AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoMiddle East Energy Shock: Brent crude pushed above $100 and oil prices hovered around $106.57 as Middle East disruptions stoked supply fears, while Nigeria’s LPG depots (including Dangote, NIPCO and Matrix) raised cooking gas prices—another hit for households already squeezed by living costs. Regional Diplomacy: Azerbaijan’s FM Jeyhun Bayramov met Türkiye’s Hakan Fidan to review strategic cooperation across politics, trade, energy, security and humanitarian ties, amid claims of disinformation targeting unity. Syria’s Kurdish Schools: Syrian Kurds are trying to preserve Kurdish-language schooling as Damascus reasserts authority, with a decree allowing some Kurdish teaching but falling short of full Kurdish-language curricula. Syria and Nuclear File: Syria began working with the IAEA to uncover and remove remnants of the al-Kibar nuclear site destroyed by Israel in 2007, including placing natural uranium under IAEA supervision. Security and Costs: A U.S. watchdog report says the Iran war damaged hundreds of buildings at U.S. bases across the region and exposed weapons resupply bottlenecks, with medical evacuations shifting from helicopters to slower ground routes. Trade Pressure: The WTO warned of the most serious and sustained disruptions to global trade in living memory, warning unilateral moves could sharply cut GDP and exports.
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