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China will dominate Iraq’s energy sector

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IRAQ

Chinese companies have not only become the dominant players in the upstream oil and gas sector and the leading importers of Iraqi oil; they are also important forces in…

Added US sanctions on Syria may prove self-defeating

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SYRIA/US

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…

The Gulf States would benefit from a UK trade deal

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GULF STATES

After leaving the EU, London is attempting to negotiate FTAs with its major trading partners. The GCC states are trying to diversify their economies from hydrocarbon-dependence.

Syria sees an energy deficit despite military advances

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SYRIA

The Syrian army and its allies have driven IS out of most of the region from Homs to the edge of the Euphrates valley, recapturing several gas fields. This has yielded a marginal…

New spending alone will not revive Turkish south-east

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TURKEY

Prospects for engineering economic revival in south-eastern Turkey.

Saudi Arabia will manage construction capacity

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SAUDI ARABIA

The move aims to strengthen the construction sector’s capacity to deliver building and infrastructure projects under the country’s economic modernisation plan, Vision 2030. This…

Iranian state will get others to enforce dress code

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IRAN

As women push the boundaries of the dress code, the government is adopting a two-pronged strategy. It is shifting responsibility for hijab (Islamic dress) compliance onto the…

Iraq could increasingly depend on Chinese oil firms

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IRAQ

Chinese firms have established a strong position in Iraq’s oil sector, strengthened further in the most recent bid round. At the same time, some Western companies are implementing…

Algerian efforts to diversify the economy will be slow

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ALGERIA

Beijing is already involved in several investment projects in Algeria, largely focused on exploiting the country’s untapped mineral resources. China will reportedly now invest…

African tech hubs face promising but uneven prospects

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AFRICA

Before the pandemic, Africa was the fastest growing continent for developers globally, tech hubs growing by nearly 50% in 2019 alone to exceed 640 by 2020.