26/09/19 14:41 Filed in:
yemen | saudi arabia | iran | houthi | shiite | egypt | IRGCAX INTEL BULLETIN: Yemen - Background on the war
DATE: 26SEP2019
Many international commentators continue to present the war in Yemen through the lens of Saudi Arabian intervention or sectarian conflict. This narrative has even influenced the US Congress, where some members have passed legislation that rests on the assumption that the war is between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, rather than… Read More...Tags: yemen, saudi arabia, iran, houthi, shiite, egypt, IRGC
06/01/20 05:01 Filed in:
egypt | economics | libya | gerd | nile basinAX INTEL BULLETIN: Egypt’s 2020 outlook
DATE: 06JAN2020
The only prediction that one can make for certain for Egypt’s coming year is that it will be a hectic one.
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13/04/20 06:41 Filed in:
egypt | economics | covid-19AX INTEL BULLETIN: Egypt COVID-19 - cracks showing
DATE: 13APR2020
COVID-19 may be the ultimate unwelcome visitor. Its arrival was bad news but its stay is even worse and the longer that stay the more pressure it places on its hosts.
In Egypt, as with almost every country worldwide, that pressure is starting to show cracks. Read More...Tags: egypt, economics, covid-19
AX INTEL BULLETIN: Egypt - progress in Nile dam talks
DATE: 21JAN2020
Diplomacy rarely produces big, flashy outcomes. One is more likely to wind up with an infuriatingly slow, cumulative drip, drip, drip of incremental results that — hopefully — help to fill out the larger picture.
The tripartite talks between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been a case in point… Read More...Tags: economics, egypt, ethiopia, sudan, nile basin, gerd