Arab States Weekly Review 21-28 Nov 09
Fears over the financial health of Dubai hit global stockmarkets, following a request by Dubai World for a 6-month delay of repaying its debts. The government-owned investment company has been hit hard...
View ArticleArab States Weekly Review 12th – 18th Feb 2011
Hosni Mubarak stepped down as President of Egypt following 18 days of popular revolt. He handed power over to a group of senior military men who would oversee the writing of a new constitution....
View ArticleArab States Weekly Review 27th Aug – 2nd Sep 2011
Rebels in Libya tightened their grip on Tripoli, as Colonel Qaddafi’s close family fled to neighbouring Algeria. Loyalists in Sirte, the last stronghold of Qaddafi, were given an ultimatum to surrender...
View ArticleArab States Weekly Review 10th – 16th September 2011
A mob of Egyptians smashed through security barriers and broke into the building that houses the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Some 80 diplomats and their families left the country as Egyptian commandos...
View ArticleArab States Weekly Review January 12th – 18th 2013
Islamists in Algeria seized a gas plant with foreign workers, including American, British and French nationals. A group with links to the local Al-Qaeda representation claimed the attack was a reprisal...
View ArticleArab States Weekly Review January 19th – 25th 2013
Security forces in Algeria ended a four-day assault of Islamist terrorists on a gas plant in the country’s south-east. The counter-attack left at least 37 foreign workers dead as well as almost all of...
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