Libya, Iraq and Syria are changing the way that Middle East wars are being fought and regional geo-political ambitions are being realised.
Business as usual
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAmidst continuing security concerns, conflict zones in MENA have assured that the region remains the globe’s top armaments importer.
Sultans of the Gulf
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The MBZ Pivot
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The Middle East’s Heroin Tracks
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailHeroin mostly enters the Arab world from Afghanistan via Iran enroute to markets in Europe. Arab countries close to the main smuggling routes are the most impacted by the trade. The Syrian war has led traffickers to re-route heroin shipments via the Black Sea and Africa.
Pivoting Away
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWith the US pivoting to Asia, the actions of regional players may be the key to helping to stabilise the Middle East.