Link to article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/uae-buys-record-80-french-fighter-jets-as-macron-starts-gulf-tour The UAE and France have signed a $19bn deal for the UAE to get 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 military helicopters. The French president stated that this arms deal “directly contributes to regional stability”. This deal will be very beneficial for France as the deal will directly support 7,000 jobs in France and guarantee the supply… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/emirati-top-security-official-visit-tehran-monday-nour-news-2021-12-05/ The United Arab Emirates’ top national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan will visit Iran tomorrow (Monday, Dec 6) to discuss expanding bilateral ties. Sheikh Tahnoon will meet with the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani, and other Iranian officials. The UAE’s engagement with Iran began in 2019 after attacks… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/4/where-does-iran-nuclear-deal-stand-after-seven-rounds-of-talks All countries in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agree to restore the deal, but Iran and the Western definitions of a good deal are very different. The seventh round of talks took place in Vienna on Friday. The documents presented by Iran had a maximalist stance and differed from the previously agreed upon issues with… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/26/hundreds-protest-in-amman-against-water-energy-deal-with-israel There is a potential agreement between Jordan and Israel. The deal is that Jordan would receive 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water from Israel in return for 600 megawatts of electricity generated from a UAE-funded solar energy plant in Jordan. Israel has significantly increased their water desalination projects. According to UNICEF, Jordan has very little… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-bennett-very-worried-world-powers-will-ease-iran-sanctions-atom-talks-2021-11-28/ Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennet said that Israel is worried Iran will have sanction relief, despite not halting its nuclear program sufficiently. Israel’s worries are because of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the recent meetings of Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK to resume their talks from the 2015 deal. JCPOA… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/27/turkish-lira-crisis-hits-idlib-in-syria The Turkish currency, the lira, has inflation rates of almost 20% and has lost about 40% of its value. Though this is a Turkish currency, it has largely affected the city Idlib in Syria. Idlib adopted the lira about a year ago. Most products are imported in Syria, so they have to pay high prices for… Read more »
