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Iraq’s Air Defence Command has started to use the Thales Ground Master 403 (GM403) long-range air surveillance radar, following an inauguration ceremony on 11 September.

Even while Iranian diplomatic efforts are focused on talks with global powers to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the nuclear deal whose revival would significantly improve the economic outlook – the domestic situation remains fragile.

The first batch of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) arrived at Dukhan Airbase on 27 August, watched by Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, minister of state for defence affairs Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, Qatar Armed Forces chief of staff Lieutenant General Salem Bin Hamad Bin Aqeel Al-Nabit and Qatar Amiri Air Force commander Brigadier General Jassem Mohamed Al-Mannai.

Disgraced former Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security director Fahad Al-Rajaan died in London on 6 February, according to a report by the Kuwait Times. Al-Rajaan had fled to the UK amid accusations of embezzling public funds.

Governments across the Gulf are enjoying another boom in  oil  and gas prices, which is all the more welcome given the fiscal crunch in many economies caused by the Covid pandemic.

Abdelaziz Bin Mohammed Al-Wasel presented his credentials as Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York to UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. Al-Wasel had been serving as ambassador to the UN in Geneva since 2016.

UAE's Fujairah Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi launched the Together, Hand in Hand community initiative, to help deal with the aftermath of storms which brought heavy rain and flooding to the emirate.

UAE's Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi’s book The Biography of the Sultans of Kilwa has been published by Al-Qasimi Publications.

Italy’s Eni has made a 1-1.5 tcf gas discovery in Block 2 offshore Abu Dhabi. The find was made at the block’s first exploration well and followed an earlier find in a shallower part of the same well.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is investing $200m in service stations in Egypt.

Oman's Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said arrived back in Muscat, following a month-long visit to Europe. He has kept a low profile since his return, with no major official engagements.

For all the build-up, United States President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia on 15-16 July ended up being a distinctly underwhelming occasion. The grubby compromises of realpolitik were on clear display, but without the glittering prizes of any ‘historic’ breakthrough, either in political or economic terms.

French defence company Thales is to supply four units of its GM403 long-range mobile radar system to Iraq.

Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (Baca) chair Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa has been dismissed from her post, after reportedly refusing to shake hands with Israel’s ambassador to Bahrain Eitan Naeh.

Iran has recalled its ambassador to Sweden, after a Swedish court sentenced former Iranian prosecutor Hamid Nouri to life in prison for the mass execution and torture of political prisoners at Gohardasht prison in the late 1980s.