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I find your second paragraph especially interesting, do you have a source (e.g. a book) to get deeper into this?

• selimthegrim 2y ago
  UAE has basically annexed Socotra.
• stef25 2y ago
  Dan Gertler
• cess11 2y ago
  Been a while since I last had a run through books about this and no time at the moment to go remind myself about titles, but I can give some links to start digging. Main export of Israel: https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/diamonds/reporter/isr https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/diamonds/repo... Local presentation of mining sites: https://en.israelidiamond.co.il/wikidiamond/diamond-mining-mines/ https://en.israelidiamond.co.il/wikidiamond/diamond-mining-m... Some historical background and interesting sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_industry_in_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_industry_in_Israel As mentioned, reading up on Dan Gertler is a good idea too. Sudan complaining recently about foreign involvement: https://sudantribune.com/article283888/ https://sudantribune.com/article283888/ If you look into Omar al-Bashir's 'career' you'll likely find it enlightening about the degree of Gulf involvement in Sudan. The Gulf states are really, really good at PR, they can afford the biggest, most efficient firms to run it for them, but there are a lot of books about the colonial history in the region and how trade and economics have evolved over the last century. The strategically importantly located island of Socotra has a really interesting history, lots of pirates and stuff. Since 2018 UAE is occupying it and lately Yemen news sources have claimed that Israel is in on it, and the US DoD has been asked whether they're there too. Starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_takeover_of_Socotra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_takeover_...
  • dindobre 2y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to reply, really interesting stuff.