Background Notes: Mideast, March, 2011

Abdullah Affairs agreement Agriculture Ali Abdullah Saleh Ambassador Amir appointed Arab League assassination assistance Ba'ath Party Bahrain Bank Bashar Al-Asad Beirut bilateral border British cabinet Christian civil coalition constitution continued countries courts Damascus December Defense Deputy Prime Minister diplomatic relations economic Egypt Emirates established exports February finance forces foreign groups growth rate Gulf Gulf Cooperation Council Hamad Hariri Hizballah IAEA independent industry International Iran Iran’s Iranian Iraq Iraq’s Iraqi Islamic Israel Israeli January Jordan June Khalifa King Kingdom Kuwait leaders Lebanese Lebanon legislation major March military million Muslim National Assembly negotiations November October official Oman operations Organization Palestinian parliament parliamentary elections PDRY petroleum political parties population President Qatar reform region religious Saudi Arabia sector Security Council Resolution September Sheikh Shi'a South Sunni Syria terrorist trade treaty troops U.S. Embassy UN Security Council United Nations UNSCR vote withdrawal Yemen