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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…

Paris will struggle to balance Rabat and Algiers ties

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MOROCCO/ALGERIA

The Algerian foreign minister had previously said a presidential visit to France, initially planned for the first half of 2023, remains pending. France has been forced into an…

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

Israel will leverage East Mediterranean assets

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ISRAEL

The deal -- designed to allow Delek to focus on the larger Leviathan field -- highlights the growing commercial interest in East Mediterranean hydrocarbons. It also underlines the…

Salafi-jihadist groups face defeat in Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

The bomb came as HTS launched a campaign to crack down on its salafi-jihadist rival Islamic State (IS) in the areas of northern Syria where it has influence. HTS is seeking a…

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…

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…

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…