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Economy

Fires

Positive outlook. A tractor pulls a hay baler after reaping wheat at a field in Tunis.(Reuters)

Tunisia set for good harvest season despite fires

Oman

Slow reform. A 2018 file picture shows Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Masoud al-Sunaidi (C) speaking during the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Commerce and Economic Cooperation Committee meeting in Kuwait City. (AFP)

Oman joins other Gulf countries in implementing ‘sin tax’

Oman

Undated handout archive photo by the Norwegian shipowner Frontline of the crude oil tanker Front Altair, released June 13, 2019. (Reuters)

Oil prices surge after suspected tanker attack near Iran

economy

A general view of the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility in Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield at the Empty Quarter. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia forges ahead on ambitious LNG expansion plans

tunisia

A view of the headquaters of the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas in Tunis. (Wikipedia)

Tunisia moves ahead with smart electricity grid

Egypt

Motorists stuck in a traffic jam on a street leading towards downtown Cairo. (Reuters)

Cairo tackles privatisation of public transport sector

Iraq

An Iraqi man checks the wiring of a generator supplying electricity to homes in Baghdad. (AFP)

Will Iraq have enough electricity for coming hot summer days?

Manuel Langendorf

Saudi Arabia

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak (R) and Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih attend a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia June 7, 2019. (Reuters)

Saudi's Falih: we don't want to engage in race to up oil output

Iran Sanctions

Tough times. An Iranian worker walks on pipelines at an oil facility in Kharg Island. (AFP)

Iran’s economy crumbling as oil buyers jump ship