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  • India-Pakistan
    Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease

    Restrictions continued in much of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, despite India’s government saying it was gradually restoring phone lines and easing a security lockdown that’s been in place for nearly two weeks. Soldiers manned nearly deserted streets and limited the movement of the few pedestrians who came out of their homes in Srinagar, the region’s main city.

  • Cyber Security
    Middle East Oil, Carmakers Face Very High Cybersecurity Risk

    Industrial security company Dragos recently issued a warning on what it calls “Hexane,” a new hacking group on the radar targeting telecommunications and oil and gas companies across Africa and the Middle East.

  • U.S.-Saudi Relations
    Pompeo talks maritime security, Iran with Saudi crown prince

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed maritime security, Iran and Yemen with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call on Wednesday. "The secretary discussed heightened tensions in the region and the need for stronger maritime security in order to promote freedom of navigation," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.

  • Gulf Shipping
    UK joins US in Strait of Hormuz naval security mission

    Britain said Monday that it would join a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s seizure of merchant vessels has raised tensions with the West. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister lambasted recent U.S. financial sanctions against him, calling the move a “failure” for diplomacy.

  • Hajj 2019
    Saudi security forces showcase readiness for Hajj

    The pilgrimage traditionally takes place from the eighth to the 12th of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.

  • Iraq
    Saudi Arabia drafts security agreement with Iraq

    Saudi Arabia approved a draft agreement on security cooperation with Iraq on Tuesday evening, the Saudi press agency said, in a bid to strengthen ties with the neighboring country. King Salman chaired a cabinet meeting in the city of Neom that tasked the Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud, or his deputy to meet with Iraqi officials to implement the deal.

  • Iran-UAE
    UAE, Iran hold rare talks in Tehran on maritime security

    Officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met to discuss maritime security for the first time in six years amid a spike in tensions in the Persian Gulf, both countries confirmed on Wednesday. The meeting is significant because the UAE and Iran are regional rivals. The UAE downgraded ties with Iran in 2016 and has long pushed for more hawkish U.S. policies toward Tehran, including supporting tough American sanctions.  

  • Iran in the Region
    Houthis’ Iran-enabled ascent in the Gulf raises security risks

    “We have witnessed a massive increase in capability on the side of the Houthis in recent years, particularly relating to ballistic missiles and drone technology,” Andreas Krieg, a professor at King’s College London, told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

  • U.S.-Saudi FMS
    U.S., Saudi share security assistance update

    “These once a year, face-to-face, meetings are critical,” Conrad Bonner, the deputy director of Central Command Regional Operations at USASAC, said. “When we are able to get together, we are able to solve funding problems, we can solve scheduling and delivery problems, and we are able to get decisions directly from the Saudi and U.S. commanders on the way to proceed forward.”

  • Trump Peace Plan
    Trump’s Middle East envoy faces resistance at U.N. Security Council

    A plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians cannot rely on global consensus, inconclusive international law and “unclear” United Nations resolutions, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, sparking pushback from several countries.