Gulf economies face major challenges in post-COVID 19 world - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sebastian Castelier

Sebastian Castelier

Dec 17, 2020

A worker inspects bottles of milk on on the producion line at a dairy factory at Baladna farm in the city of al-Khor, 60 kilometers north of the Qatari capital on October 26, 2019. - The cows of Qatar's Baladna farm, housed in climate-controlled farms in the desert, exemplify the lengths to which Qatar has gone to resist what it calls an economic "blockade" enforced by its Saudi-led neighbours. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images) — A worker inspects bottles of milk on the producion line at a dairy factory at Baladna farm in the city of al-Khor, north of Doha, Qatar, Oct. 26, 2019. — Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images

General view of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 30, 2019. Picture taken May 30, 2019. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC14404B7D30

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) participates in a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in New York on September 28, 2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sebastian Castelier

Sebastian Castelier

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A flame from a Saudi Aramco oil installion known as "Pump 3" is seen in the desert near the oil-rich area of Khouris, 160 kms east of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on June 23, 2008.

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Sebastian Castelier

Sebastian Castelier

In Dubai, reporting on regional business

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