NEWS
Politics
Top Houthi ‘minister’ flees Yemen, seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia

Footage shows army kills 5 Saudi soldiers injures other in Jizan

Economics
MENA investment activity grows in H1 on record deals – MAGNiTT

Mideast oil demand to expand by 50tb/d in 2018: Opec

Industry
IFC injects $2bn investments in MENA

BinGhatti Hospitality to invest over AED500m in GCC

Markets
Mideast markets sink to multi-year lows

ANALYSIS
Politics
ANALYSIS: Debunking Iran’s claim of ‘advisory roles’ in Middle East wars

Economics
Yemen hunger crisis leaves refugee chief 'shocked to the bones'

Industry
Private funding for key start-ups hits $870m in Mena

ECONOMY
Yemen Economy August 2018
Although official statistics are no longer available, evidence suggests that Yemen’s GDP has contracted by more than half cumulatively since 2015. Looking forward, economic prospects in 2018 and beyond will…
RISK
Yemen Risk August 2018
A warning of the worst famine since 1945 adds to signs of further deterioration of Yemen as a country. The ceasefire by the Saudi-UAE coalition in its attack on Hodeidah…
INDUSTRY
Yemen The Opportunities Post-Conflict
On 23 November 2011, Yemen’s now former president Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a power-transfer agreement, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, effectively ending his decades long rule…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…
SME
MENA Small and Medium Enterprises September 2017
Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…