Search results

Selected filters:

General

Type

Sector

Regions

Sort options

481 results found for your search

Subscriber

Industry and mineral resources minister Bandar Al-Khorayef entered government in 2019 as head of the newly formed Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, which was created when the three-year-old Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources was split apart

Saudi Arabia
Subscriber

Alpha Dhabi Holding (ADH), which is linked to national security advisor Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (TBZ), has been increasing its investments in local property developers with at least three big deals in the last few weeks.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Subscriber

A London court case between the government-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Dubai-based leasing company International Airfinance Corporation (IAFC) could help to confirm or undermine speculation about one potential source of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS)’s wealth.

Saudi Arabia
Subscriber

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in mid-November followed his October government reshuffle with financial sector appointments. Sheikh Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Thani was appointed as Qatar Central Bank (QCB) governor, replacing Sheikh Abdullah Bin Saud Bin Abdelaziz. Sheikh Abdullah was a veteran of the scene, holding the position since 2006

Qatar
Issue 1136 - 11 November 2021

Key players in the Saudi defence industry

Subscriber

Walid Abukhaled – appointed Saudi Arabian Military Industries (Sami) chief executive in August 2020 after serving as acting chief executive for several months (following Andreas Schwer’s departure), he joined the group in September 2019 as chief strategy and business development officer. This followed a career at BAE Systems, AEC, General Electric and Northrup Grumman.

Saudi Arabia
Subscriber

Qatari Emiri Air Force (QEAF) commander Lieutenant General Salem Bin Mohammed Bin Aqeel Al-Nabit has been promoted to Qatari Armed Forces chief of staff, succeeding Lieutenant General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim, who has been made endowments and Islamic affairs minister. The change was announced via Emiri decree 60/2021 on 19 October.

Qatar
Subscriber

The Miami Herald has used the Pandora Papers leak to discover which Saudi family was behind a Florida “real estate shopping spree” in the 1990s. The investigation found seven offshore holding companies were owned by Khalid Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim. Analysis of Florida state corporation records also showed 95 land parcels worth roughly $65m to be owned by 55 companies connected to the Al-Ibrahim family.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 1136 - 26 October 2021

Qatar: Profiles of the cabinet

Subscriber

Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani (prime minister and interior minister): appointed premier in January 2020, replacing Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani who had held the position since Sheikh Tamim became emir in 2013.

Qatar
Subscriber

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani reshuffled the cabinet on 19 October, dividing four ministries into eight new departments and adding three more ruling family members to the team.

Qatar
Subscriber

GSN Risk Grade: D↓5 Recent developments Central Bank governor: Ali Salehabadi has been appointed governor of Bank Markazi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran (Central Bank of Iran) in an appointment announced on Twitter by finance and economic affairs minister Ehsan Khandouzi on 6 October.

Iran
Subscriber

Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian embarked on his first extended tour since being appointed in August. He reported having “excellent talks” with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 6 October, covering Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal and events in the Caucasus.

Iran
Subscriber

More than a decade after the scandal that brought an eminent Saudi business family to its knees, a Dammam court has brought an end to the Al-Gosaibi debt affair, although a final reckoning remains over once bulge-bracket son-in-law Maan Al-Sanea’s business.

Saudi Arabia
Issue 1135 - 14 October 2021

Kuwaiti ex-PM guilty in Army Fund case

Subscriber

Former prime minister Jaber Al-Mubarak was found guilty on 5 October by the Court of Ministers of complicity in the Army Fund fraud case. A sentence is due to be announced in November, but Al-Mubarak is expected to appeal against the verdict in the Court of Ministers’ first major trial.

Kuwait
Subscriber

Investment minister Khalid Bin Abdelaziz Al-Falih went on a brief tour of European and central Asian countries in late September in an effort to drum up interest in the Saudi economy.

Saudi Arabia
Subscriber

Rahbar (Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has continued to reshuffle the senior leadership of the armed forces, as Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force commander Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh was promoted to Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces (Iriaf) deputy chief of staff and Brigadier General Pilot Hamid Vahedi was named the Iriaf’s new commander.

Iran