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Abu Dhabi keeps spreading sovereign capital abroad with EUR 40 bn German package
The UAE signed nearly identical packages with France and Italy last year
War drags Middle East private capital as global capital rises elsewhere
Sovereign-scale capital moved fast after since 30 June
Abu Dhabi capital fans out into India + US AI as G42 weighs US ownership
Plus: Mubadala Capital is backing Crusoe again
Syria books USD 1 bn in agreements at Damascus fair as reconstruction interest deepens
The agreements from the fair show who’s underwriting Syria’s rebuild, as the Gulf, Turkey, and Germany each take a layer
Xi’s first Egypt visit in a decade delivers frameworks as Chinese money spreads across sectors
Some major headline agreements, including an anticipated Huawei chip or data center deal, remained unannounced
Egypt and Germany showed up at the Damascus fair. Saudi signed actual deals.
The 63rd Damascus International Fair is a snapshot of who’s still in the courting phase and who’s already contracting there
France joins the US, UK, and Italy in lining sovereign export credit behind its contractors for Saudi giga-projects
Saudi entertainment group Qiddiya will also invest EUR 6 bn (some USD 7 bn) to build three amusement parks
Egypt is finally moving on Syria reconstruction, starting with two September investment conferences
Whether a 1H of diplomatic warming would translate into a private-sector-led push into Syria is the thing to watch in…
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