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Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate

According to the latest UN survey, released on Friday, the Arab region registered a 12 per cent unemployment rate in 2022, the highest in the world.However, the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region, published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia …

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Iran, UAE to accelerate port, maritime, transit cooperation

As the PMO portal reported, during the meeting Saif Mohamed Obaid Jasem Al Zaabi underlined the capacities of UAE companies for port and maritime investment in neighboring countries, especially Iran, and announced a field visit by his country’s experts to Iranian ports in the near future. The Arab …

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Will the New Year Be the Year of Warfare Likewise the Previous One?

Amer Ababakr On the curve of this night and the next day, the world passes from the year of the Ukraine war to the year of broader stimulus in 2023 and beyond. Destinies are suspended, the fields of supposed clashes are widening, and cold wars are drawing maps …

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Are the Geopolitics of the Middle East changing?

Several developments in recent months have raised questions about whether the Middle East is undergoing a sea change in patterns of cooperation and conflict among states in the region and with outside powers, notes “The National Interest”. Chief among these was the visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping to …

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Projection for 2023: Is Worst Yet to Come?

I seem to have forgotten how the world used to look like before 2020, especially in the context of economic sanity. The vagaries of the past three years have left an indelible mark on my expectations. Fundamentals no longer feel reliable to portend any semblance of normality. And …

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Jordan summit discusses Iraq security, achieves little progress on Iran

Iranian posturing “This summit has great ambitions but no one expects miracles,” said Riad Kahwaji, director of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. France’s role as a mediator is crucial, Kahwaji added, with Paris “keeping the thread of dialogue on behalf of Westerners with Iran, …

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Netanyahu fails to assuage concerns over Israel far-right government

Already dogged by criticism at home and abroad, a new Israeli government is set to be sworn in on Thursday, the final stroke in Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu’s political comeback. The veteran leader, 73 and on trial for corruption charges he denies, has had to calm concerns for …

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