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AMMAN: Jordanian MPs on Monday called for Israel’s ambassador in Amman to be expelled in response to “Israel’s crimes against humanity.” Almost all lawmakers who took the podium during Monday’s special session on the violence in Gaza and the occupied West Bank urged the government to expel the envoy following Israel’s actions in Jerusalem and subsequent bombing campaign.
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Iran Expands Its Sphere Of Influence With Iraqi Energy Deals By Simon Watkins - Jan 14, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
Iraq announced two deals with countries that Iran hopes can be gradually moved further into its sphere of influence. One of the two, Lebanon, is already seen by Tehran as a key player in the Shia crescent of power that it has been meticulously developing for years - as a counterpoint to the U.S.’s own sphere of influence centred on Saudi Arabia - that stretches from Syria and Lebanon through Iraq and Iran and then south into Yemen.
According to comments last week from Iraq’s new Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, following a meeting in Baghdad with his Lebanon counterpart, Raymond Ghajar, Iraq will begin exporting fuel to Lebanon this month. The geopolitical imperative underpinning this announcement cannot be overstated, given that Iraq itself suffered from extreme power shortages over the summer and remains subject to intermittent power failures
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EBRD supports secure, green energy in Jordan with $100m loan to NEPCO
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) with a $100 million financing package to help the firm address working capital constraints by replacing short-term debt financing borrowed at the first peak of the COVID-19 crisis in the spring with a longer-term facility.
With funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the EBRD will also support NEPCO in an apprenticeship programme to promote career opportunities for women and young professionals, taking the opportunity of this pandemic-related support to build a more inclusive energy sector.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) with a US$ 100 million financing package to help the firm address working capital constraints by replacing short-term debt financing