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Some two dozen medals were handed out by the ruler to mark the sultanate’s 54th National Day, Haitham’s two sons being awarded the First Order of Oman, while other royal family members and senior officials were given a lower ranked gong.

Oman
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The sale of a 2% stake in Saudi Telecom Company has raised $1bn for the sovereign wealth fund to plough back into other domestic deals. Meanwhile STC is said to be considering increasing its investment in Spanish telco Telefónica.

Saudi Arabia
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In his second visit to China in three months, Ras Al-Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi held talks with officials to tap into their experience in industrialisation and urban planning, and signed a co-operation deal covering areas including the digital economy and advanced manufacturing.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Long associated with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Hamas, Qatar has insisted that it has not ordered the Palestinian militant group to close its Doha office – a key point of contact in Qatar’s now-suspended mediation efforts to end the Gaza conflict – but the Hamas leadership is no longer in the country and is said to be sizing up alternative bases around the region including Türkiye.

Qatar
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The Iraq Fund for Development is hoping to nail down a $3bn commitment made by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund 18 months ago. At the same time, IFD is also holding discussions with the Dubai International Financial Centre over support for domestic tech companies. However, despite an upturn in Iraq’s economic prospects, local entrepreneurs and investors complain that not enough has been done to tackle corruption and bureaucratic inertia.

Iraq | Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh has signed partnership deals with the military reserves of Indiana and Oklahoma, mirroring similar deals struck by Oman and Qatar in the past. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb also called into Riyadh in mid-November, as part of a two-country trip to the region which also took in Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia
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The dramatic end to Bashir Al-Assad’s rule has created another crisis for Iran’s regional strategy and is an unnerving moment for Gulf monarchies which, in the name of ‘stability’, had been rebuilding ties with a Damascus regime that seemed to have survived a decade-plus of civil war. Diplomatic strategies will now have to be hastily redrawn, with an initial focus on ensuring Syria does not slide further into turmoil.

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Issue 1194 - 05 December 2024

Map of military strikes on Iran

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Revised December 2024, this map illustrates the locations of military strikes across Iran which took place on 19 April 2024 and 26 October 2024. 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
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Baku has restarted services from a new location in north-east Tehran, almost two years after its embassy was attacked by a gunman.

Iran