The Maghreb countries face a looming crisis in dealing with the impact of climate change on water supply.
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Erdoğan and Putin cobble together a deal over Idlib
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailRussia and Turkey have veered away from the risk of a direct confrontation in Syria but the situation in Idlib remains very much in flux. We are again grateful for the article below to David Barchard, a writer on Turkish history and politics. Six days after Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hammered out a temporary agreement for a cease-fire in the troubled northern Syrian province of Idlib, Turks are trying to work out whether it was a disappointment or a success. The disappointment would be that Turkey has …
Business is brisk in MENA arms trade
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWar in three countries, tension with Iran, growing regional instability. Is it any surprise that the arms trade to MENA is hot and getting hotter?
Oil: Irony and yet more uncertainty
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs the oil price tumbles and market insecurity grows the Russians and Saudis play Russian roulette.
Sweeping arrests, an OPEC+ setback, and rumours of the death of King Salman
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailArrests of leading members of the Saudi ruling family, a humiliating setback in Vienna and rumours that King Salman died raise further questions about MBS.
Pawns in a Syrian war of attrition
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWhile the Russians, Turks, rebels and Assad wage a chess-like war civilians in Idlib pay the price.
Morocco, Israel and Palestine: an entwined and intriguing relationship
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailDespite its rich Jewish heritage, its low-key links to Israel and its need for a good relationship with the US, Morocco has stuck to its principles on Jerusalem and Palestine.
Covid-19 hits the MENA economies
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailEconomies in the MENA region were slowing even before coronavirus hit.
Lebanon: One minute to midnight
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWith a US$1.2bn Eurobond payment coming due 7 March, Lebanon faces stark choices and little room to manoeuvre.
Jordan and Israel: a relationship “on pause”
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailKing Abdullah is unhappy with the state of relations between his country and Israel but hopes for better things after the forthcoming Israeli elections. Jerusalem is what matters most.