Saved by the bell! Jordan's economic dire straits may have be given a new lifeline by the recent $2.5 Billion Saudi, Kuwait and Emirati aid package. Al Bawaba examines the nitty-gritty of the deal and attached strings to it that are inevitably political.
![Dozens of Egyptians take part in demonstration in front of a government office in downtown Alexandria on March 7, 2017, against cuts in government bread subsidies. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt_2017/EgyptProtestBread.jpg?itok=QIrtVAhr "Dozens of Egyptians take part in demonstration in front of a government office in downtown Alexandria on March 7, 2017, against cuts in government bread subsidies. [AFP]")
