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Egypt

Workers stand near steel bars at an industrial complex in Sadat City, 94km north of Cairo. (Reuters)

Egypt’s new export strategy faces stumbling blocs

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum

EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Canete (C) visits the Zohr gas field facilities, off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. (Twitter)

Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum a powerful new global player

Libya

Promising industry. A Libyan laborer tips a bag of olives into a vat at an olive oil factory in Tripoli. (AFP)

Libya's olive industry hit by own export ban

Iran

An Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker perpares to dock at the oil facility in the Khark Island. (AFP)

Tehran looks for ways to circumvent oil sanctions

Iran

Iran’s President Hassan Rohani (3rd L) attends a cabinet meeting in Tehran, on October 24. (Iranian Presidency)

As new US sanctions loom, Iran looking for ways to ‘muddle through’

Jordan

Cars drive through the Nassib-Jaber crossing, on October 15. (Ahmad Abdo)

Opening of Nassib-Jaber crossing will have an impact on Jordan, neighbouring countries

Jordan

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi meet in Amman, last month. (AP)

Jordan suspends free trade agreement with Turkey over unfair competition