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  • Driving Ban Lifted
    Will women be exempt from some traffic penalties in Saudi Arabia?

    Informed sources have said that parties involved in developing executive regulations on regulatory requirements for women driving in Saudi Arabia are looking into a suggestion which exempts women from some traffic violation penalties.

  • Saudi-Iran Rivalry
    Could Saudi Arabia and Iran really go to war?

    Against a backdrop of "historic intense rivalry" between the two countries, it "doesn't take much for tensions to flare up."

  • Saudi Stock Market
    Looking at Saudi Stocks? Forget Crude, Geopolitics Is King

    Investors in Saudi Arabia’s stock market are more concerned with political headlines coming out of Riyadh than oil prices.

  • U.S.-Saudi Relations
    New refrain in Washington: Is this the Saudi Arabia we wanted?

    From the outset of his presidency, Donald Trump has signaled his intention to refashion Middle East policy in a big way – and to return Saudi Arabia, sidelined in President Obama’s regional vision, to a preeminent spot in US policy.

  • Saudi Reforms
    If Saudi Arabia Reforms, What Happens to Islamists Elsewhere?

    Some time ago, an Algerian cartoonist known as le Hic summarized the situation in Saudi Arabia with a few harsh strokes of his pen: In a drawing, the Saudi king announces his resolve to combat terrorism while pointing a gun at his own head. The entire Saudi paradox was distilled into that cartoon: The country produces, sponsors, shelters and feeds the Islamism that threatens its foundations and its future.

  • Pace of Reforms
    Will expat dependents fees be postponed?

    In an interview with Al-Arabiya TV Channel, which was published by Okaz newspaper, Finance Minister Muhammad Al-Jadaan stressed that government senior specialists and economic experts have agreed that it was possible to extend the period of some reforms by up to 3, 4 or 5 years, if needed, whether such reforms are related to energy prices or something else. The government will announce the types of reforms whose period will be extended.

  • U.S.-Turkey
    Commentary: Are US and Turkey heading for a divorce?

    Many people in both countries think that the Turkey-US alliance, which stretches back to the late 1940s, is now crumbling.

  • Captagon
    Is the ‘Jihadi Drug’ Moving Out of Syria?

    Now, according a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration report obtained by Foreign Policy, Captagon production is reportedly shifting away from the Middle East and back to southeastern Europe — its original production hub.

  • Women's Football
    Will Saudi Arabia soon have professional women’s football?

    Iqbal Dandari, a member of the Committee for Human Rights at the Shoura Council has requested the establishment of professional sports clubs for women, according to Arab News.

  • Oil Exports
    Is Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy Working?

    The IMF estimated that Saudi Arabia will need oil prices to trade at about $70 per barrel in 2018 for its budget to breakeven, a dramatic improvement from the $96.60 per barrel it needed just last year. Saudi’s improvement is the most dramatic out of all the Middle Eastern oil producers, and it also suggests the combination of austerity, cuts to wasteful subsidies, new taxes and economic reforms are starting to bear fruit.