Politics

Take the pulse of the region’s political landscape with our Daily Intelligence Reports (DIRs) on diplomatic interactions: state visits, political summits, correspondence between policymakers, executive guidelines, royal decrees, cabinet meetings, and more.

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6977Reports for Politics

March 20, 2009

Summary: The Iraqi Interior Ministry is said to be complaining that the US embassy in Baghdad is preventing it from getting some advanced supplies and equipment from Boeing and General Dynamics. The following ...

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March 20, 2009

Summary: ENI CEO Paolo Scaroni gives priority to get a contract to develop Nassiriya oil field in April, while Fumiaki Watari, his competitor at Nippon Oil, has joined forces with Inpex and JGC to offer a pack...

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March 20, 2009

Summary: Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak paid last week a four-day visit to Paris during which he met with his French counterpart Hervé Morin as well as with French President Nic...

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March 18, 2009

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Summary: The ruling Al-Saud family has recently been giving reassuring statements about the health condition of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, who is still at hospital in New York undergoing intensiv...

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March 17, 2009

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Summary: The US Military claimed on March 16, 2009 that the US jets shot down last month an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of type Ababil-3 inside the Iraqi airspace. Tehran denied the US story. Th...

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March 17, 2009

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Summary: Occidental Petroleum is said to be showing interest in a contract to develop Nassiriya oil field in southern Iraq, while ENI of Italy still shows confidence that it will win this contract. The followi...

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March 16, 2009

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Summary: The Saudi Navy is said to have prepared a project to buy an anti-air warfare (AAW) frigate to support its programme to buy new types of frigates, including the FREMM-class frigate and the Littoral Com...

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March 16, 2009

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Summary: Willie Chiang, Head of Refining at ConocoPhillips, stated a few days ago that his company would decide early next year on whether to proceed with the Yanbu refinery project or not. ConocoPhillips had ...

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March 13, 2009

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Summary: Iraq got a Pentagon’s approval for US arms sales, including 400 Stryker wheeled vehicles, 20 T-6A Texan training aircraft, 20 coastal patrol boats and 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks, while continuing talks wit...

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March 13, 2009

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Summary: Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak began on 11/3/09 a four-day visit to Paris during which he met with his French counterpart Hervé Morin and is due to meet with French Pre...

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