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UAE airlines call for India to allow them more capacity
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Turkish government suspends metal workers’ strike
Erdogan’s govermment continues to side with employers, invoking national security to delay a strike 60 days.
Food prices to rise with electricity costs in Jordan
An increase in electricity tariffs will raise inflation but be limited by continuing food subsidies.
Economic implosion in Libya will hurt Tunisia too
Libya’s civil war is collapsing its economy and harming neighboring Tunisia as trade drops and refugees pour in.
ISIS seeks to seize Saudi Arabia’s oil wells
What makes IS powerful today is the fact that they laid out their military strategy based on where oil fields are located.
Saudi Arabia plans to open its stock market to foreign investors
Saudi Arabia’s $530 billion stock market is the biggest one in the Middle East and as of today, international investors have a strong reason to bet on it.
Africa surpasses Middle East as second top paying jobs in oil and gas
Africa’s energy sector currently accounts for 13% of advertised roles that pay more than $170,000 for oil and gas professionals, only after Europe
The swinging pendulum of population policy in Iran
In just one generation, Iran accomplished a demographic transition that took Western Europe centuries to achieve. The safest path for Teheran is to continue to move toward population stability.
Israel, Jordan, and Palestinian Authority sign regional water deal
A trilateral agreement, which includes the construction of a desalination plan and a pipeline that will take water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, is based off a water exchange program.
Turkey walks a fine line in Iraqi Kurdistan
If Ankara is to play the powerbroking role in Iraqi Kurdistan to which it aspires, it must quickly ease its own diplomatic tensions with Baghdad and get the central government and Arbil to agree to share oil and gas revenues.
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