The second December instalment of our bi-monthly MENA Report is now out. Click the link below:
Bi-Monthly MENA Report | December #2 2021
In this edition, we cover:
- Postponement of elections in Libya amidst further signs of renewed conflict across the country.
- Iran’s Ambassador to Sana’a recalled to Tehran before passing away from Covid-19.
- UN Secretary General meets Lebanon’s President, Michel Aoun, to discuss the ongoing social, political and economic crises, as well as assurances that elections will be held in March 2022.
- The Syrian Government publishes its 2022 budget, with a large year-on-year drop, attributed to Damascus’s ongoing economic woes.
- Muqtada al-Sadr reaches out to rival Shia parties in an attempt to build a political consensus.
- Egypt’s trade picks up with China and East African states.
- Jordanian officials host Saudi-Iranian talks amidst a sign of thaw in relations.