Analysis

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES

Saudia’s ‘Largest aircraft leasing deal in history’ to include 50 Airbus planes

• SUSTG Team
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• 6. 24. 2015

Saudi Arabian Airline (Saudia) will become the first airline in the world to operate the Airbus A330-300 Regional.

• Saudi Trade

  

  Saudi Non-Oil Exports Drop, Imports Grow in 1Q 2015

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 24. 2015

  Latest figures released by Saudi Arabia's Central Department of Statistics show Saudi nonoil exports dropped by 14.5 percent, to $12.5 billion in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 1Q 2014.

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  Large Jump in May Oil Shipments to China Moves Russia Past Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 23. 2015

• Saudi-Russia

  

  A Saudi-Russia Thaw?

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 18. 2015

  Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Russia amid evidence of a thaw in Saudi-Russian relations.

• U.S.-Saudi Relations: Shura Council

  

  U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Committee for International Trade and SUSTG Host Shura Delegation in Washington

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 15. 2015

  Members of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council visited Washington, D.C. last week and gathered at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Saudi Committee for International Trade and the Saudi-U.S. Trade Group (SUSTG).

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  Video: CEO of Saudi Stock Exchange Adel Saleh Al-Ghamdi Speaks with CNBC as Saudi Bourse Opens

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 15. 2015

• Shoura Council: Saudi-U.S. Friendship Committee

  

  U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Committee for International Trade to Host Private Roundtable Luncheon with Visiting Shura Council Members in Washington

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 8. 2015

  Visiting members of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council to Washington will attend a private roundtable luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's headquarters in D.C. on Wednesday, June 10th.

• Military

  

  IHS Jane’s: Saudi Spending on Military to Increase by 27% over 5 Years

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 3. 2015

  Defense consultancy IHS Jane’s says Saudi defense spending will be $48.7bn in 2015, a 2 per cent contraction over last year but will reach $62bn by 2020.

• Art and Culture

  

  The Open Air Art of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 1. 2015

  A new book on Saudi Arabia's open-air artwork, 'Sculptures of Jeddah', profiles how the second-largest city in the Kingdom was a magnet for some of the world's best-known artists in the 1970s.

• Extremism

  

  Video: Daesh Claims Second Mosque Attack in Saudi Arabia that Kills 4

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 29. 2015

  According to Reuters, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said a car exploded outside al-Anoud mosque in Dammam during noon prayers on Friday, but "witnesses said a suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the mosque's parking lot when guards stopped him from entering."