Gulf weekly: Lebanon government, Saudi bond, MBS/Bezos spat

GULF COUNTRIES - Report 24 Jan 2020 by Rory Fyfe and Justin Alexander

The weekly is a skimmable summary of key developments by country, overlaid with our analysis and links to further information. Headlines include:

* Lebanon formed a government of technocrats, but it doesn’t yet inspire much confidence.
* Saudi issued a $5bn bond.
* Allegations have resurfaced that Saudi hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone in 2018.
* Real estate prices and industrial production declined in Qatar, but bank deposits and loans rose.
* Bahrain’s FX reserves held steady in November.
* Haftar has halted Libyan oil production despite a high-level push for peace in Berlin.

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