Political Risk

Meanwhile, another coalition partner, Labour, has threatened to walk out on Kadima if it succumbs to what Labour MK Ophir Pines-Paz referred to as 'extortion' by the likes of Shas.... 2008-09-18

New information suggests that an attack by Hizbullah and Hamas on Israeli tourists to Egypt's Sinai region is imminent, according to Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak. According... 2008-09-16

We are not expecting great things from today's national dialogue in Lebanon, with the backdrop of six attempted bombings in Beirut's mainly Sunni Corniche al-Mazraa area being a very... 2008-09-15

The assassination of senior Lebanese Democratic Party politburo member Saleh al-Aridi last night is remarkable not for the fact that it happened - car bombings targeting politicians... 2008-09-11

The government has agreed on and approved a new minimum wage and a LBP200,000 pay increase for all employees in the public and private sectors. Up 67% on the last floor, set in 1996,... 2008-09-10

While our core scenario is for Syria to re-emerge into the international community, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is clearly not as yet throwing all his eggs into the one basket... 2008-08-20

Although the memorandum of understanding signed by Hizbullah and a number of Sunni Islamist (or 'Salafi') groups in Lebanon this week appears to have been frozen, the fact that it... 2008-08-20

Egypt is once again cracking down on security at the Gaza border (Rafah), after closing it yet again in a move that could well go down badly with the population, which is sympathetic... 2008-08-15

Yesterday's bus bombing in Tripoli is a reminder that the 'stability' supposedly ensuing from the establishment of the government is only skin deep, and could deteriorate substantially... 2008-08-14

BMI View: Relations with Iraq will continue to improve, but the ascendance of Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran will keep Jordan from getting too comfortable.