RIYADH SUMMIT 2017

Riyadh Summit 2017: Website Launched for Upcoming Events Connected to President Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

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The 'Riyadh Summit 17' is a series of events over two days to highlight U.S.-Saudi and Islamic relations. The website URL is https://www.riyadhsummit2017.org/.

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U.S.

Saudi king touts Trump’s Islamic summit as “new partnership”

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Monday touted an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and heads of state from across Muslim-majority nations as the start...

 

Privatization

Saudi sale of the century lures foreign investment banks, PE firms

One of the world's largest privatization programs is drawing foreign investment banks and private equity (PE) firms to Saudi Arabia, despite the prospect of low...

 

Vision 2030

What history tells us about Saudi Arabia’s 2030 plan

Behind the 1975 vision was the dynamic, progressive Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz. He empowered a cadre of western-educated ambitious young men, who radically reformed...

 

Saudi-Russia

Russia and Saudi Arabia have more reasons to extend deal than just oil

Saudi Arabia and Russia put their weight behind a new agreement to curb oil production, a deal analysts say should drive up crude prices but...

 

Solar Power

It’s Always Sunny in Saudi Arabia

The kingdom receives some of the highest concentrations of solar radiation in the world. Much of the country is covered in vast sand dunes and flat desert that provide...

 

Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco Makes Leadership Changes Ahead of IPO Plans

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. has promoted eight executives to top positions, including a senior vice president for downstream operations, as it seeks to double refining...

 

Oil Output

Rogue OPEC member could upset Russian-Saudi ‘new oil order’

The plan could get derailed by another oil producer like Iraq, which initially balked at cutting production last year, RBC Capital Markets' Helima Croft said....

 

Expat Doctors

66.5% of doctors in Saudi public hospitals are foreigners

Foreign doctors constituted 66.5 percent of 42,768 doctors working at public hospitals according to a 2016 survey. There are a total of 28,464 expatriate doctors while...

 

Bus Rapid Transit

Saudi awards US$ 507 mn BRT project to Yuksel

Saudi Arabia has awarded a contract to develop the $506.6m Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to Turkey-based Yuksel....

 

Awamiyah

Two dead in Saudi town ‘siege’ against Shia militants

At least two people have died in the Saudi Arabian town of Awamiyah after six days of fierce clashes between the security forces and Shia...

 

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Trump and the Gulf

Gulf Leaders Still Love Trump

The Emiratis want the president’s visit to go well and for the administration to send a clear message on behalf of the United States that...

 

Global Oil Markets

Oil rises 2 percent after Saudi and Russia back longer supply cut

Oil jumped 2 percent to its highest in more than three weeks on Monday, topping $52 a barrel after Saudi Arabia and Russia said that...

 

GCC Contracting

GCC Building Contractor Awards to hit $85.6 Billion in 2017

According to the GCC Building Construction Market Report created by Ventures Onsite for The Big 5 Heavy, Middle East’s largest event dedicated to the heavy...

 

U.S.-Turkey

U.S. plan to arm Kurdish militia casts shadow over Trump-Erdogan talks

Angered by a U.S. decision to arm Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan heads to Washington this week for talks with Donald...

 

Syria

U.S. says Syria built crematorium to handle mass prisoner killings

The Syrian government has constructed and is using a crematorium at its notorious Sednaya military prison near Damascus to clandestinely dispose of the bodies of...

 

Iran Elections

Iran elections: presidential debates or reality TV show?

The debate degenerated into a spectacle – a vulgar reality TV show – which elicited tears, cheers and jeers among many: decades after a revolution...

 

Somalia

How American Special Operators Gradually Returned to Somalia

The death of Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken and the wounding of two more U.S. troops in Somalia this month marked the first deadly engagement for American forces...

 

War in Yemen

Perspective: The Counter-productive Isolation of Proud and Hungry Sanaa

Our Arabian Peninsula Senior Analyst April Longley Alley finds pride, resilience and an eagerness to end the conflict during field research and many conversations in...

 

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