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Stabilisation initiatives will falter in Iraq

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IRAQ

These operations follow the recapture of Tikrit, Sinjar, Ramadi and Fallujah from Islamic State group (ISG) in the past 18 months. Western countries backing the government and…

Syria aid boost will not stem refugee flows to Europe

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SYRIA

Syria's civil war has created the largest humanitarian and development crisis in the Middle East since the Second World War. Domestic, regional and international political…

Economic improvements in Mali will be too slow

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MALI

Ranked 184th out of 189 countries in the UN’s 2019 Human Development Index, Mali faces long-standing economic and development challenges. In addition, the north and east of the…

Lebanese economy on course for muted recovery in 2015

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LEBANON

According to its Global Economic Prospects report, the bank forecast a modest increase in GDP growth in 2015 to 2.0%, up from an estimated 1.5% in 2014. Since 2011, the economy…

Syria humanitarian situation is set to worsen

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SYRIA

The government's decision to grant access was intended to meet a June deadline set by international powers demanding that Syria widen access to 19 besieged areas. With some 6.6…

Yemen’s sustained conflict could produce new epidemics

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YEMEN

On the same day, the Huthi-controlled government in Sana’a and its international partners again concluded that a vaccination campaign was not feasible. Yemen has suffered the…

Beirut may miss out on brighter growth prospects

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LEBANON

The wage scale law was cast into question when a contentious tax hike law intended to fund it was annulled by the Constitutional Council on September 22, partly on the grounds…

Syrian currency collapse will drive food shortages

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SYRIA

The Syrian pound's exchange rate fell by 40% in the first week of June before recovering slightly. After nine years of ruinous conflict, the struggling economy has been brought to…

Syrian-Lebanese food shortages will drive instability

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SYRIA/LEBANON

While Lebanon is experiencing what the World Bank dubbed “the worst economic crisis in more than a century”, civil war-torn Syria has been hit by one of the most severe droughts…

Riyadh will delay attack on Yemen's Hodeida port

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YEMEN

The Saudi-led coalition's much-publicised plan to launch a military attack against the main Red Sea port of Hodeida, currently controlled by Huthi militants and their allies, is…