August 2019

Moscow exercises hedging strategy in Yemen to preserve good times with Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: How Russia manuevers between Saudi Arabia, UAE in Yemen

The formation of Sudan’s sovereign council has been postponed for 48 hours at the request of opposition alliance, the Forces of Freedom and Change, until they reach a consensus on…

Sunday was the first day candidate centres opened across the UAE Source: Arabian Business Full Article: 194 candidates register for UAE's Federal National Council elections

Relatively little IPO activity has taken place locally since late 2017 Source: Arabian Business Full Article: GCC's IPO activity sees slight increase in Q2: PwC

Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena has 100 percent contactless payment acceptance Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Visa cardholders to be granted pre-sale access to Coca-Cola Arena events

Its $6.8bn JV to transform Mina Rashid into a Riviera-style coastal destination is "progressing as scheduled" Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Emaar buys remaining 35% of resort developer Mirage for…

A Turkish convoy loaded with munitions crossed into northwest Syria on Monday, to help insurgents fighting a government advance in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syrian state media said. The…

Dubai developer will reveal value of acquisitions once deal is completed Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Damac in talks with DICO over Al Sufouh, Business Bay land plots

 Sudan’s deposed president Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country for 30 years, arrived in court Monday in Khartoum for the start of his trial on corruption charges. Bashir, 75, was…

Synology and the TWCERT/CC urge all NAS users to reinforce system security settings to keep their data safe. Source: ITP.net Full Article: Synology and TWCERT announce collaboration with International Cybersecurity…