The Levant Archive
The Levant
While Jordan has avoided the turmoil of Libya and Egypt, it has always seemed like a country on edge ever since the Arab Spring swept across the region.
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The Levant
The Guardian claims to have 3,000 emails from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his inner circle, which show the regime in a state of denial even as it
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The Levant
Alarm bells are ringing in Damascus as western and Arab governments are looking to put pressure on the Assad regime.
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The Levant
The Arab Spring is changing the political and strategic map of the Middle East as we know it in ways that will persist for decades to come. Notwithstanding
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The Levant
The current status quo, which Netanyahu holds dear, is extremely dangerous for Israel. Violent conflict, whether with the Palestinians or Iran, could substantially change the equation to Israel's
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Iraq
The withdrawal from Iraq creates enormous strategic complexities rather than closure. While the complexities in Libya are real but hardly strategic, the two events share certain characteristics and
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Macroeconomic Data
With Libya's civil war over for all practical purposes after the death of Colonel Muammr Gaddafi - at least for now.. all eyes have turned back to Syria
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Oil
While the U.S. oil sanctions on Syria are welcome, the world can inflict a much bigger blow to Bashar Al-Assad's regime if its biggest customer -- the European
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Featured Saudi Arabia
TweetIt was an unlikely public display of affection. Close to 2,000 Syrian expatriates gathered on the streets of Jeddah, carrying Saudi flags and pictures of the Saudi King
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Africa
TweetJordan and Morocco’s possible inclusion in the Gulf is a political move rather than an economic one, but there might be other - unlikely - candidates in the
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Africa
TweetThe rulers and royal families of the Arab World directly control more than $240-billion of investments in publicly-listed firms, surpassing SWF and government institutions, according to data. Read
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Africa
TweetWhich countries are ‘ripe for a revolution’ and is there a likelihood that the people of the Arab World will be able to shake the very foundations of
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Bahrain
TweetQuestion: Which Middle East ‘country’ is most likely to default? Clue: It is not Iraq or Lebanon! Read More
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