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In This Week's Edition: China's Growing Influence In The MENA, An Attempt To Unseat The Greenback, The Israeli Far-Right And The Future Of The Abraham Accords ... And More!

Nawaf M. Al-Thani
Mar 31, 2023
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This month’s post in my “Through The Sandstorm” blog …

America, China, and the MENA (NawafAlThani.com)

News stories I’m following this week …

  • Turkey’s Next-Gen Fighter Jet and Stealthy Drone Are Here—and Massively Important. (Popular Mechanics)

  • The Biden administration barely pretends to care about Syria anymore. (Washinton Post)

  • Ukraine Situation Report: France Denies It’s Looking To Buy Back UAE’s Mirage Jets For Kyiv. (The Drive)

  • China's growing influence in Mideast leaves US worried. (Deutsche Welle)

  • UAE pardons Israeli woman who faced life in prison. (BBC)

  • Biden lets China threaten the greenback's status as the world's reserve currency. (Washington Examiner)

  • Lebanon has 'no other way out' than IMF deal, U.S. official says. (Reuters)

  • Saudi-Egypt Twitter war marks the end of Riyadh's blank cheques for Sisi. (The New Arab)

  • Bahrain jails men over YouTube discussion of Islam. (BBC)

  • Russia is using propaganda to make Egypt the linchpin of its new Cold War with the West. (Euronews)

  • Kuwait Wealth Fund Sells €1.4 Billion of Mercedes Shares. (Bloomberg/Autoblog)

  • Is Israel’s far-right government jeopardizing Emirati ties? (Aljazeera)

  • What Saudi Arabia’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation decision means for China’s influence in Middle East. (SCMP)

‘In other news’ …

  • These Saudi Camel Carvings Are Older Than Stonehenge. (IFL Science)

  • Ramadan 2023: Where do your dates come from? (Aljazeera)


On Social-Media …

Twitter avatar for @RashidaTlaib
Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib
This is the violent apartheid government of Israel. Don't look away. https://t.co/puUvGNu1Zr
4:13 AM ∙ Mar 26, 2023
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CNN @CNN
Prior to the discovery of oil and gas in Qatar, life in the Gulf revolved around pearls. Today, this "lost" heritage is everywhere -- if you know where to look.
cnn.itHow an iridescent gem changed the face of QatarWhile oil and gas has fueled the rise of modern Qatar, a rarer natural resource has played the longest role in the Gulf country’s evolution. Today, this “lost” heritage is everywhere -- if you know where to look.
5:55 AM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
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In other ‘posts’ …

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Doha News @dohanews
🌙 Residents from around the country gather at Lusail Boulevard every evening to watch the firing of the iftar cannon, a decades old tradition during Ramadan. 🎤 We spoke to a few spectators about their experience. Have you been to watch the canons yet?
1:22 PM ∙ Mar 31, 2023

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