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Oil: Riyadh Trumped!
Posted onSaudi Arabia heads into the Vienna OPEC meeting facing stiff headwinds in its bid to secure a higher price for oil.
Iraq’s prime minister: gone but not gone
Posted onAs Iraq’s political elite strives to hang onto power, protesters in the streets are demanding sweeping change and are prepared to face death to achieve it.
The struggle for Tripoli
Posted onToo many players engaged on both sides in Libya’s civil war to assume that Khalifa Haftar will emerge victorious. America is the wild card.
Lebanon lurches deeper into crisis
Posted onAs the impasse in government drags on and the economic crisis deepens, street protests aimed at ending the sectarian political structure of the country continue.
Israeli settlements: the position on the ground
Posted onEmboldened by the indulgent attitude of the Trump Administration, the Israeli settler movement continues to pursue its West Bank agenda.
Algeria: Hirak and the Ides of December
Posted onPeaceful protests have drawn millions of Algerians into the streets for more than nine months. A presidential election set for 12 December is unlikely to stop them.
Will MBS regret his investment in AI?
Posted onSaudi Arabia, via its Public Investment Fund, heavily backed a Japanese AI entrepreneur’s Vision Fund that recently made huge losses raising questions about where this investment is headed.
The US shift on West Bank settlements
Posted onThe response to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that West Bank settlements are not illegal ran from positive to damning with notable delays and silences.
High stakes over a small village in North Syria
Posted onWhile a broader ceasefire generally holds, the battle for a small village in North Syria has important implications for the Syrian regime, the Kurds, Putin and Erdogan.