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Issue 846 - 30 January 2009

Princess Haya: Maxima meeting

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While Netherlands Crown Prince Willem-Alexander was touring Dubai his wife Princess Maxima met with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum’s wife Sheikha Haya.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court head Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was in New Delhi on 10-11 March for meetings with senior Indian officials, further cementing bilateral ties in the wake of India’s recent investment in the Abu Dhabi oil sector. On 10 March, Sheikh Hamed opened the doors of his residence in the Indian capital to oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan and commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu. The next day he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the International Solar Alliance’s founding conference.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 1013 - 23 April 2016

Qatar: Al-Thani hostage release

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One un-named member of the Qatari royal family, along with a Pakistani national, was released by kidnappers in Iraq nearly four months after being taken captive while on a hunting trip, it was announced on 13 April. They were among more than 20 people abducted from a desert hunting party close to the Saudi border last December. According to a statement published on the official Qatar News Agency, “efforts are still ongoing to free the rest of the 26 kidnapped”.

Qatar
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Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah resigned from the FIFA Council, the top level of football’s governing body, on 30 April. This followed references in court documents in a federal court in New York on 27 April that a senior Kuwaiti official had bribed Asian sports officials. He denies any wrongdoing.A nephew of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Ahmed is a thought to be keen to be named the next crown prince. His involvement in domestic and international sports, has often been the subject of controversy.

Kuwait
Issue 953 - 07 September 2013

Saudi Arabia: Counter-terrorism donation

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Saudi Arabia has donated $100m to the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCTT). The 7 August announcement was made during King Abdullah Bin Adelaziz’s annual Eid Al-Fitr address, in Mecca. Saudi Arabia and the UN signed an agreement to set up the UNCCT in 2011, with Riyadh giving $10m towards its establishment. Based in New York, it works with experts to reinforce UN counterterrorism initiatives.

Saudi Arabia
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Following official visits in the past two months to Latin America, Eritrea and Russia, Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani travelled to Italy on 27 January. He met senior figures from business and politics including President Sergio Mattarella (who said Italy welcomed Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA 2022 World Cup), Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi. On 29 January, Tamim left for Bosnia and Herzegovina for meetings with President Dragan Covic, Prime Minister Denis Zvizdi and House of Representatives speaker Borjana Kristo.

Qatar
Issue 875 - 24 April 2010

First order for weapons from India

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India’s Financial Express newspaper reported that Oman has become the first country in West Asia to place an order for guns with an Indian supplier.

Oman
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On 22 September, the royal court announced the death of Princess Munira Bint Mohammed Bin Turki, aged 85. Funeral prayers including those by Prince Miqrin Bin Abdelaziz and a number of other princes, ministers and senior officials, were performed at the Iman Turki Bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 1051 - 11 January 2018

Yemen: Saudi jet ‘shot down’

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Saudi Arabia lost one of its fighter jets in Yemen on 7 January amid differing accounts of what happened. Yemeni rebel sources claimed they shot down the Tornado aircraft over the northern Saada province. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malki said the crash was caused by a technical malfunction after the jet had carried out its mission. The two pilots were rescued. There have been at least 14 other coalition aircraft losses in Yemen or nearby border areas of Saudi Arabia since March 2015, with ‘technical issues’ usually the explanation offered by officials.

Yemen
Issue 845 - 16 January 2009

Cabinet choices fail to impress

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Following weeks of negotiations and delays – which prompted talks of a walkout by parliamentarians and fresh grilling threats against the prime minister – Kuwait has a new government, albeit one with only two new faces. Many MPs have responded angrily to what is in effect a minor reshuffle rather than a new government, with 12 parliamentarians staging a walkout at the National Assembly ceremony to swear in the new cabinet.

Kuwait
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It will take more than a reshuffle to resolve the deep-seated contradictory pressures within Saudi Arabian politics and society. Even so, King Abdullah’s recent personnel changes send a powerful signal at a time of renewed succession concerns.

Saudi Arabia
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It’s been a busy summer for Emirati foreign minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (ABZ). As Egypt unravels, the UAE has found itself (willingly) thrust into the role of regional go-to guy, at times explaining the shape of the crisis to a much-confused West. Within days of the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi (GSN 951/1), ABZ was in Cairo. On 9 July, he accompanied his brother, national security adviser Hazza Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, to see General Abdelfattah El Sisi and interim president Adly Mansour; there followed the announcement of $3bn in aid.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Saudi Arabia, after all, is to house the planned Gulf Co-operation Council central bank. Following the 11th GCC consultative summit, held in the Kingdom on 5 May, the GCC’s outgoing secretary-general Abdelrahman Al-Attiyah announced that Riyadh would be the new joint monetary council’s base; this institution will eventually evolve into the GCC central bank.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia
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Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has made a KD5m ($16m) donation to a recently launched fund to mitigate the damage done by the spread of the Covid-19 in his country. The donation, announced on 2 April by Emiri Diwan affairs minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, was made on behalf of the wider Al-Sabah family. Similar health endowment funds have been set up elsewhere around the Gulf, including Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait
Issue 863 - 24 October 2009

Senior Al-Nahayan’s receive visitors

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United Arab Emirates (UAE)