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A scandal over healthcare procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic is threatening to break out and bring with it further discord between the National Assembly (parliament) and Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah’s government – which has already seen two ministerial resignations in the latest phase of Kuwait’s political crisis.

Kuwait
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The United States has announced further sanctions on a network – led by financier Said Al-Jamal – that it said helped fund the Houthi war effort

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GSN Risk Grade: B3↓ Recent developments Ukraine hesitancy: The government said it was watching developments in Ukraine “with deep anxiety”, following a Council of Ministers (cabinet) meeting at Al-Barakah Palace on 3 March chaired by Sultan Haitham.

Oman
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An attempt by GCC secretary-general Nayef Al-Hajraf to convene a fresh round of dialogue in Riyadh for Yemen war belligerents appears to have failed, with the Houthis refusing to take part. However, there are signs of further Saudi-inspired political initiatives to break the stalemate on the ground, which could have significant consequences for President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the wider political process.

Saudi Arabia | Yemen
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US President Joe Biden has nominated Timmy Davis as US ambassador to Qatar. Arabic-speaking Davis spent almost a decade in the US Marine Corps before joining the diplomatic service.

Iraq | Qatar
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Personally popular with fellow rulers for his relaxed style, but often criticized for flaws in Bahrain’s management and its troubled relations with its majority Shia population, King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has ruled Bahrain for 22 years, first as emir and, since 2002, as its self-declared king.

Bahrain
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A key Chechen figure involved in Russia’s campaign around the now-devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol is member of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) Adam Delimkhanov, who is also a cousin and close associate of Chechnya’s President Ramzan Kadyrov.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 1145 - 19 April 2022

Iran names new Baghdad envoy

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Iran has named Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadeq as its new ambassador to Baghdad. As is often the case with Iranian ambassadors to Iraq, Sadeq is reportedly a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp’s elite Quds Force.

Iran | Iraq
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GSN provides brief profiles of the eight members of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, which was formed at a GCC-convened summit in Riyadh in late March/early April.

Yemen
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to roil global oil and gas markets – particularly in Europe where countries are chasing alternative supplies to reduce their heavy energy dependency on Russia.

Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Iraq | Qatar
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King Hamad’s administration is seeking to portray the island kingdom as committed to reform despite growing sectarianism and opposition complaints about transparency shortfalls

Bahrain
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Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has been comfortably re-elected as speaker of the Majlis-e Shura-ye Eslami (parliament) for the third consecutive year.

Iran
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GSN Risk Grade: D4 Recent developments- Kadhimi to remain? A group of Iran-backed Shia parties known as the Co-ordination Framework may back Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi for another term of office, according to local media reports.

Iraq
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President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ) left Abu Dhabi to make a tour of the UAE’s other six emirates in the opening week of June, as he continues to settle into his new position as formal leader of the federation.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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UK international trade minister Ranil Jayawardena visited Doha in early June, where he met commerce and industry minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani. Jayawardena was also hosted by the Syrian-Qatari Al-Khayyat brothers, Ramez and Moutaz.

Qatar