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Saudi Arabia
Bandar prepares comeback

While Riyadh lays out the red carpet for Barak Obama, Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan has been licking his wounds in Morocco - but he is planning to make a comeback.

Subscribers only 02.04.2014

Saudi Arabia
Purpose behind Muqrin's appointment

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz was appointed deputy crown prince on March 27 to forestall a succession crisis in view of the [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 02.04.2014

Bahrain, Pakistan
Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa

Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, visited Islamabad on [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2014

Turkey
The MIT

The MIT, Turkey's intelligence service, is scouring the headquarters of [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2014

Turkey
Erdogan takes charge of arms deals

One of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's first moves after [...]

Subscribers only Defence 02.04.2014

Middle East
Gulf states launch Muslim Brotherhood hunt

After their public split with Qatar over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood, the Gulf monarchies have struck an agreement with Egypt to hunt down the organisation in the region.

Subscribers only 19.03.2014

Saudi Arabia
General Dynamics blocks Renault's way

The United States does not only have its eye on the contract to supply drones to Saudi Arabia (see p.1). [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 19.03.2014

Iraq
Video surveillance business booming

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has come up with a solution to the unprecedented wave of violence that has hit Iraq- [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 19.03.2014

Middle East
Habib Fekih

Habib Fekih, the former Tunis Aire executive who has headed [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 19.03.2014

Qatar
Hamad - "HBJ" - bin Jassim

Hamad - "HBJ" - bin Jassim, Qatar's former prime minister, [...]

Subscribers only 19.03.2014

Iran
On the trail of Hamas' missing drones

Efforts to reconcile Iran and Hamas are being hampered by [...]

Subscribers only Defence 19.03.2014

Qatar
Tamin's envoy in Tehran

Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi, who is in charge of external [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 19.03.2014

Syria
Intelligence chiefs led nun negotiations

The group of Syrian nuns who were freed on March [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 19.03.2014

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States | United States/Saudi Arabia
Predator drones for Mohammed bin Nayef

Barack Obama, who is due to visit Riyadh in the last week of March, has recently begun to repair US-Saudi relations which have been strained in the past year by the White House's overtures to Tehran and its reluctance to [.

Subscribers only Defence 19.03.2014

France, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh may guarantee French exports

French technocrats are examining alternative uses of a Saudi Arabian gift of €20 billion. One suggestion is that the money be passed on to the French credit insurance agency Coface to boost French export deals.

Subscribers only 05.03.2014

UAE
Olive leaves Afghanistan

The private security firm Olive has put its Afghan subsidiary on the block as it is shifting its focus to the Middle East, the region where its business is now growing.

Subscribers only 05.03.2014

UAE
Ecolog's battle-hardened labour force

Founded in Macedonia to give work to fighters demobilised after the war in Kosovo, Ecolog provides cooks, cleaners and drivers to armies all over the world.

Subscribers only 05.03.2014

Turkey
Tehran's gold man released

Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab was released on February 28 pending [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 05.03.2014

France, Saudi Arabia
French utilities in splash over water contracts

Expected in Paris for a low-key visit on March 5-12, [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 05.03.2014

Saudi Arabia, United States
Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft, the former national security advisor to George Bush [...]

Subscribers only 05.03.2014

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Middle East & Africa

Saudi Arabia
Bandar prepares comeback

Saudi Arabia
Purpose behind Muqrin's appointment

Bahrain, Pakistan
Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa

Turkey
The MIT

Turkey
Erdogan takes charge of arms deals

Middle East
Gulf states launch Muslim Brotherhood hunt

Saudi Arabia
General Dynamics blocks Renault's way

Iraq
Video surveillance business booming

Middle East
Habib Fekih

Qatar
Hamad - "HBJ" - bin Jassim

Iran
On the trail of Hamas' missing drones

Qatar
Tamin's envoy in Tehran

Syria
Intelligence chiefs led nun negotiations

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States | United States/Saudi Arabia
Predator drones for Mohammed bin Nayef

France, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh may guarantee French exports

UAE
Olive leaves Afghanistan

UAE
Ecolog's battle-hardened labour force

Turkey
Tehran's gold man released

France, Saudi Arabia
French utilities in splash over water contracts

Saudi Arabia, United States
Brent Scowcroft

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Saudi Arabia Bandar prepares comeback

Saudi Arabia Purpose behind Muqrin's appointment

Bahrain, Pakistan Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa

Turkey The MIT

Turkey Erdogan takes charge of arms deals

Middle East Gulf states launch Muslim Brotherhood hunt

Saudi Arabia General Dynamics blocks Renault's way

Iraq Video surveillance business booming

Middle East Habib Fekih

Qatar Hamad - "HBJ" - bin Jassim

Iran On the trail of Hamas' missing drones

Qatar Tamin's envoy in Tehran

Syria Intelligence chiefs led nun negotiations

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States | United States/Saudi Arabia Predator drones for Mohammed bin Nayef

France, Saudi Arabia Riyadh may guarantee French exports

UAE Olive leaves Afghanistan

UAE Ecolog's battle-hardened labour force

Turkey Tehran's gold man released

France, Saudi Arabia French utilities in splash over water contracts

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Saudi Arabia
Bandar prepares comeback

Saudi Arabia
Purpose behind Muqrin's appointment

Bahrain, Pakistan
Sheikh Hamad al-Khalifa

Turkey
The MIT

Turkey
Erdogan takes charge of arms deals

Middle East
Gulf states launch Muslim Brotherhood hunt

Saudi Arabia
General Dynamics blocks Renault's way

Iraq
Video surveillance business booming

Middle East
Habib Fekih

Qatar
Hamad - "HBJ" - bin Jassim

Iran
On the trail of Hamas' missing drones

Qatar
Tamin's envoy in Tehran

Syria
Intelligence chiefs led nun negotiations

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia, United States | United States/Saudi Arabia
Predator drones for Mohammed bin Nayef

France, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh may guarantee French exports

UAE
Olive leaves Afghanistan

UAE
Ecolog's battle-hardened labour force

Turkey
Tehran's gold man released

France, Saudi Arabia
French utilities in splash over water contracts

Saudi Arabia, United States
Brent Scowcroft