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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...

After over a year of discussions in Iraq and Oman, Iran and Saudi Arabia have announced they are reestablishing diplomatic relations. This report reviews the recent diplomatic rapprochement, potential positive security e...

Iran has recently renewed/made threats against Saudi Arabia and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, causing considerable concern for private-sector organizations operating in those locations. This report outlines the context of...

Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Ministry has mandated that all hotel facilities remove security checkpoints for vehicles and guests at tourism lodging facilities. Security checkpoints were mitigation measures against terrorism an...

This report reviews the private-sector impact of the recent Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, the two-month ceasefire, and the consolidation of the Saudi-led coalition.

As 2022 begins, tensions between the Saudi-led coalition and the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group remain high, putting the prospect of a ceasefire or peace talks further away. This report reviews recent attacks and implica...

This report examines the recent Iran-U.S. tensions, including attacks across Iraq and Saudi Arabia, as both countries move forward in trying to negotiate a nuclear deal, the removal of economic sanctions, and an overall...

In an increasingly digital world, it is now more important than ever for businesses and employees to prepare themselves against cyberattacks and spyware. This reports highlights recent cyberattacks against individuals in...

This report reviews a selection of the continued challenges private-sector security managers will face as we progress through the new year. Most facets of regional stability and a more agreeable MENA security environment...

On November 27, Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated outside of Tehran. This report reviews the security implications of the assassination and potential for retaliation against U.S. interes...

In recent weeks, Saudi interests have experienced attacks domestically and abroad, as have foreign interests within Saudi Arabia, at the hands of multiple malefactors. This report reviews the most recent Saudi-related te...

On October 29, lone actors attacked multiple French targets in France and Saudi Arabia. On October 29, France raised the national security alert to “Attack Emergency,” the highest possible level, indicating an imminent t...

Once a global terror threat that controlled large portions of Iraq and Syria, ISIS is now a shadow of its former self. In the era of COVID-19, its fighters are exploiting security vulnerabilities in Iraq, and consolidati...

Climate change is one of the most critical national security threats facing governments around the world. It has the potential, at the current rate, to worsen existing health, economic, and security conditions in fragile...

This report reviews regional reactions to the UAE/Israel normalization of diplomatic relations agreement and expected changes to the regional security environment, including possible violent repercussions.

Faced with the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf have not stood by complacently. They have slowly been piecing together nuclear research and components under the guise of developing nu...

This analytical report provides an update on the recent drone and missile attacks in Saudi Arabia. Coupled with the Kingdom's healthcare system strain in combating COVID-19 and a worsening economy, they have encouraged i...

On January 3, the U.S. conducted targeted airstrikes near Baghdad International Airport. The strikes hit the convoy of two significant military figures: Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds For...

On September 14, two Saudi Aramco oil facilities in northeastern Saudi Arabia-Abqaiq and Khurais-were the target of multiple attacks by unmanned aerial systems and land attack cruise missiles. The Houthi rebels claimed r...