Analysis

SAUDI ECONOMY

Despite Downturn, Half in New Poll Expect Saudi Economy to Improve

• SUSTG Team
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• 10. 11. 2016

In a recent poll conducted by Bayt.com and YouGov, 50% of respondents in Saudi Arabia expect business conditions to improve in one year, and 40% believe things will improve in the next six months.

• War in Yemen

  

  Deadly Coalition Missile Attack on Funeral in Yemen Draws International Condemnation, Prompts U.S. Review of Support

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 10. 2016

  Yemeni officials and witnesses are blaming the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen for the attack, which threatens to significantly alter the war's course. The coalition called the bombing “regrettable and painful" and expressed “its deepest condolences and support” to the families of the victims.

• Life in Saudi Arabia

  

  Video: Paramotoring in Saudi Arabia’s Qassim Desert

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 7. 2016

  A recently released report and video by Reuters highlights the start and growth of a "paramotoring" club in the Qassim Desert in Saudi Arabia as "a hobby, curiosity, a change."

• Saudi Economy

  

  Jadwa Investment Revises Saudi GDP Down to 1.1%

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 6. 2016

  The latest quarterly GDP update on the Saudi economy from Jadwa Investment finds year-on-year growth continued to slow for the fourth consecutive quarter, "mainly owing to a deceleration in annual GDP growth for both the oil sector and the non-oil private sector."

• U.S.-Saudi Investment

  

  Top Saudi Investment Officials in New York for Two-Day JPMorgan Chase Event

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 4. 2016

  Saudi Capital Market Authority Chairman Mohammed Al-Jadaan and Tadawul stock exchange Chief Executive Officer Khalid Al Hussan are among officials attending a two-day event in New York City this week organized by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bloomberg reports.

• JASTA

  

  Opposition to JASTA ‘Bubbles’ but Override Still Likely after White House Veto on Friday

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 26. 2016

  President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) on Friday, setting up an expected showdown with Congress over the controversial bill that would open up foreign nations to lawsuits in the United States.

• JASTA

  

  White House Lobbies Senate on JASTA, Works Toward 34 Votes to Prevent Veto Override

  Lucien Zeigler  |  9. 21. 2016

  Senate Democrats continue to consider their votes on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) after efforts by the Obama administration to convey the risk of the bill’s potential international relations fallout.

• Saudi-Iran

  

  Al-Jubeir in Wall Street Journal: ‘Iran Can’t Whitewash Its Record of Terror’

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 19. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir had harsh words for his Iranian counterpart, saying that Tehran “cannot whitewash its record on terror.”

• Border Security

  

  Houthi Rebels Claim Capture of Post Inside Saudi Border

  Lucien Zeigler  |  9. 15. 2016

  Officials from Yemen's Shiite Houthi militia say their fighters and allied troops have captured a Saudi military post in the border region of Jazan, according to reports.

• Hijab Emoji

  

  15 Year-Old Saudi Girl Proposes First ‘Hijab Emoji’

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 14. 2016

  Rayouf Alhumedhi, a Saudi-born teenager currently living in Germany is the lead author on a new proposal for a hijab emoji to the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit that governs the creation and approval of emoji.