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Conflict Economies in the Middle East and North Africa

This report examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. It also makes specific recommendations to Western policymakers addressing these types of sub-economies in detail.

Chatham House report Updated 18 October 2023 ISBN: 978 1 78413 332 0

Cover image: A petrol pump near Harf Sufyan, Amran governorate, Yemen,
February 2014.
Copyright © Peter Salisbury

— Cover image: A petrol pump near Harf Sufyan, Amran governorate, Yemen, February 2014. Copyright © Peter Salisbury

Tim Eaton

Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

Dr Renad Mansour

Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme; Project Director, Iraq Initiative

Dr Lina Khatib

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

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Dr Christine Cheng

Lecturer in War Studies, King's College London

Jihad Yazigi

Founder and Editor, Syria Report

Peter Salisbury

Former Senior Consulting Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

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Interactive Visualization

Interactive map 1: The conflict economies of Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen

Source: Map developed by Chatham House. The full screen version can be accessed here.

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