Political Risk

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

On Wednesday a senior Jordanian official was quoted by the United Press news agency as saying that Amman was worried about the proposed plans to send in Arab troops to stabilise the... 2008-09-05

The willingness of Hizbullah to turn over the apparent culprit in the shooting down of a Lebanese army helicopter would appear to suggest that this incident was more an accident than... 2008-09-01

The opening of the Rafah border over the weekend appears to have gone smoothly, with no major security incidents, although Egypt did reinforce the police presence on the border in... 2008-09-01

The already shaky truce between Israel and Hamas looks to be in further danger after Muhammad Deif, a prominent member of the militant group's armed wing, broke a two year silence... 2008-08-27

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