WAR IN YEMEN

Yemen’s President Hadi Says Saudis Gave $10 Billion to Rebuild War-Torn Nation

Yemen's President Hadi with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Yemen's President Hadi said that Saudi Arabia has given his nation $10 billion to rebuild following nearly two years of civil war, "including $2 billion as a deposit in the central bank to shore up the (Yemeni) riyal,” according to reports.

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Saudi Economy

Saudi Arabia Shrugs Off Concerns About Deflation, Despite Weak Outlook For Economy

Saudi Arabia is having to come to terms with deflation for the first time in more than a decade. Newly released data from the General...

 

Debt Finance

Saudi Arabia said to plan new international sukuk

Saudi Arabia has sent a request for proposals (RFP) to banks for a planned US dollar sukuk, or Islamic bond, two sources familiar with the...

 

Yemen Civil War

Saudi Arabia gives Yemeni govt $10bn to rebuild

Yemen has received $10 billion from Saudi Arabia to rebuild the war-torn country, the Riyadh-backed Yemeni president said....

 

Peak Oil

Saudi Arabian Production Was Supposed to Peak in 2006

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Fashion in Saudi Arabia

Susan Carland shows her support for female Saudi designer

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Investment in Saudi Arabia

Credit Suisse to Commit $600 Million for Saudi Expansion

The Zurich-based bank, which has a securities and equities business in the country, plans to use the capital to, among other things, offer investors Lombard...

 

Chevron

Chevron Names Saudi Veteran in Kuwait With Oil Fields to Reopen

Chevron Corp. appointed veteran Saudi Arabian executive Ahmad Awad al-Omar as president of its operations in Kuwait as the two neighboring countries prepare to resume...

 

Saudi-Egypt Relations

Egyptian Real Estate Developers Suspend Saudi Project Amid Tensions

Three Egyptian real estate executives said on Thursday that their companies have suspended housing deals with the Saudi Arabian government amid political tensions between the...

 

U.S.-Saudi Relations

Interview: Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Joseph Westphal

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U.S.-Saudi Cooperation

With US support, Saudi Arabia ready to send special forces to Syria

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Saudi-Iran

Iran sends delegation to Saudi for talks on rejoining haj

Iran has sent a delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on Iranians attending haj, state television reported on Wednesday, after Tehran boycotted the Muslim pilgrimage...

 

Oprah in Saudi

Oprah will be coming to Saudi Arabia twice in 2017

As a member of an all-female talk show, she will be discussing her media experience and the hardships she faced on her journey to becoming...

 

Drifting

Video of elderly drifters sparks outrage on social media

A group of elderly people from the social care house appeared drifting in a video that went viral on social media and sparked a wave...

 

Criminal Justice

Billionaire fined and jailed in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi court of Appeals on Tuesday approved a six-year jail term and a fine of $800,000 on a billionaire for money laundering....

 

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MENA Region Has More Than 5.7 Gigawatts Solar In Pipeline

Middle East and North Africa remains hotbed of solar power development with more than 5,700 megawatts of capacity under development....

 

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Islam in America

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