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The UAE announced a package of legal reforms on 7 November, the effect of which is to bring personal and family law closer to western norms and provide greater protection to foreign nationals. The package seeks to give greater rights for expatriates – clearing up anomalies for many long-term residents and giving greater protections to women – and formalises a number of social practises, including the legal sale of alcohol to all aged over 21.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The UAE launched a new ten-year national strategy on 22 November. The plan, called We The UAE 2031, is based on four pillars: the economy, society, ecosystem and diplomacy.

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UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ) made his first trip outside the region as head of state, with a trip to France. Energy issues were high up the agenda.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 1064 - 03 August 2018

Qatar’s invasion averted

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Further details have emerged of the alleged plot by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to invade Qatar last summer. Many observers have suspected Riyadh and Abu Dhabi of planning a military assault on Qatar around the time the ‘GCC-3’ and Egypt began their diplomatic and economic embargo. Citing anonymous sources, US website The Intercept on 1 August reported that such a plot was discovered in the early summer of 2017 by Qatari intelligence agents.

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Ever more for Aramco trading: Saudi Aramco announced on 18 January that its Aramco Trading Company (ATC) arm had acquired United States-based Motiva Trading and launched a new subsidiary, Aramco Trading Americas (ATA). The latter will be the sole supplier and offtaker for Motiva Enterprises, which owns the 630,000 b/d Port Arthur refinery, the largest refinery in North America. Aramco had taken full control of the refinery in 2017, buying out its partner Royal Dutch Shell.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 1139 - 25 January 2022

Iran country map – revised January 2022

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Revised January 2022, this map illustrates Iran's major infrastructure. The main map shows the country's major road and rail network, with the locations of oil and gas fields and pipelines marked alongside associated infrastructure including oil refineries, gas processing plants, tanker terminals and LNG facilities. Provinces are marked and major international airports are shown with their IATA codes. An inset shoes the location of nuclear-related sites across the country.  The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged. 

Iran
Issue 1131 - 29 July 2021

Saudi giga-projects

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Published in July 2021, this map of Saudi Arabia indicates international airports as well as the various giga-projects under development across the country. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

Saudi Arabia
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The world has changed radically in the two decades since the United States-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, but few of the key players appear to have changed their minds on whether the invasion was justified – and many supporters continue to distance themselves from responsibility for the tumultuous events that followed. GSN followed the build-up to the conflict with great attention, as western intelligence and other agencies searched for a ‘smoking gun’ that didn’t really exist.

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The lead article analyses the efforts of various GCC states to reform their relationships with neighbours. In this shakeup, ideological relationships are morphing into ones which are more transactional and Iran could yet emerge as a viable location for investors from the Gulf monarchies. The following politics section has a piece on the latest Kuwaiti political crisis as the nation's constitutional court annuls the September 2022 general election to reinstate the previous National Assembly.  Continuing on from the previous issue's Energy and Industry article on Yemeni offshore upstream troubles, issue 1166 reports on the UN-brokered plan to remove 1m barrels of crude from the wreck of the FSO Safer near Hodeidah. The possibilities for further collaboration between Houthis and other authorities is speculated on. Risk Management Reports focus on Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. To mark the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, GSN draws on its extensive archive to offer a perspective piece on the build-up to the conflict and how its echoes are still felt today.  This issue's view article, free to view for registrants, addresses how the UAE's stance towards Russia is troubling to western nations.

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Russian and Chinese vessels joined their Iranian counterparts in a naval exercise off Chah Bahar in the Gulf of Oman in mid-March. After two days of air defence and anti-hijacking drills, the exercise concluded with a fleet review on 19 March.

Iran
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The Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) took delivery of the first of its Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter jets in March, becoming the first in the Gulf to add the aircraft to its fleet.

Bahrain
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A joint venture of Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) and China’s Jinko Power Technology has won a contract to build, own and operate the 500MW Manah Solar II independent power project (IPP) in Manah, under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP).

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The Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) signed an agreement with Afghanistan's Ministry of Education for a project to support 30,000 out-of-school children, half of them girls.

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The United States Naval Forces Central Command (Navcent) held the 18-day International Maritime Exercise 23 (IMX23) in late February and early March, with an opening ceremony for the operational phase held at US 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain.

Bahrain
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In a so far unusual move against a Russian entity, the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) cancelled MTS Bank’s licence to operate in Abu Dhabi in late March, citing the "sanctions risks associated with the bank".

United Arab Emirates (UAE)