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TODAY’S DAILY BRIEFING

18-Jan-2023

Egypt

Politics

"Egypt paves the way for the toughest step: Lifting subsidies off bread" (Newspaper, Middle East)

Financial Markets - Unrest

On January 17, the London-based Al-Arab daily newspaper carried the following report: "The Egyptian government is approaching the most difficult step in the implementation of its economic reform program and responding to the recommendations of the IMF… On Monday, the Egyptian Minister of Supply, Ali Meselhi, revealed that the government will start selling bread at cost price to the people who are not part of the bread subsidies group, in the context of the efforts aimed at confronting the ongoing inflation. This was a clear indication that the poor will not be affected knowing that these represent an important class in Egyptian society… (Read More)

Israel

Opinion

"The wind will not blow as per Netanyahu's desire" (Website, Middle East)

On January 16, the electronic Al-Modon daily newspaper carried the following piece by Mohannad al-Hajj Ali: "The threats that the Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, made against Iran and Hezbollah, do not carry any signs to an upcoming war. According to the man's last statement during the appointment of Herzi Halevi to lead the military institution, Netanyahu's main concern is to highlight the importance of his country's "red lines" and the fact that these lines should not be crossed, in addition to amending the rules of engagement based on the plans of his cabinet's radical wing to engage in additional settlement and violations in the occupied Jerusalem… (Read More)

Kuwait

Politics

"Kuwaiti government finds it easier to resign instead of confronting the opposition" (Newspaper, Middle East)

Democracy and Party Politics - Monarchies/Dictatorships

On January 17, the London-based Al-Arab daily newspaper carried the following report: "Kuwaiti political circles said that the way that Prime Minister, Sheik Ahmad Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabbah, has employed to deal with the crisis at the National Assembly was below the expected level and constituted a negative message to the Kuwaiti Street, although this Street had high hopes that Sheik Ahmed al-Nawaf will succeed in overcoming the past obstacles and will place the country on the reform track… (Read More)

Lebanon

Politics

"The Islamic Jamaa in the Resistance axis" (Website, Middle East)

Democracy and Party Politics - Military and Security

On January 15, the privately-owned Asas Media website carried the following report: "The Islamic Jamaa in Lebanon is making rapid steps in the direction of joining the Resistance Axis, i.e. the Hezbollah-led axis. The two groups agreed on organizing an encounter between high-ranking officials… The one factor that will have the largest effect on this new political action consists of the return of the direct relations between Turkey and Syria, and the summit meeting that shall be held between the two presidents, Bashar al-Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdogan… (Read More)

Palestine

Politics

"Why did Al-Qassam Brigades publish the Israeli soldier's footage at this timing…?" (Website, Middle East)

Media - Military and Security

On January 17, the electronic Rai al-Youm daily newspaper carried the following report: "Many questions were raised over the past few hours around the objectives that the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, wanted to accomplish by publishing footage showing one of the Israeli soldiers who are hostages of the movement, in light of the talk about the hostages' swap deal, which has come to a complete halt now and will not see the daylight before long years… (Read More)

Syria

Politics

"American efforts to break the Coalition…" (Al-Akhbar Lebanon, Lebanon)

USA Europe

On January 17, the Al-Akhbar daily newspaper carried the following report: "…The Tahrir al-Sham group (formerly the An-Nusra Front) led by the former head of the Al-Qa'idah branch in Syria, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, is proceeding with its escalation along the demarcation lines in the areas under the control of the Syrian army through attacks that are being carried out by "immersive" elements, mostly non-Syrians, primarily aimed at slamming the stability resulting from the agreement between Turkey and Russia… (Read More)

Yemen

Politics

"A Saudi delegation in Sanaa to engineer the truce: Al-Riyadh accepts Ansarullah's demands" (Al-Akhbar Lebanon, Lebanon)

Arab Diplomacy - Peace Process

On January 17, the Al-Akhbar daily newspaper carried the following report by its correspondent in Yemen, Rashid al-Haddad: "Al-Akhbar learned from well-informed sources that an agreement has been reached between Sanaa and Al-Riyadh to extend the truce in Yemen, as the latter accepted to meet the former's demands pertaining to the humanitarian files, mainly the file of the civil servants' wages… (Read More)

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