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KSRelief Spearheads Saudi aid to Gaza and the Globe
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) provides humanitarian aid and relief to people outside of Saudi Arabia’s borders. KSRelief was established by King Salman bin Abdulaziz in 2015 and works in 46 countries, with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Report: China, Eying Increased Influence in the Middle East, Presses Iran to Rein in Houthi Attacks in Red Sea – Reuters
A recently-published Reuters report says that top Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, citing four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter.
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U.S. Continues Campaign to Secure Critical Red Sea Trading Route with Terrorist Designation for Houthi Groups
The U.S. government on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups as Washington seeks to halt attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, according to a report in Reuters.
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Secretary Blinken’s Speaks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud; Defense Secretary Austin in Israel Announces New Operation in Red Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and discussed developments in the Gaza Strip during a phone call, according to statements released by both nations.
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Iranian President Meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for First Time with Regional Stability in the Spotlight
Ebrahim Raisi has become the first Iranian president to visit Saudi Arabia in over a decade, meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time in the Kingdom.
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The CEO of Riyadh’s financial district, Gautam Sashittal, joins The 966 to talk about the Kingdom’s original giga-project and the city of the future
Gautam Sashittal, the CEO of Riyadh’s financial district that has redefined Riyadh’s skyline and is the city’s most sought-after business address and lifestyle destination, joins The 966 podcast. The district is home to many of Saudi Arabia’s largest companies and regional headquarters of international corporations doing business in the region, as well as the Kingdom’s […]
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More on Saudi-Israel normalization reports, Lucid’s future, and Kuwait University’s Bader Al-Saif joins The 966
Episode 98! Dr. Bader Al-Saif, founding President at Al-Saif Consulting and Assistant Professor at Kuwait University joins The 966 to talk about Saudi Arabia as an emerging economic and diplomatic power in a changing region. Al-Saif is also a visiting researcher at Georgetown University, where he completed his PHD in history, and a non-resident fellow […]
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The Saudi PIF Invests in Saudi football, Messi to Miami, and Saudi entrepreneurs Sara Bin Laden and Renad Aljefri join The 966
Saudi entrepreneurs Sara Bin Laden and Renad Aljefri, recent WIN fellows, join The 966 from Jeddah to discuss their experiences and journeys to-date. Renad and Sara recently took part in the second cohort of the Atlantic Council’s Women Innovators Fellowship, known as the WIN fellowship – a program launched by the empowerME initiative of the […]
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Secretary Blinken, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud Speak by Phone as Middle East Diplomacy Heats Up
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud by phone on Tuesday to talk about regional diplomatic issues, including Yemen, according to a statement by the State Department.
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Iran and Saudi open embassies as thaw continues, U.S.-Saudi diplomacy evolves, and much more
In Episode 82, the 966 hosts fly solo and discuss some of the top developments of late on Saudi Arabia – and there are a lot of them. First, the hosts discuss Richard’s One Big Thing, which is the readout of the recent call between the U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, and Saudi Arabia’s […]
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Perspective: Saudi Arabia’s Eastward Turn: Shifting Relations with Yemeni Tribes
Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Yemeni tribes has undergone many changes over recent decades, focused mainly on cultivating direct ties with Yemeni tribal sheikhs. With a shared 1,800 km-long border, the Kingdom has closely monitored developments inside Yemen, placing significant importance on its relationship with tribal leaders as a means of “influenc[ing] internal political decision-making in Yemen in line with its interests.”[1] Such ties, however, are neither fixed nor homogeneous and have evolved based on the mutual interests of both parties. Saudi Arabia’s Eastward Turn: Shifting Relations with Yemeni Tribes - The Yemen Review, Quarterly: January-March 2024 - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies https://sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-review/jan-mar-2024/22287
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Opinion: The Gulf states will not move against Yemen’s Houthis without decisive Western intervention
Mere strikes on the rebel group will not be sufficient to convince the Gulf states to join in any action in the quagmire that is Yemen from which they have just managed to extract themselves, nor will guarantees of support if they agree to do so. The Gulf states may be more wary than ever of promises from the West, and will not be swayed without first seeing decisive and independent Western military action.
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U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia and Oman
U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Oman this week to meet with partners to discuss the need for an immediate cessation of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which are undermining progress on the Yemen peace process and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemen and other countries in need.The United States remains firmly committed to supporting a durable peace in Yemen and alleviating the complex humanitarian and economic crises harming the Yemeni people. The United States supports a return to UN-led peace efforts once the Houthis halt their indiscriminate attacks.Special Envoy Lenderking will meet with regional counterparts to discuss the steps to de-escalate the current situation and renew focus on securing a durable peace for the Yemeni people.
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Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targeted
The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions. China and Russia reached an understanding following talks between their diplomats in Oman and Mohammed Abdel Salam, one of the Houthis’ top political figures, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private matters.
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The Challenge With the Deter and Degrade Approach in Yemen
Over the course of the past month, the United States and, on occasion, the United Kingdom have conducted an ongoing series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. These strikes have two goals. First, the United States wants to deter the Houthis from carrying out future attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Second, and relatedly, the United States is seeking to compel the Houthis to cease their attacks by inflicting pain on the group – degrading the Houthis’ military capacity to the point that they are either unwilling or unable to carry out more attacks in the Red Sea.
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Red Sea Cargo Ship Crew Abandons Vessel Off Yemen After Houthi Attack
The crew of a commercial ship in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel following a Houthi attack — the first such evacuation since the militant group began menacing trade in the vital waterway late last year. Two-anti ship ballistic missiles damaged the Belize-flagged Rubymar on Sunday evening local time, US Central Command said Monday on social media platform X. A coalition warship and another merchant ship responded to the distress call, and the Rubymar’s crew were transported to a nearby port, it added.
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Yemen to receive second $250 million tranche of Saudi grant soon, central-bank governor says
Yemen will receive a second $250 million instalment from a Saudi one-year $1 billion grant on Sunday or Monday to support salary payments, its central bank governor told Reuters. Ahmed bin Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Maabqi said the remaining $500 million of the grant, from which the first $250 million was paid out last August, has yet to be transferred to the bank, based in the southern port of Aden. The bank supports the Saudi-backed government as it struggles with a weak currency and high fuel and commodity prices.
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Saudi Arabia Sends $250 Million to Prop Up Yemeni Government
Saudi Arabia said Sunday it had disbursed $250 million in aid to the internationally recognized government in Yemen, which the Gulf kingdom has backed in a war against Houthi rebels. The money follows an initial payment of the same amount announced in August, when Riyadh committed to provide $1.2 billion to ease the government's budget deficit and pay civil servants salaries. "The second batch of the grant to support addressing the budget deficit for the Yemeni government was transferred to the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden, amounting to $250 million to support salaries, wages and expenses," Mohammed al-Jaber, the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, said on social media.
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Houthi negotiator says Red Sea attacks won’t deter Yemeni peace, praises Saudi ‘brothers’
Mohammed Abdulsalam, chief negotiator and spokesperson of the Houthis, says that the recent meeting of the Sanaa delegation with Saudi Arabia officials has “resulted in overcoming the most important obstacles facing the roadmap” to peace. These solutions were in line with those championed by the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said Abdulsalam in a wide-ranging interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday. Abdulsalam had previously called Saudi Arabia officials his “brothers” in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat in January. He did so again on Thursday, and answered questions about peace initiatives, attacks in the Red Sea and regional and international relations.
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2 US-flagged ships with cargo for US Defense Department come under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels
Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire.
The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the stakes of the group's ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The U.S. and the United Kingdom have launched multiple rounds of airstrikes seeking to stop the attacks.
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