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Breaking out: Is Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham moving away from Jihad and Sharia law?

Articles / Due Diligence, Egypt, Extremists, Global trade, international relations, Islamic State, Jihad, Saudi Arabia, security risks, Sharia, Syria, United nations, USA / 03/2025

As Syria’s new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led-government tentatively explores governance away from jihad and strict Sharia law, the reactions from extremist factions have been notably severe and revealing. Sami al-'Uraydi, leader of Syria's Tanzim Hurras al-Din (sometimes referred to as Al-Qaeda in Syria), has vocally opposed any deviation from Sharia, embodying a "Sharia or [...]

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The West’s Tightrope: Balancing diplomacy and power in the Red Sea

Articles / Due Diligence, Geopolitics, Hezbollah, Iran, Red Sea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Suez Canal, Ukraine, USA / 01/2024

Global attention continues to focus on the Red Sea region where the conflict is getting worse. Having started with a series of calculated moves by regional powers, it is threatening to develop into a terrible conflict with potentially far-reaching consequences. Military clashes continue to increase, geopolitical tensions are rising and a humanitarian crisis is likely.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard given the green light for terrorism

Articles / Due Diligence, Hamas, Iran, IRGC, Israel, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, USA / 11/2023

It is now clear that operations of the terrorist group Hamas are being funded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Furthermore, there are reports of plans by the IRGC to carry out terrorist attacks on non-military Western targets, in an attempt to deter countries from

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‘The Arabian Phoenix’ Part 2 – Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

Articles / Business Risk, Due Diligence, Economy, Foreign investment, Middle East, Oil, Saudi Arabia / 10/2023

This year marks the half-way point in Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030. To what extent is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on track to achieve its goals of diversification economically, socially and culturally that it outlined in 2016? Last year, KSA achieved the astonishing growth rate of 8.7% – making it the fastest growing

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‘The Arabian Phoenix’ – Saudi Arabia’s resurgence in global trade

Articles / Corruption, Due Diligence, Economy, Foreign investment, Middle East, oil and gas, Saudi Arabia / 10/2023

A new era is dawning in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Historically, KSA’s riches have derived from abundant oil reserves, making it one of the globe’s leading exporters in this energy sector. The revenue generated from this exceptional wealth has shaped the country’s economy and infrastructure. However, dependence on and exposure to a single

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Saudi Arabia: The coming of age

Articles / Due Diligence, Geopolitics, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi oil / 07/2023

Saudi Arabia has come of age in the last few years under the stewardship of Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (known by his initials, MBS). The kingdom has started to establish itself within the Middle East as a country with views that should be considered, listened to, understood and appreciated – despite the negative reputation

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Two hard-boiled egos

Articles / China, Due Diligence, India, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Western world, world trade / 05/2023

When two powerful world leaders start to collaborate over how to restructure the global order, the rest of the world had better sit up and take note. The leaders from the G7 nations are desperately trying to intervene, but they are slowly losing cohesion and influence. The growing combined influence of Xi and Putin is

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp – businessmen or terrorists?

Articles / China, Corruption, criminality, Due Diligence, Iran, IRGC, Oil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism / 05/2023

It appears that Iran is entering into business negotiations in the Near Abroad and is looking to benefit from the new detente with Russia and China. Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) are already in negotiations in Uzbekistan where a million barrels of oil a day (from a daily production of 1.46 million

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The North-South corridor: the rise of the East

Articles / Africa, China, Geopolitics, Human rights, India, Iran, Oil, proxy war, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA, Yemen / 04/2023

The International North-South Transport Corridor is a 4,500-mile network of ship, rail, and road routes for moving cargo between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Central Asia. However, due to the recent normalisation of relations between regional enemies, Saudi Arabia and Iran (negotiated by China) has altered the North-South Corridor to include those nations. The rapprochement

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Saudi Arabia and Iran – an unholy alliance

Articles / China, Due Diligence, energy markets, International Security, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia / 04/2023

Russia and China are using Saudi Arabia and Iran to create a North South trading corridor to dilute the trading power of the West. China, as the Big Brother within the BRICS trading bloc, is seeking to mediate between the two to establish a trading agreement that would benefit all parties involved, excluding the West. This move

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