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For all their power and wealth, few among the Saudi merchant class attained the level of fame of Khalid Bin Mahfouz

Saudi Arabia
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The wily president will need all his political skills to find a way out of the present crisis, but with national unity in jeopardy Ali Abdullah Saleh seems in no mood to compromise on major issues, and jails across Yemen are filling up

Yemen
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

CROWN PRINCE SALMAN Israel comments

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Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa in July wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post calling for Arab leaders to talk to Israeli media.

Israel | Bahrain
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

EMIR SHEIKH AHMED meets Obama

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Emir Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held talks with President Barack Obama in the White House on 4 August

Kuwait
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

SHEIKH TAHNOUN meets Prince Charles

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Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, in his capacity as head of the Tourism Development and Investment Company, has been in London to sign an MoU with the Prince of Wales’ School of Traditional Arts.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The Sultan’s decision to visit Iran during President Ahmadinejad’s inauguration shows that Oman remains a significant player in the region, able to balance strong relations with the West with an open approach to Tehran. And the purchase of 24 Eurofighter Typhoons shows it has a tougher mindset, too.

Iran | Oman
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Accusations of election-rigging marred the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s parliamentary and presidential elections, in which northern Iraq’s first credible democratic opposition emerged. According to preliminary results from the 25 July polls, the Kurdistan List, a coalition of the dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), won an absolute majority in the regional parliament, while regional president and KDP leader Massoud Barzani won 69.57% in the first direct election for the post.

Iraq
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

Gosaibi, Sanea, Ghurair debt row

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Lawsuits and rating downgrades have set three significant Gulf business families – Saudi Arabia’s Al-Gosaibis, Al-Saneas and the UAE’s Al-Ghurairs – against each other (GSN 855/13). Recently, the Dubai-based, Al-Ghurair-owned Mashreq Bank filed lawsuits in New York against AHAB and its subsidiary TIBC involving a failed $75m currency exchange.

Saudi Arabia | Bahrain | United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Recent allegations in regional media – perhaps encouraged by senior officials in their host countries – of serious political shake-ups in the military establishment and ruling family – suggest all is not well in Qatar’s regional relations, even after a year when Doha has made serious efforts to mend fences with Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani (HBJ) travelled in late July to Morocco to visit Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdelaziz.

Saudi Arabia | Jordan | Qatar
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Gulf rulers have been to visit a more sprightly looking Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdelaziz, who remains in Agadir. Before travelling to Morocco, King Abdullah held talks in Jeddah. Acting Riyadh governor Prince Sattam Bin Abdelaziz performed funeral prayers. Ibn Saud’s former pilot, Captain Joe Grant, now 101 years old, continued to be fêted. Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal has been in Washington to hold talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

Oman’s approaches to Iran and Yemen

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Oman has reduced the chance of conflict with Iran in the tight confines of the Strait of Hormuz through a policy of engagement, committed defence diplomacy and other confidence-building measures. It regards maintaining defences as an effective way of levering diplomatic efforts and forcing Iran to respect the Sultanate (see GSN view). In 1980, Omani and Iranian naval forces faced off in shows of force,

Iran | Yemen | Oman
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

Al-Houthi threat spreads

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The Al-Houthis' threat to a united Yemeni state is less well articulated than the Southern Movement's challenge to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but it remains a major thorn in Sanaa's flesh. In spite of Qatari and domestic

Yemen
Issue 859 - 08 August 2009

MBR equestrian ban

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The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) has banned Federal Premier and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) from riding in endurance races for six months after his horse twice failed doping tests

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Saeed’s three-day official visit to Iran has cemented decades of steady relations between the troubled Islamic Republic and Oman, for long seen as a moderate and sensible state whose good offices are valued by international partners. The visit, the Sultan’s first since Shah Reza Pahlavi’s fall in 1979, has highlighted the importance that Muscat attributes to maintaining steady relations with its large and powerful neighbour.

Iran | Oman
Issue 858 - 25 July 2009

A jihadist presence in Bahrain

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Like Yemen, the militant threat in Bahrain is intimately linked to Saudi Arabia. This was underlined by recent attempts to secure the extradition of three Bahrainis being held in Saudi Arabia on terrorism charges. Bahrain’s Al-Adala group (National Justice Movement) and National Detainees Committee are demanding the release of the men. The first is Guantanamo detainee Abdullah Majid Al-Naimi, who was detained by Saudi police at the King Fahd causeway on 10 October; he is one of six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo, a surprisingly high number given Bahrain’s tiny population.

Bahrain