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Minister of state for foreign trade Thani Al-Zeyoudi has been appointed executive chairman of Rorix Holdings, a trade finance, commodities exchange and insurance specialist recently set up by International Holding Company, the powerful local conglomerate.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The Qatar Investment Authority has invested $180m in critical minerals investor TechMet to try and ensure future supplies of lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earths.

Qatar
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Germany-based chemicals company has OQ been owned by Oman since 2013, but the Gulf investor is now reportedly looking to sell its stake in the business, which has large debts and is at risk of falling into insolvency.

Oman
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President Masoud Pezeshkian secured parliamentary approval for his full cabinet on 21 August – the first time this had happened in more than two decades. The process was helped by the implicit support for his nominees from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – but the limited number of female, young and moderate ministers has irked some of the president’s supporters.

Iran
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The sovereign wealth fund has seen its international assets fall from 29% of its overall portfolio in 2021 to around 20% in 2023, with a commensurate rise in investments in the Saudi economy. The shift is a clear response to Riyadh’s efforts to develop new sectors of the domestic economy.

Saudi Arabia
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The FII Institute has signed a contract with Prosek Partners worth more than $50,000 a month to provide it with communications and public relations support.

Saudi Arabia
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Talks between Mohammad Hassan Akhund and the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed are a further sign of slowly-developing ties between Abu Dhabi and the Taliban regime.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The Kuwait National Guard’s only commander since it was set up in 1967, Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabeh, died on 12 August. He was one of the oldest and richest members of the Kuwaiti ruling family.

Kuwait
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Dubai-based DP World has blamed attacks on Red Sea shipping by Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the 40% fall in its profits in the first half of 2024. In contrast, Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports said its revenues had more than doubled and profits were up 25%.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The UAE has seen distinctly mixed results from the six Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements that it has brought into force over the past two years. Trade with India has been growing at a slower pace than trade with the rest of the world and other deals have also been underperforming, as the easing of tariffs and other trade restrictions rubs up against broader geopolitical and macroeconomic issues.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Qatar’s ambassador to Bahrain Sultan Ali Yousef Mohammed Al-Khater presented his credentials to Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa further cementing the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Bahrain | Qatar
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In late July, just as the UAE was wrapping up several of its latest bilateral free trade deals, a GCC delegation was in Ankara from 29-31 July for the first round of discussions on a free trade deal with Türkiye.  That was soon followed on 1 August by the official launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the GCC and Indonesia.

Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | Bahrain | Oman | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Qatar
Issue 1190 - 08 August 2024

Iran seeks to bolster air defences

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Tehran has been touting its domestically-produced air defence systems, but has also reportedly been seeking more advanced equipment from Russia, amid fears of further confrontations with Israel

Iran
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Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv and an Israeli strike on Yemen’s Hodeidah port, as well as renewed fighting on a number of frontlines in Yemen’s own war, there are concerns that the situation in the country is once again at risk of spiralling out of control.

Yemen
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Masoud Pezeshkian was formally endorsed by Rahbar (Supreme Leader) Ali Khamenei on 28 July, followed by a public ceremony two days later. However, any chance of being able to ease into the new job ended abruptly with Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in the early hours of 31 July. The region is still awaiting Iran’s response.

Iran