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Electricity trade in the Middle East will grow slowly

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MIDDLE EAST

Cross-border electricity trade in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has historically been very limited, and mostly confined to quantity-based balancing and small amounts of…

Hazara-Taliban clashes add new dimension to Afghan war

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AFGHANISTAN

Increasing Hazara involvement in the Afghan conflict.

Prospects for Turkey in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for Turkey in 2019.

Lebanese Shia will rely on Hezbollah parallel economy

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LEBANON

This promptly followed reports of a large explosion at a Hezbollah-linked fuel depot on a smuggling route across the Lebanon-Syria border, possibly targeted by Israeli planes.

Qatar will not risk Gulf Arab solidarity for Iran

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IRAN/QATAR

IRAN/QATAR: Doha will not risk Gulf Arab solidarity

Kuwait faces rising threat from Islamic State group

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KUWAIT

The June 26 suicide attack inside the Imam al-Sadiq Mosque killed 27 people and was Kuwait's worst terrorist attack in over three decades. The attack, claimed by Islamic State…

Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement will proceed gradually

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IRAQ/SAUDI ARABIA

Last month, Saudi Arabia pledged to link Iraq up to its national grid to help address electricity shortfalls. Indeed, after years of frozen ties, Saudi Arabia has recently stepped…

Gulf pressure will force southern Yemenis to deal

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YEMEN

The fighting started on January 28, when the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) acted on its threat to topple the Saudi-backed government, taking control of most of…

Iran-Sweden relations will be difficult to rebuild

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IRAN

The arrest and conviction of Jalali, a medical doctor and researcher, raised accusations from Western states that Tehran detains foreign nationals as 'hostages' to apply political…

Damascus can choose to deal with Ankara or the Kurds

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SYRIA

Washington supported the SDF to fight Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that it is largely defeated, there are questions over the superpower’s commitment. The United States has…