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The UAE Ministry of Defence has cut the length of national service for male recruits holding a high school diploma or above, from 16 to 11 months. However, those without a high school diploma will now have to serve three years, up from two years previously. The national service for female recruits will be 11 months, down from 12 months previously.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 1147 - 21 May 2022

UAE: Adnoc to develop Fujairah LNG

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has appointed McDermott International as the design contractor for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Fujairah. The 9.6m t/yr capacity plant is being developed to tap into the growing international demand for natural gas.

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Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri inaugurated a drone factory in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 17 May. Bagheri had arrived the previous day, to be greeted on arrival in the Tajik capital by chief of the general staff Lieutenant General Imomali Sobirzoda.

Iran
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Saudi officials issued a statement on 16 May insisting that the futuristic city of Neom, under construction in the north-west of the kingdom, would be governed by the same rules that apply to the rest of the country in terms of security, defence and border protection.

Saudi Arabia
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad made a surprise visit to Tehran this month for talks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi. The trip came less than two months after the Syrian ruler was in Abu Dhabi.

Iran
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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani has embarked on an extensive tour of foreign capitals over the past week, in a trip that seems designed to shore up hopes of a revived Iran nuclear deal and to bolster Qatari gas exports.

Iran | Qatar
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Iran has continued to complain that the trial of former Iranian public prosecutor Hamid Nouri in Sweden is politically motivated.

Iran
Issue 1147 - 20 May 2022

UAE: First dirham-denominated bonds

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The Ministry of Finance announced on 11 May it had raised AED1.5bn ($408m) in its first local currency-denominated bond auction.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Recently appointed United States Central Command (Centcom) commander General Michael Kurilla held a meeting with then Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ) at Qasr Al-Shati, Abu Dhabi on 12 May, some three months after his predecessor had seemingly been denied an audience with MBZ.

Bahrain | United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Donors have pledged $33m for a United Nations plan to secure the decaying FSO Safer oil tanker, moored off the Yemen coast. The funds were pledged at an event in The Hague on 11 May co-hosted by the UN and the Dutch government.

Yemen
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France has condemned the arrest of two of its citizens in Iran as 'baseless' and called for their immediate release. Several other French citizens have been arrested and convicted of spying in recent years.

Iran
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British prosecutors have accused two former defence industry executives of orchestrating the payment of millions of pounds of bribes in Saudi Arabia, some of which went to Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah.

Saudi Arabia
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Gulf governments have been reporting healthy budget surpluses for Q1 2022, as they reap the benefit of high oil prices.

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A series of rare strikes were launched by food delivery workers in the UAE in early May, with riders for Deliveroo and Talabat staging walk-outs while calling for better pay and conditions.

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Iran appears to have succeeded in placing at least one surveillance mini-satellite into orbit in late December, based on imagery released this month showing large parts of the Bahraini capital Manama, including the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet.

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