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The issue leads with an analysis of the rifts forming between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, looking into how Saudi oil economy ambitions have impacted Emirati officials. Politics and Royals watch sections follow with news of the Qatari Emir replacing the country's prime minister and opposition and revolution in Iran. Energy and industry covers claims that Somalia has an unofficial maritime map with offshore blocks in Yemeni waters. This is considered in the context of Yemen's civil war and outreach for IOCs. This article is accompanied by a map illustrating the Yemen's exploration and production blocks. RMRs focus on Bahrain and Iran. This issue's view article, which is free to view for registrants, concerns the Iranian regime's tightening grip on protests following the death in custody of 22-year- old Mahsa Amini. GSN asks whether opposition forces can hold out. 

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The Kuwaiti government has proposed cuts to capital spending but sharp rises in current expenditure as part of its budget for fiscal year 2023/24, which starts on 1 April. 

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Labelled by the British press as a ‘billionaire banker’, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani was born in April 1982 into a family that accrued almost unimaginable wealth, as the Qatari economy grew from an all but impoverished desert peninsula into a global-scale gas giant. His father, former prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani (HBJ), played an instrumental role in that process.

Qatar
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Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani’s emergence as a bidder to buy Manchester United FC has thrust the banker into the global limelight, while also posing questions about the balance of power and wealth in the opaque world of Qatari politics, which his father Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim (HBJ) dominated for so many years.

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Control of the Asir region has fluctuated between different groups over the centuries. By the 1830s, the Al-Ayed dynasty was in control, until the area was captured by the Ottomans in the late 1860s. Saudi Arabia’s founder King Abdelaziz (Ibn Saud) brought Asir under his direct rule in the early 1920s.

Saudi Arabia
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A hydrocarbons law in Iraq is in the offing, which could provide a stable revenue-sharing platform for years to come, but big obstacles remain to be resolved, leaving Iraqi Kurds in political and financial limbo, while the Kurdish regional oil industry stutters even as big gas developments are being promoted.

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Kuwait has all but left behind its former status as a pre-eminent hub of regional diplomacy, as the leadership is widely perceived to have walked away from its role as mediator in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) and its neighbours. Concerned by this apparent inaction on the regional stage, GSN has been asking: why has Kuwait apparently retired from playing such a significant diplomatic role?

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The issue leads with an analysis of what Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani’s emergence as a bidder for Manchester United FC reveals about the balance of power and wealth in the opaque world of Qatari politics. We also publish a detailed profile of Sheikh Jassim. Politics & People leads on the likelihood of yet another unconstitutional government resignation in Kuwait and the dismal state of its anti-corruption campaign. Royals watch notes steps to reconciliation in Kuwait’s ruling Al-Sabah family, while Diplomatic brief analyses the context of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s recent visit to Oman. Defence & Security covers the emergence of Iran-based jihadist veteran Saif Al-Adel as leader of Al-Qaeda. We also report on Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri’s inspection of a new underground airbase located in the southern mountains. Energy & Industry explores difficulties in establishing a working relationship between Erbil and Baghdad and the impact on a proposed national budget and hydrocarbons law. The situation leaves Iraqi Kurds in political and financial limbo with their regional oil industry under threat.  

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The mountainous province in Saudi Arabia's south-west has been earmarked as a future centre for tourism, notwithstanding the threats posed by attacks from Houthi rebels across the border in Yemen. Asir could be a model for Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s post-oil development ambitions, as well as for more short-term efforts to stabilise potentially restless populations.

Saudi Arabia | Yemen
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Recent developments Attempts continue to renew the ceasefire in Yemen, but the emphasis has switched to finding a permanent settlement. Much of recent diplomatic activity has been necessarily secret. Saudi Arabia appears more urgently determined to extract itself from the war.

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Updates on Regional and international organisations: Another Kuwaiti GCC secretary-general Regional electricity interconnection Support for Palestinians Arab League intellectual property committee World Bank leadership Updates on Opec and energy markets: Bumper year for revenues Opec+ holds solid Alternatives to the dollar? China and India are key players

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Saudi Arabia celebrated its recently created Founding Day on 22 February – the second year it has been officially marked. It marks what is referred to as the creation of the ‘First Saudi State’, on the day ancestor Mohammed Ibn Saud took control of Diriyah in 1727.  It is different from National Day, which marks “the unification” of Saudi Arabia on 23 September 1932.

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Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel's book "Dead in the Water: Murder and Fraud in the World's Most Secretive Industry" chronicles the proceedings that uncovered a jaw-dropping international conspiracy to commit what would have been the world's largest-ever maritime insurance fraud.

Yemen
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Leaked Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) documents suggest the region’s crude oil production could reach 580,000 b/d by 2027, compared to about 430,000 b/d in 2022 – but only under the most optimistic scenario where investment is fully optimised.

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Updated February 2023, this map provides a detailed overview of the hydrocarbons sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The map focuses on blocks and fields in the Kurdistan region and area along its border with the rest of Iraq. Blocks that are licensed and open are shown with block operators and oil and gas fields marked. Associated mid- and downstream infrastructure is also such as pipelines, refineries and gas processing plants. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

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