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MENA post Covid-19

3 April 20203 April 2020William LawPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Water shortage: another MENA crisis

31 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Egypt, GCC, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurds, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Countries across the MENA region are facing severe water shortages yet have done little to ameliorate a shared problem. Will the Covid-19 pandemic teach them that working cooperatively is the only way to resolve a looming crisis?

Yemen: five years of war

25 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Yemen

On the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Saudi-led coalition’s attack on Yemen, a war which has caused the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe continues unabated.

Saudi Arabia’s wars on three fronts

24 March 202024 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

Mohammed Bin Salman is fighting a war in Yemen and Covid-19. So was this the time to launch an oil price war with Russia?

MENA wars in the shadow of Covid-19

23 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Egypt, Libya, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, USA, Yemen

Will the global battle against coronavirus help to counter three major MENA wars? The evidence is mixed. Despite Covid-19 numbers rising dramatically in the Gulf states and elsewhere in the Middle East (with a particular concern that Egypt is both suppressing true numbers and showing itself dangerously unprepared) there is one ray of positive news. In Syria, one of the three major conflicts in the region, combatants have appeared much readier to accept a truce and to consider putting talks ahead of guns. In Libya, however, the warlord General …

Yemeni lawyer awarded for exposing UAE atrocities in Yemen

25 February 202025 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailUAE, Yemen

Huda al Sarari, a courageous Yemeni lawyer, is the winner of the 2020 Martin Ennals Award for exposing a secret network of prisons run by the UAE in Yemen.

Yemen’s humanitarian emergency: UN action in 2020

19 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Yemen

As opportunities for peace in Yemen recede, the urgency to resolve humanitarian aid issues grows ever more pressing.

Yemen: further problems for the Riyadh Agreement

24 January 202024 January 2020William LawArab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

The Riyadh Agreement signed 5 November 2019 was supposed to merge Yemeni government and Southern Transitional Council (STC) security forces in Yemen under the auspices of Saudi Arabia but thus far little progress has been made.

Tilting to war: the assassination of Suleimani

3 January 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, USA, Yemen

The assassination of the Iranian Quds Force general Qassem Suleimani dramatically alters the political landscape of the Middle East. How Iran responds will determine if the region is marching toward a major war.

Yemen: many questions remain in the wake of the Riyadh Agreement

13 November 2019William LawArab Digest EmailRiyadh Agreement, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

The agreement signed between the Southern Yemeni separatists and the Saudi supported Hadi government leaves many questions unanswered.