Surf Arab States

Arab States Weekly Review 10th – 16th July 2010

A group of gunmen suspected of ties to Al-Qaeda attacked to security buidlings in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen. It was the second such attack on offices of Yemen’s security service in the past few weeks.

An internal Israeli military investigation concluded that “mistakes were made…at a relatively senior level” during the raid of the ‘Gaza flotilla’ in late May.

Nakheel, a property developer owned by Dubai World, met with creditors in an attempt to renegotiate its $10.5 bn in bank debt. Dubai World caused a scare on the financial markets last November after announcing a freeze on debt repayments.