Analysis

U.S.-SAUDI

In Riyadh, Secretary of State John Kerry Meets with King Salman, Top Saudi Officials to Discuss Syria Coordination

• SUSTG Team
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• 10. 26. 2015

Image via Saudi Press Agency.

The United States and Saudi Arabia agreed to increase support to Syria's moderate opposition while seeking a political resolution of the four-year conflict, the U.S. State Department said after Secretary of State John Kerry met King Salman on Saturday.

• Prince Abdullah Bin Faisal Bin Turki

  

  Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud Named New Ambassador to the United States

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 22. 2015

  Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to the United States, Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, has been sworn in in a ceremony in Riyadh, according to the SPA and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.

• Prince Turki al-Faisal

  

  Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal Outlines Saudi Foreign Policy Principles, Bids Heartfelt Farewell to Late Brother at AUSPC Keynote

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 19. 2015

  "In a region where the decay of regimes has created widespread human suffering, Saudi Arabia commits itself to policies which promote and sustain the integrity of just regimes and support citizens in embattled areas on their path to stability."

• FATCA/Double Taxation

  

  America is the Only Country that Taxes Their Citizens on Global Income. Here’s Why That Makes Them Toxic to Foreign Employers.

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 16. 2015

  "[Fatca] was enacted without regard for its effects on the 8.7 million U.S. citizens living abroad, who have essentially been declared guilty of financial crimes unless they can prove otherwise."

• Social Media

  

  New Social Media Study on Saudi Arabia Finds ‘Life for Many Saudis An Ecosystem of Apps’

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 13. 2015

  With Saudi Arabia one of the most active countries in the Middle East on social media, it is no surprise that Saudi users continue to adopt new platforms, a recent study found. Twitter and Facebook, however, remain at the top of the social media pile.

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  Current and Long-Term Challenges for the Labor Market in Saudi Arabia – Jadwa Investment

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 12. 2015

• War in Yemen

  

  Iranian Fighters Among Those Captured So Far in Yemen, According to a Former Saudi Navy Captain and Prince

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 7. 2015

  At a NCUSAR-hosted event on Capitol Hill in Washington yesterday, HRH Navy Captain (Ret.) Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al-Faisal told an audience that Iranians and Hezbollah forces have been captured by Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen.

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  As Putin Ramps Up Attacks in Support of Assad, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States Eye a Response

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 5. 2015

• Saudi Construction: Power 25

  

  Construction Week’s 2015 Power 25 list for Saudi Arabia; El Seif Engineering #2

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 17. 2015

  Construction Week issued it's Power 25 list for Saudi Arabia identifying "KSA's most active players operating within the Kingdom's construction center." El Seif Engineering Contracting was ranked #2 behind the Bin Laden Group.

• Mecca Mosque Tragedy

  

  Construction Titan, Saudi Bin Laden Group, Suspended from new Projects Following Review of Mecca Crane Collapse

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 16. 2015

  Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday ordered that top officials of the Saudi Binladin Group be banned from traveling outside the kingdom after an investigation found the construction company partially to blame for Friday’s deadly crane crash in Mecca.