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Lebanese pound
Economic crisis likely to squeeze Lebanese tighter
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Attacks last year on tankers in Gulf waters and Saudi oil sites pierced Saudi defences and threatened to derail their reform agenda
Saudi to pump Aramco IPO proceeds into economy, defence
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Sudanese pound
Sudanese pound nosedives
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A tourist tries on a Tunisian “chechia” (traditional fez) in a shop at a bazaar in the Medina (old town) of Tunis
Tunisia’s tourism sector shows signs of recovery
Riadh Bouazza
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Rabat obtained a $610 million loan from the World Bank in February 2019 to support digital transformation of the economy
Digital economy making inroads in Morocco
Mohamed al-Alawi
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Sudan produced an estimated 93 tons of gold in 2018
Sudan begins allowing traders to export gold
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A flight attendant pulls his suitcase prior to a flight at the Lufthansa base of the Frankfurt airport
Airlines announce no-fly zone over Iran and Iraq
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Indians get fuel filled in their car at a petrol pump in Gauhati, India
Oil prices up on Iran missile attack on US forces in Iraq
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This latest uptick in tensions casts a massive cloud over any investor optimism at the start of 2020
Fears of US-Iran clash send crude, gold prices climbing
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Saudi Arabia's Tadawul market, the largest in the region and one of the world's top 10, was trading 2.4 percent down
Saudi Aramco shares rocked by regional tensions
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A worker refuels a truck at a gas station
Oil prices soar after Iranian general’s killing
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu
Leaders of Greece, Israel, Cyprus to sign gas pipeline deal
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Lebanese protesters occupy a branch of BLC Bank in the capital Beirut
'The banks don't care': Lebanese scream for their dollars
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Complicating Sudan's recovery is its inclusion on the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Sudan to lift fuel subsidies gradually
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An Iranian carpet seller takes a nap in the old Bazaar in Tehran
New budget won’t fix Iran’s economic, social or political problems
Gareth Smyth
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Examples of gold bullion are on show at Merrion vaults in Dublin
Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat sanctions
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