Inzamam Rashid

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We can now cross to Dubai where we can bring in Inzamam Rashid, who's Monocle's golf correspondent.

Good morning, Inzi.

Good morning, Emma.

And I would not put it past him to try and leverage that for political gain in the meantime.

Julie Norman, coordinator of the UCL Israel-Palestine Initiative, thank you so much for joining me in the studio.

And thanks also to all our guests this morning, Yossi Mekelberg in Jerusalem, Inzamam Rashid in Dubai, Laura James from Oxford Analytica.

We will be crossing back to Jerusalem to get the latest from Yossi at the end of the programme.

This will presumably be left to the Saudis, who have at least 72 Tornado Typhoons, rather of their own, among dozens of other combat jets, amounting indeed to a much bigger aerial force than that currently possessed by the UK.

We are joined, first of all, by Monocle's golf correspondent, Inzamam Rashid.

Inzamam, do we as yet know any more than that?

Well, look, I think what you said there is the important messaging that's come directly from the Defence Secretary West Street in the UK, that these typhoons will be in operation specifically for defensive roles and they will not conduct offensive strikes against us.

But I think a lot of countries, and the Gulf as well, will be looking at that lack of US support to Saudi Arabia.

And from my conversations that I've had with my sources inside the Saudi government, some within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have told me over the last couple of weeks or so that Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, has in fact been fuming, incredibly angry that the U.S. has not offered their support in times when Saudi Arabia have needed it most desperately.

Inzamam Rashid, thank you for joining us.

Let's bring our panel back in.

Among those who dropped by our actually gold-coloured pop-up studio was the Montreal-born Dubai-dwelling comedian Sean Chidiak, who inhabits a variety of locally recognisable characters.

I spoke to Sean, along with Monocle's golf correspondent, Inzamam Rashid, and Amelia Hemphill, a contributor, rather, to Bloomberg and CNN.

We began by asking whether the style of comedy and the appreciation of it differs in the UAE compared to other parts of the world.

It's a very specific type of humor here.

I do love a good Australian accent.

Australian and South African accent are two of my favorite accents.

That was Sean Chidiak there speaking to myself, Inzamam Rashid and Amelia Hemphill at the recent Arab Media Summit.

That is all for this edition of The Daily.

Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to step up their attacks on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia and the government in Yemen.

Well, I'm joined now by Inzamam Rashid, Monaco's Gulf correspondent in Dubai.

Inzi, always good to have you on the show.

Let's start with Iran.

It's believed that the president wasn't around at the time, but many people have been injured as a result of that attack as well.

So really, that side of the war, Chris, isn't showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon.

Inzamam Rashid, Monaco's Gulf correspondent in Dubai, thank you very much for joining us.

This is The Briefing, and we'll stick now with the Gulf and hear from Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Dahari, advisor to the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the mounting challenges to the region this year.

Now, continuing on the theme of the Saudi attacks, the Yemeni authorities say peace is their first priority, but what can the international community do to help? Jordan has called for a political solution in Yemen, while warning that the region faces not just military conflict, but an information war as well.

In Dubai, our contributing editor Andrew Mueller and Gulf correspondent Inzamam Rashid heard from Jordan's Minister of Communications, Dr. Mohamed Hussein Al-Mamani, about the country's position in the crisis, the challenge of countering misinformation, and how governments can maintain public trust when the facts on the ground change by the hour.

Jordan will continue to be a force of stability in the region.

We always call for dialogue.

So it's our sovereign right to make defense agreements, and these defense agreements are actually rooted back in the war against ISIS.

And we continue to work with different countries, friends, in order to make sure that we reduce the impact of regional conflict in our country.

His Excellency Dr Mohammed Hussain al-Mamani, the Minister of Communications in Jordan, talking to Andrew Mueller and Inzamam Rashid there.

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But what else is playing into the fuel crisis and how can it be solved? To answer those questions, we're speaking to Monocle correspondents, And

we begin in Dubai, where we're joined by Inzamam Rashid, who's Monocle's Gulf correspondent.

Good morning, Indy.

Good morning, Emma and Hannah.

Whichever party wins will no doubt face other flow-on pressures.

Will soaring airfares dent Spain's tourism windfall? Could operating costs for Spain's fishing fleet have flow-on effects to the country's seafood-centric diet? If the country's fiscal health takes another hit, will Spaniards have to make other sacrifices? The big questions hanging over the next few weeks will most likely be who do Spaniards trust to see them through a most certainly uncertain winter? For Monocle in Madrid, I'm Liam Aldous.

From Dubai, Inzamam Rashid.

From Helsinki, Petri Bertsov.

Coming up on today's program, Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for another attack on Riyadh's airport.

We'll get the latest on the growing conflict with our Gulf correspondent, Inzamam Rashid.

After that, to Paris, where our own Anita Riota is standing by.

Anita, what is the latest?

A very happy Thursday to all of our listeners around the world.

We will start with Saudi Arabia, which has suffered a fresh round of deadly attacks, including explosions in Riyadh today and an attack on its airports as a conflict with the Houthis in Yemen continues to grow.

Well, I'm joined now by Inzamam Rashid, Monaco's Gulf correspondent.

Inzi, great to have you back on the show.

Everybody's connected through carbon, and therefore all of us need to play a part in making sure we resolve this.

For Brodan there, chair of the Earthshot Prize, talking to Monocle's Inzamam Rashid at the LIV-X conference in Abu Dhabi.

And that's all the time we have for today's briefing.

The warmest of thanks to all my guests and to the producer, Chris Chemack.