Geostrategy - TRENDS MENA

Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to proceed with a two-month ceasefire that...

King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has reportedly directed health authorities to provide medical oxygen and accompanying supplies to Tunisia.
Tunisia has so far received medical aid from several Gulf and North African states
The UAE sent vaccine doses in July, while Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Egypt sent other aid last month
Each of about 100,000 needy families in the governorates of the Gaza Strip would receive $100 per month in cash.
Qatar will transfer the aid funds before the end of August
The distribution of these funds will start in the month of September
About 5,000 Afghan nationals believed to be at risk due to the current crisis will be resettled in the UK.
The UK plans calling back 2,000 Britons and Afghan employees in the days ahead.
About 5,000 Afghan nationals believed to be at risk due to the current crisis will be resettled in the UK.
Lebanon has been struggling with fuel shortages for a couple of months, which has led to protracted power outages.
The economic crisis in Lebanon is so dire that the World Bank has said it is among the 10 worst of its kind since the mid-1800s.
The global body also said the crisis could be among the top three in the world if it was not addressed immediately
Iranian President Raisi told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping his government would prioritize the expansion of bilateral relations.
Iran has bought 1 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from China, whose export it asked to be expedited
Chinese Premier Xi Jinping said his country would put in the maximum effort to help Iran receive the vaccines
The IMF is expected to complete a $650 billion allocation of Special Drawing Rights, the fund’s unit of exchange based...
IMF says the SDR has been suspended because there is no clarity at present on the recognition of the government in Afghanistan.
The war-ravaged country could access around $440 million in new monetary reserves.
The flaws in the health systems of some MENA countries such as Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan, which were struggling with...
Tunisia's healthcare system appeared crumbling under the weight of recent infections caused by the Delta variant.
The Lebanese government's failure to pay dues to be public and private hospitals aggravated the Covid-19 crisis.
The two countries will also expand the installation of fixed and mobile seismic stations.
With the world moving away from fossil fuels, countries across the world are turning to alternate sources of energy
This cooperation could help Sudan along those lines, as it looks to power more and more industries and households
Iran is currently experiencing its worst wave of new Covid-19 infections, in what is the third wave of the pandemic...
According to official figures, the seven-day average of new cases in the country was almost 40,000 on Tuesday
Till date, Iran has seen more than 4.5 million cases of Covid-19 infections, with more than 99,000 deaths so far
The insurgent group has made no official statement on the structure of their government even as a key Taliban member...
Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said that he was “in talks” to return home.
UAE said on Ghani has been received in the country on humanitarian grounds.