The #UAE signs $3.266 bln weapons purchase contracts including a $1.55 bln deal with Raytheon Co. to supply its air force with platform systems to launch missiles.
https://t.co/BILquhemFk

#Gulf Region Rundown, Monday, Feb 18, 2019

Highlight: #MBS in #Pakistan and signs $20 bln deals with #Islamabad
#Iran: Khamenei warns from #Europeans' intentions
#Iraq: Head of @CENTCOM in #Baghdad
#KSA: a new deal with #Spain's @NavantiaOficial for Navy ships

.@GovBillWeld is the first Republican to declare a challenge against President Trump for the nomination in 2020. Check out a new Candidate Briefing: "What a Bill Weld Presidency Could Mean for the Gulf"
#BillWeld #BillWeld2020
https://t.co/Yc8d4wB4nW

Despite Trump's announced policy to decrease military engagement in the #MidEast, tension between #Tehran & the #WhiteHouse is increasing. Right after the conclusion of US-led Anti-Iran #WarsawSummit, FM Zarif says any war against #Iran will be "suicidal"
https://t.co/7e6611EeIO

#ICYMI: part of @bmalsaif's remarks during "Women in the Gulf: Between Tradition & Reform" panel about gender equality in the Gulf before the 20th century. Watch the full video here:
https://t.co/2sXp0aM2sI

#ICYMI: parts of @Rothna_Begum's remarks during "Women in the Gulf: Between Tradition & Reform" panel about the struggle of women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia to end the women driving ban. Watch the full video here:
https://t.co/2sXp0aM2sI

New commentary by Dr. Kenneth Katzman "Gulf States Split on Iran" discusses the divergence among #GCC states about policy on #Iran between accommodationist group (#Qatar, #Oman & #Kuwait) and confrontational group (#KSA, #UAE & #Bahrain)
https://t.co/t3FzlkcHiJ

#Gulf Region Rundown, Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Highlight: House passes #HJRes37, a bill seeking to end US military support for the #ArabCoalition in #YemenWar
#Iran: an attack on #IRGC kills 27; #Tehran blames #Israel & the #US
#Iraq: UN envoy calls for the end of political infighting

#GIFLegislationTracker
In a historic first the #House voted to pass @RoKhanna's #HJRes37, a #WarPowersResolution bill seeking to significantly curtail US military support for the Arab Coalition in #YemenWar. Up next, the bill will be debated in the #Senate

#GIFLegislationTracker
@RepLoisFrankel introduces legislation aimed at expressing the United States' outrage at reports of detained women's rights activists in #SaudiArabia