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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.

Revised in June 2022, this map provides an overview of ballistic missile deployments across Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It also shows the locaton of nuclear-related sites. Sites of missile bases are shown in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, while Mobile transporter-erector launchers (TELs) are indicated in Bahrain, Qatar and UAE. The map includes small insets showing clusters of missile sites in Iran (located near Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Shiraz, Tabriz and Tehran). The map is presented as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.    

Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa is to seek a third term as Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president when the post comes up for election in February 2023.

Muscat and Tehran have revived long-discussed plans for a gas pipeline to deliver Iranian gas to Oman. A fresh commitment to the project was made by Iranian petroleum minister Javad Owji during a recent visit to the sultanate.

The Omani government’s decision to roll out a OR130m ($338m) package of benefits to its citizens is the first indication that Gulf governments are starting to loosen their fiscal policies in response to the oil windfall that has come their way this year.

Opec+ states agreed to bring forward an increase in the cartel’s output to help offset the impact of lost Russian production, in a move widely interpreted as improving relations with the West – notably with US President Joe Biden. However, the group maintained the alliance brokered by Riyadh and Moscow, despite western diplomatic pressure to drop Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

The organisers of the Martin Ennals Award – one of the most prestigious in the human rights field – noted Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja's long history of protesting against unlawful detention and torture in Bahrain and his criticism of corruption.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy detained Greek tankers the Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon in the Gulf late May, in apparent retaliation for the seizure of an Iranian tanker in April.

UAE's Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum became the first woman to pilot Leonardo’s AW609 tilt-rotor aircraft, in a flight at the company’s headquarters in Philadelphia. 

Geopolitical and energy security considerations have brutally shifted since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, prompting the US to regear its relationship with Saudi Arabia.

Qatar is aiming to start supplying Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2024, according to comments by foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Masdar and energy major BP are to develop clean hydrogen and technology hubs in a three-way partnership deal .

The collapse of the ten-storey Metropol building in Abadan, Khuzestan province, on 23 May has given added momentum to protests around Iran. Crowds booed Rahbar (Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s envoy Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari Alekasir when he visited the rescue scene on 29 May.

Royal Court advisor Ahmed Bin Abdelaziz Qattan has racked up more support for Riyadh’s bid to host the Expo 2030 fair, as he resumed his tour of African countries in May.

The UAE has signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with Israel at a ceremony in Dubai. The  signing came just 20 months after the two countries signed their so-called Abraham Accord in September 2020 and less than a year after the governments said they had started negotiating a deal.