Bi-Monthly MENA Report | May #2 2022

The second instalment of our bi-monthly MENA Report for May 2022 is now out. Click the link below:

Bi-Monthly MENA Report | May #2 2022

Among the stories that we cover in this edition:

  • Egypt announces privatisation of 12 state and army-owned companies
  • UN-backed Libya peace talks resume in Cairo
  • President of Algeria meets Russia’s Foreign Minister
  • Morocco reopens land borders with Spanish enclaves
  • President of the UAE dies; Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed appointed President
  • Saudi Arabia economy projected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time
  • Yemen ceasefire holds; first commercial flight in six years departs Sanaa
  • Lebanon elections see pro-Hezbollah bloc lose parliamentary majority
  • Syria’s Bashar al-Assad holds surprise state visit to Iran
  • Iraq battered by sandstorms; 5,000 hospitalised