One senior banker covering the region said many Saudi clients are reluctant to speak via phone because they’re worried the lines might be tapped. His...
Patriot batteries owned by Arab partners in the Middle East have intercepted more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles launched from Yemen since the Saudi-led war...
France says Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation to travel there from Saudi Arabia, where Beirut says he is being detained....
The initiative, announced Wednesday by several Saudi regulators, will enable select businesses to establish themselves in the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). The KAEC is...
The greater Middle East has experienced unprecedented political turmoil and violence in the wake of the so-called Arab Spring. The political order as we knew...
Al-Falih is leading Saudi Arabia’s delegation to COP23 in Bonn. In his foreword posted on the Kingdom’s official website for COP23, he said: “Saudi Arabia...
Reuters
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Samia Nakhoul and Sarah Dadouch |
11.16.2017
Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri is expected to leave Saudi Arabia for France within 48 hours, before flying home to Beirut to officially submit his resignation as...
After nearly a decade of bombing Somalia, the U.S. military has markedly increased its air campaign against extremists there. Fourteen strikes since August have brought the year’s...
The worldview embraced by Qatar holds that political Islamists deserve support, but Saudi Arabia and the UAE have coalesced in opposition to this fundamental premise....
During his visit, Erdogan discussed regional developments and bilateral ties with Sheikh Tamim, a month after a meeting between the two leaders in the Turkish capital, Ankara....
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are both major investors in Turkey and destinations for Turkey’s construction firms. These two GCC members are Turkey’s top trade...
Brookings
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George Ingram and Larry Nowels |
11.15.2017
he Trump administration is in the midst of redesigning U.S. foreign assistance to improve its effectiveness and efficiency—a commendable exercise that has garnered interest not...
The Pentagon’s No. 2 civilian official on Wednesday pushed greater burden sharing for United Nations peacekeeping missions, saying the U.S. will drop its contributions by 3 percent....
The stakes are much higher for Saudi Arabia than Israel. The Saudis remain reluctant to publicly acknowledge or accept that relations are, indeed, improving. It's...
