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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a statement early on November 24, 2013 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)
Debate: Iran nuclear deal a game changer for US-Israeli relations
Signs of a rapprochement between Iran and the United States have added a combustible new layer of disagreement to the already thorny relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv. In common with other US partners in the Middle East, Israeli leaders have long expressed...Caption:
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Assistant Secretary General Abdullah bin Juma al-Shibli, United Arab Emirates’ Oil Minister Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh al-Sada, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, Bahrain’s Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed al-Khalifa, Kuwait’s Minister of Finance Mustafa al-Shamali and Oman’s Oil Minister Mohamed bin Hamad Al Rumhi pose for a group photo during a meeting of Gulf Arab oil ministers in Riyadh September 24, 2013. (REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser)
Sustainable Growth or More of the Same?
In recent weeks, a series of unusually blunt statements from senior officials in Oman and Kuwait has drawn attention to the need for urgent and systemic economic reform in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. The significance of their interventions is that they have...Caption:
Free Syrian Army fighters look out of a hole in a wall in Ashrafieh, Aleppo, on September 20, 2013. (REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman)
