Gulf weekly: Business environment improves, Saudi replaces foreign minister

GULF COUNTRIES - Report 27 Oct 2019 by Justin Alexander

Major recent improvements in Gulf business environments were codified in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business Index. Saudi Arabia appointed a new foreign minister and mediated a Yemeni power-sharing deal and Oman held elections. This came amidst another busy week in Middle Eastern politics, with the killing of Islamic State’s leader, a new Russian-mediated ceasefire in northern Syria and ongoing protests in Iraq and Lebanon.​

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