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On 14 September, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a damning account of torture in UAE prisons, detailing the alleged mistreatment of two Syrian prisoners, the enforced disappearance of one of the so-called UAE Seven, and concerns over the health of up to 60 civil society activists still being held without charge. All the detained have been arrested as part of a crackdown on a perceived Islamist threat to the federation, details of which GSN has regularly reported over recent months.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Farnborough International, the company that runs the biennial UK airshow, will continue to run the Bahrain International Airshow in the coming years. On 13 July, the British firm signed a contract with the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications to organise the next two editions of the Bahrain event, in 2018 and 2020.The 2016 version of the show, held in January, saw orders of more than $9bn.

Bahrain
Issue 1031 - 09 February 2017

UAE: RAK Ruler attends martyr’s funeral

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RAK Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr on 6 February performed the funeral prayer for Rashid Ali Al-Duhouri, a soldier killed in Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen. The death toll from the Saudi-led coalition operations in Yemen has been particularly high for RAK, which has accounted for the largest number of dead even though it is one of the smaller emirates by population.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 1027 - 05 December 2016

Iraq: Chinese missile defences

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Baghdad is close to finalising the purchase of a $2.5bn surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from China, the local Mawazin news agency, reported citing “informed sources”. The HQ-9/FD-2000 long-range system from China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation will be paid for in three instalments of $833m, starting in 2017. The Chinese missile system is thought to be based on the Russian S-300 system, which is now in place in Iran. Missile defences are becoming a key issue in the region, where Iran has a fast-growing ballistic missile arsenal.

Iraq
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Emir Sheikh Tamim’s mother Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Misnad travelled to Sudan on 11 March for talks with President Omar Al-Bashir on education, employment and youth empowerment. She also visited projects funded by two of her charities, the Education Above All Foundation and Silatech. She was in Tunisia for similar engagements on 14 March, including a meeting with President Beji Caid Essebsi.

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The appointments made via dozens of decrees late last month sent Saudi-watchers of varying degrees of sophistication into overdrive. The moves have undoubtedly strengthened the camp of King Salman Bin Abdelaziz – but, at the same time, they have left analysts pondering, and speculating, over a problem which has long plagued the House of Saud: alleged rivalry between princes.Most prominent are questions about what the latest manoeuvres mean for the standing of Crown Prince and interior minister Mohammed Bin Nayef (MBN), who is seen to have been losing power for over a year.

Saudi Arabia
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One of the younger – and low profile – sons of Crown Prince Salman has married a daughter of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalid Al-Majfal in Riyadh. Saud is one of Salman’s sons with his second wife Fahda Al-Hithlain; his full brother is Mohammed, recently appointed head of his father’s court.

Saudi Arabia
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Following his early July meeting in Doha with Tunisian interior minister Ali Laarayedh (GSN 927/7), heir apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad has visited Tunisia for two days of talks.

Qatar
Issue 949 - 21 June 2013

Iraq: Technip award

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France’s Technip has been awarded a contract for project managing consultancy services for the engineering, procurement and construction phase of the Kerbala refinery. The company completed the front-end engineering design in 2010. Technip described the award as “significant”, implying between E50m ($66m) and E100m. The company has won a series of contracts in the region over the past year, including in Dubai and Kuwait.

Iraq
Issue 990 - 03 April 2015

Kuwait/Iraq: MoUs on oil, gas

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Kuwait and Iraq have signed two memorandums of understanding related to oil fields on their shared border, and the possibility of Kuwait importing natural gas from Iraq. Kuwait’s state news agency Kuna said on 30 march that Kuwait Petroleum Company had held talks with Iraqi officials over two days, leading to the agreements. Kuwait is exploring various sources of much-needed gas, including imports from Iran.

Kuwait | Iraq
Issue 1012 - 01 April 2016

King Salman: Congressional audience

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King Salman Bin Abdelaziz on 21 March received a US congressional delegation headed by Senator Benjamin Cardin (Democrat-Maryland). Other members included Senators Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Cory Gardner (Republican-Colorado). This comes ahead of President Barack Obama’s planned visit to the kingdom in April (see Politics). The royal audience was attended by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, state minister Musaid Al-Aiban, culture minister Adel Altoraifi, foreign affairs and minister Adel Al-Jubair. Defence minister and second deputy premier Prince Mohammed Bin Salman separately met with the delegation.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 861 - 26 September 2009

Ghaya Bint Sultan Death

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Ras Al-Khaimah ruler’s court in mid-September announced the death of Sheikha Ghaya Bint Sultan Bin Salem Al-Qasimi

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 976 - 05 September 2014

Qatar: Money For Gaza

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Qatar has promised to give $1,000 to those in Gaza whose properties have been destroyed by Israeli’s Operation Protective Edge, according to the Palestinian Safa news agency. On 16 August, Safa quoted deputy minister of social affairs Omar Al-Darbi as saying the emergency funds from the Qatari committee for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip would be distributed in the following two days.

Qatar
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Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Saeed’s three-day official visit to Iran has cemented decades of steady relations between the troubled Islamic Republic and Oman, for long seen as a moderate and sensible state whose good offices are valued by international partners. The visit, the Sultan’s first since Shah Reza Pahlavi’s fall in 1979, has highlighted the importance that Muscat attributes to maintaining steady relations with its large and powerful neighbour.

Iran | Oman
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In the wake of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report into human rights abuses during the government’s crackdown on protesters, Bahrain has entered a critical phase.

Bahrain