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On March 9 at 1200 ET, OSAC members joined a Snap call featuring Regional Security Officers (RSOs), a Consular Chief, and a Regional Analyst. This was the second OSAC Snap call related to recent events in the Middle East...

In recent years, Gulf countries have enhanced city surveillance systems originally deployed for traffic management and public safety into sophisticated tools for tracking and targeting individuals. This report describes...

Given recent regional events, there has been significant OSAC member interest regarding potential impacts to operations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This survey served to build a better understanding o...

Residents of most industrialized western countries are used to freedom of speech at some level, usually restricted only when it has the potential to harm others. But some locations – including some of the more popular co...

Jointly with Bahrain, the U.S. will hold an economic workshop entitled “Peace to Prosperity” in Manama on June 25-26. Palestinian leadership has called for a boycott, and Iran has also been outspoken against the event. T...

On May 16, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Advisory Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for overwater airspace above the Persian Gulf (also known as the Gulf of Arabia) and the Gulf of Oman, two strategic w...

Bahrain’s position in the oil-rich Persian Gulf just 15 miles off the coast of Saudi Arabia has made it an attractive location for global powers in both the military and business spheres. Bahrain hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fi...

Presidential and parliamentary elections often result in policy changes or political shifts. These developments can often lead to civil unrest, which has the potential to become violent. In some tumultuous areas, this ri...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week's bulletin contains articles highlighting continued political protests in Bahrain, Hizballah activities in Europe, and ongoing terror...

Two years after the start of Bahrain’s protests, pro-democracy and Shi’a political parties continue to rally in search of greater participation in the country’s governance. Demands for participation range from calls for...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the recent discovery of a bomb workshop in Bahrain, a potential hijacking attempt against a...

On June 28, Bahrain’s Chief of Police announced the discovery of several tons of explosives and chemicals during a raid on buildings in the neighborhoods of Salmabad and Hamad Town, south of Manama. The discovery is a wo...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the ongoing threats of terrorism in Turkey following a recent wave of small scale bombings...

On the evening of April 9, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the predominantly Shi’a village of Akr, south of Manama, Bahrain. The al-Thawra group, a radical offshoot of the February 14 youth movement, pl...

OSAC’s Country Councils and Outreach unit, created in March 2010, is tasked primarily with developing and sustaining OSAC’s Country Council program. OSAC’s Country Councils are currently found in over 145 cities around...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting famine and insecurity concerns in the Horn of Africa, a potential thwarted terrorist attack...

On June 1, Bahrain lifted the national security laws that were in place since March 15 and called for the beginning of a “national dialogue.” The national security laws banned demonstrations and public gatherings and inc...

The attached report examines the near-term potential for additional violence in Bahrain, reviews previous protest activity, and provides current OSAC and U.S. Embassy Manama security recommendations for local U.S. citize...

Various groups are arranging demonstrations in Bahrain on February 13 and February 14. OSAC anticipates minimal impact to U.S. private sector interests in Bahrain due to these demonstrations which will likely draw limite...