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  • Saudi music festival highlights social reforms under MbS

    Saudi entertainment authority director Turki Al-Shaikh tweeted that attendance on the final day, Dec. 19, “reached 152,000…bringing the total for all days to 732,000, as one of the largest music festivals in the world.”

  • Along Afghanistan’s ‘highway of death,’ the bombs are gone but suffering has deepened

    Flowing from the capital, the highway begins without promise, a long, curving scar stretching across the navel of Afghanistan. Potholes. Ruts. A bridge destroyed in an airstrike, still unfixed. Visible symbols of two decades of war, corruption, and neglect along the artery that connects the nation’s two largest cities, Kabul and Kandahar.

  • Kadhimi, MbS engage to repatriate Iran’s Yemen envoy

    “Direct contact” between Iraq’s prime minister and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has resulted in the safe repatriation of Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, Amwaj.media has learned. Hassan Irloo, the Iranian diplomat—and alleged Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer—was evacuated to Tehran late on Dec. 18, informed sources in the region have asserted, speaking without attribution given the sensitivity of the matter.

  • MbS embarks on GCC tour as Saudi Arabia, UAE diverge on regional outreach

    Even if the meeting between the two leaders does not take place in Doha this week, the big picture strongly suggests that further regional dialogue is on the horizon. This is particularly the case given the perceived uncertainty of Gulf security partnerships with the US.

  • Saudi Coalition Bombs Sanaa in Tit-For-Tat Violence With Houthis

    The coalition conducted "precision strikes on legitimate military targets in Sanaa" and in the last 24 hours also struck Houthi targets in Marib and Jouf, a coalition statement said. The Houthi military spokesman had earlier said the group fired several ballistic missiles and used 25 armed drones in attacks on Saudi targets, including an Aramco oil facility in Jeddah and the defence ministry in the capital Riyadh.

  • Royal tombs, pharaohs and life in ancient Egypt on show at Sharjah museum

    Sharjah is hosting an interactive exhibition for children and families who want to learn more about pyramids, pharaohs, and life in ancient Egypt. Organised by Sharjah Museums Authority in partnership with Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, the exhibition does not have any artefacts but it tells about major archaeological discoveries through workshops, hands-on activities, and touchscreen games.

  • Saudi-led coalition bombs drone sites in Yemen’s Sanaa – state media

    The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said on Wednesday it launched air strikes on Houthi drone sites in the capital Sanaa in the second such raid in as many days after earlier targeting the Iran-aligned movement's missile capabilities. The alliance bombed a building under construction that was being used as "a secret factory" for drones and urged civilians to stay clear of areas with "legitimate" military targets, Saudi state media reported.

  • Saudi’s MBS highlights boosting ties in message to Qatari emir

    The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has received a message from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the emir's office (the Amiri Diwan) said in a statement on Monday. Amid continued reconciliation efforts, the letter focused on ways to strengthen bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments, the Amiri Diwan said.

  • Jake Sullivan discussed Saudi-Israel normalization with MBS

    Any Saudi move to normalize relations with Israel would most likely be part of a bigger deal that could include Israeli steps on the Palestinian issue and U.S. steps to restore relations with bin Salman, with whom President Biden has refused to engage directly.

  • Boris Johnson Urges Saudi Crown Prince MBS to Make Net-Zero Climate Pledge

    U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader to follow neighboring petrostate the United Arab Emirates in pledging to eliminate its emissions. “The prime minister hoped to see a net-zero commitment,” his office said Monday following a phone call between Johnson and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The U.K. is also seeking an “ambitious nationally determined contribution from Saudi Arabia,” it said, referring to pledges under the Paris climate agreement.