UAE joint defence committee with US; Mayall tour of UAE and Yemen; Yemeni coastguard base on Miyoun Island
With the 31 August deadline looming for the withdrawal of US combat forces in Iraq, GSN has visited locations across the country to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of the security situation and the likely impact of withdrawal. We asked what the drawdown would mean on the ground and whether the Iraqi Security Forces will cope.
Across Iraq the Iraqi Security Forces are less motivated by a need to defeat the remaining cadre of militants. There is a pervasive sense that the security issue is mostly under control and that (in most places) the insurgents are finished and do not
GSN will explore the texts in more detail in a future edition, but some quotes are worth highlighting now. In particular, Hegghammer provides a succinct summation of the failure of Al-Qaeda in the
There is always something new and surprising to learn about militancy in Saudi Arabia, and Al-Qaeda’s pledge to kidnap royals and foreigners has revealed interesting features of the evolving threat
Ursula Brennan’s Riyadh visit, Military delegation in Yemen, Border controls
The recruitment and fundraising activities of Hayla Al-Qusayir, who was captured with 113 AQAP members in March, has highlighted the vital work of women in supporting terrorist cells
Authorities gloss Kurdistan security threat, Previous form, Lobbying on the Hill
A senior member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has called for supporters to kidnap Christians and Al-Saud members to secure the release of militants held in the Kingdom.
The heavy-handedness of the government’s security operations has forced retired southern soldiers into common cause with the Southern Movement, piling pressure on a creaking regime
Navy base expansion, Calls for security agreements with Iran, Waha Capital raises funds for military, Rifles order,
Public tensions have died down following reports of a skirmish between Emirati and Saudi vessels that was blamed on a dispute over the route of the Dolphin pipeline which brings Qatari gas to the UAE
Saudi-Qatar: Following several high-level meetings between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in mid-2008, both sides agreed to the delimitation of maritime borders between their countries and beyond the Khor Al-Udeid inlet (in the far south of Qatar). The minutes of the meeting of
Senior United States Department of Defence officials have criticised the defence industry for inadequate quality control on missile defence programmes, saying the administration planned to use more fixed-price contracts.
A rise in crimes such as carjacking, mugging and harassment, and continued warnings of a possible terrorist attack as AQAP regroups, are testing the international security community
