The macroeconomic picture in the MENA region was little changed during the second quarter of 2016. Oil-exporting countries were still trying to weather the impact of subdued oil prices on their fiscal and ... read more
Regime forces launched an offensive on the governorate of Aleppo in late June 2016, a bloody battle aimed at cutting the rebels’ supply and that is still raging at the time of writing. The prize of the ... read more
Weak oil prices and political climate continued to dictate economic performance in the MENA region during the first quarter of 2016. Despite the slight year-to-date uptick in oil prices, oil exporting ... read more
On the ground, Syrian government forces took back the historic city of Palmyra in March after it was seized by IS militants back in May 2015. On the diplomatic front, the Geneva peace talks were anything ... read more
Investors’ confidence in the economic outlook of MENA countries did not improve in the last quarter of 2015. The geo-political risks of the region that kept on aggravating and the worsening oil prices ... read more
In December, Britain and Germany joined the fight against IS in Syria after the deadly attacks in Paris. Internally, the regime took back Homs, the “capital of the revolution” and Syria’s third largest ... read more
The economic outlook of MENA countries remained gloomy during the third quarter of 2015 due to low oil prices and intensifying conflicts in many parts of the region. Economies of oil-exporting countries ... read more
In the third quarter of 2015 (Q3 2015), the regime of Bashar el Assad continued to rely heavily on its allies Russia and Iran. Russia deployed its aircrafts and tanks in Syria in order to support the ... read more
With most of MENA countries fainting under the strains of terrorism and violence, the frail levels of oil prices remained a double-edged sword during the second quarter of 2015. While oil-exporting ... read more
The Syrian regime continued to suffer losses in the second quarter of 2015 (Q2 2015). In April, opposition groups captured the Nasib border crossing, which used to be the only functioning crossing between ... read more
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