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Why the food crisis sparked by Russia's war hasn't hit Gulf states yet

Why the food crisis sparked by Russia's war hasn't hit Gulf states yet

[html]When Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered an international food crisis, some Middle Eastern importers were hit particularly hard. An economically shattered Lebanon is fighting to avert a bread crisis, war-torn Yemen is already grappling with "alarming heights" of food insecurity, and Egypt, which last year imported 80% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, is capping bread prices to dodge hunger at home.


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