Lebanon: Presidential election dominates local political agenda
Oil and gas-related developments in Lebanon were limited in the past two weeks to the organization of two conferences, one on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (8-9 May) and the other – more …
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Lebanon – Pre-qualification round:
In accordance with the Ministry’s schedule, caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil held a press conference on 18/04, at the Petroleum Administration’s office, to announce the list of companies that qualified and are eligible to participate in …
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Lebanon – Hungary:
As we noted in our previous roundup, high-level diplomatic activity is expected in Beirut in the coming months, and energy cooperation will be high on the agenda. Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán arrived to Beirut …
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In an interview with Agence France Presse, Dr. Fadi Assaf, from Middle East Strategic Perspectives, hinted at a possible divergence between Qatar and other GCC countries, due to disagreements over how to deal with, or contain, the Muslim Brotherhood’s overt …
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An article published in Al-Akhbar by Nasser Charara [Link in Arabic. French translation here] on November 13 looks at the Syrian crisis through energy geopolitics. The author refers to leaks emanating from a “western oil giant” to conclude that …
Fadi Assaf.
« Innocence of Muslims » mobilise les foules à travers le monde arabo-musulman, à commencer par l’Egypte, conquise récemment par les Frères Musulmans, où l’étendard associé à al-Qaëda remplaçait ce 11 Septembre le drapeau étoilé des Etats-Unis devant …
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Two pipelines in the middle east were the target of explosions over the week-end. The Egyptian pipeline that carries gas to Jordan and Israel was hit on Sunday 22/07 near the town of El-Arish at a point before it splits …
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Ayant longtemps entretenu le « paradoxe égyptien », en soutenant une dictature « civile » totalement soumise au diktat américain, Washington ne pouvait qu’appréhender la chute humiliante de son champion Husni Moubarak, craignant pour ses intérêts et ceux de ses …
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Former oil minister Sameh Fahmy was sentenced to 15 years in jail on 28/06 by an Egyptian Court for selling gas to Israel below international market rates and squandering public funds. Other energy officials and a business man, Hussein Salem, …
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Par Fadi Assaf.
La Syrie vit, pratiquement, une guerre civile. Une guerre qui a, certes, des ramifications régionales et internationales. Selon une lecture partisane, il s’agit d’une guerre pour le pouvoir, menée par une majorité sunnite portée par les espoirs …
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By Mona Sukkarieh. Published on May 30, 2012 in PolicyMic.
Post-revolution Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Emirates, Bahrain … The list of Arab countries clamping down on their citizens based on Twitter statements is getting longer.
On May 21, four …
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Par Fadi Assaf et Mona Sukkarieh.
Au cours des deux dernières années de son mandat, le président français Nicolas Sarkozy a dû subir, pour se limiter à cette partie du monde, une « surprise stratégique » au sud de la …
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