SBG

Report: Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) to be Renamed and Resized after Rough Decade, Graft Allegations

A construction worker in Saudi Arabia speaks on his mobile phone at a construction site in Riyadh. Photo by Lucien Zeigler for SUSTG.
The one time leader in Saudi Arabia's construction market, Saudi Binladin Group, will be slimmed down and renamed, according to an exclusive Reuters report, which cited six sources familiar with the matter.

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Detentions

Saudi Arabia frees leading women’s rights activist: Amnesty

Saudi Arabia has released veteran women’s rights activist Aisha al-Manea following her arrest last week with several other activists in a crackdown just weeks before...

 

Detentions

Commentary: Internal Political Realignment Targets Saudi Women Activists

To make sense of this paradoxical situation, it is necessary to delve into the nature of political authority in Saudi Arabia: how it is transforming...

 

Global Oil Markets

Russia and Saudi to discuss response to oil rally

Russia and Saudi Arabia will discuss how to respond to the recent spike in global oil prices, Russia’s energy minister has said, adding that the...

 

Saudi Banks

Reform bonus for Saudi banks as profits surge

The banks have cumulatively reported a 7.5 percent year-on-year increase and an 18 percent quarter-on-quarter growth in net profit for the first quarter, thanks to...

 

Saudi Currency

SAMA starts withdrawing SR1 notes from market

The SR1 banknote accounts for 49 percent of the volume of traded cash, as it is often dealt between people and rarely deposited into banks,...

 

U.S. Military Sales

Pentagon Is Speeding Up Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, Other Allies

The Pentagon is speeding up U.S. weapons deliveries to allied militaries such as Saudi Arabia, Romania, Japan, and South Korea through new “pilot authorities” that...

 

U.S.-Saudi

U.S. Backing for Saudi War in Yemen Draws Congressional Concern

The Trump administration’s plan to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia is running into new resistance in Congress, where lawmakers are raising concerns about the...

 

Yemen Civil War

France, Saudi to hold Yemen humanitarian conference end June

France and Saudi Arabia will co-host an international conference on Yemen in Paris in June to assess humanitarian needs for the country and possibly contribute...

 

War in Yemen

Saudi-led Coalition Destroys Houthi Boats Threatening Oil Tanker

The Saudi-led Arab military coalition destroyed on Wednesday two boats of the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels threatening a commercial oil tanker in the Red Sea, the...

 

Houthi Missile Attack

Saudi Arabia shoots down Houthi missile from Yemen over Jazan

This is the second time this week the Houthi rebels target the southern city...

 

Foreign Labor

785,000 foreigners lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia since 2017

According to data from the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) , the number of foreign employees fell to 7.71 million at the end of...

 

Law

Saudi courts recover $3.4bn after enforcing foreign rulings

Saudi enforcement courts have recovered more than $3.4 billion after imposing a number of foreign rulings....

 

Tourism

Saudi Arabia is preparing 120 tourist festivals this summer

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Saudi Reform and Al-Qaeda

Perspective: The Crown Prince of Riyadh vs. the Crown Prince of Jihad: Al-Qaeda Responds to Mohammed Bin Salman’s Reforms

If Salman’s reforms fall short or fail, al-Qaeda will seek to fill the void with a jihadist alternative that will have greater resonance, just as...

 

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