Another ‘Mixed Picture’ for Saudi Economy as Data Show Negatives on Consumer Spending, Inflation Down

Jadwa-2017

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Foreign Investment

Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia rises to $0.3 trillion

Foreign investments in Saudi Arabia has recorded a rise of 3.2 per cent equivalent to 36.1 billion riyals ($9.6 billion) at the end of the...

 

Crude to Asia

Saudi Arabia to raise February term crude prices to Asia

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to raise prices for all grades of crude it sells to Asia in February, tracking strength in the...

 

Sports Promotion

KSA approves procedures to promote sports

The Saudi Council of Ministers on Monday approved the organizational procedures for the General Authority of Sports with the aim to promote sports and encourage...

 

Saudi Foreign Policy

Book review: Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Conflict and Cooperation

As a well written, insightful and deeply analytical endeavour, Partrick’s book can and should be considered the seminal text on Saudi foreign policy....

 

Expat Fees

New fees on expats a ‘burden’ on pvt. sector

The new fees to be imposed on expatriates and their dependents from July 2017 will constitute a financial burden not only on them and their...

 

Date Production

Saudi Arabia produces 1/6 of total world’s dates

The fruit remains high in demand at home, however, and only about 6.8 per cent of date production is marketed externally according to 2013 figures....

 

Aleppo

Saudi Arabia Terms Aleppo Massacre ‘War Crime’

The Saudi Cabinet renewed on Monday the Kingdom’s stance, taken at the emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of...

 

Artology

Artology show features bold art by Saudi artists

“The art scene is huge. The problem is they’re segmented,” he further says. “However, there are many different communities and galleries opening up. People are...

 

Cement

Saudi’s Yamama Cement secures 1 bln riyals in funds for new plant

Saudi Arabia's Yamama Cement Company has secured 1 billion riyals ($266.6 million) in Islamic financing to partially fund the building of a new factory, it...

 

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Istanbul Shooting

In Istanbul nightclub, gunman picked off the wounded

"He stormed in and immediately headed for the people to the left, which is always more crowded ... I wonder if he came here before...

 

Gulf Energy Companies

Gulf Energy Companies Reduce Borrowing 26% as Oil Prices Surge

Energy companies in the Middle East reduced their borrowing by 26 percent in 2016 as an increase in oil prices late in the year provided revenue...

 

Mosul

U.S. general sees Islamic State’s capability waning in east Mosul

The declining effectiveness of Islamic State attacks against Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul suggests the militants are starting to run out of resources with the...

 

Syria

Syrian war: Peace talks under threat amid rebel warning

Syrian rebel groups say they are halting preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month....

 

Afghanistan

Why U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan May Now Be Riskier For Civilians

This has resulted in an anomalous situation: a conventional aerial campaign but with virtually no American forces on the ground to provide reliable intelligence to...

 

Iran

Why rift between Iran’s moderates, hard-liners is really about republicanism

Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi are two of the most prominent faces in Iranian politics. The former directs the moderation...

 

Israel-Palestine

2016: A deadly year in the Palestinian territory and Israel

The past year has been one of the deadliest and most violent in recent years for Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and besieged...

 

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