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Is it Crunch Time for Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Operation?
- June 11,2015
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- SUSTG Team
In an in-depth analysis in Reuters, Angus McDowall writes that following Saudi Arabia and the GCC’s lack of success in significantly tipping the scales in Yemen with airstrikes, the limited options for Saudi Arabia’s leadership in the war-torn country come with high risks. With the possibility of a ground operation apparently ruled out, “Riyadh may soon […]
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IHS Jane’s: Saudi Spending on Military to Increase by 27% over 5 Years
- June 3,2015
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- SUSTG Team
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. Craig Caffrey, IHS principal defence budget analyst, said “We certainly expect a significant slowdown in the short term but longer term prospects remain strong,” The Financial Times (paywall) reports. “ “The Kingdom has […]
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President Obama Hosts GCC Leaders to Camp David, Offers ‘Ironclad’ Security Commitment
- May 15,2015
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- SUSTG Team
President Barack Obama hosted a summit of GCC member states in Camp David this week to shore up U.S. security support for external threats to Gulf Nations and discuss the Administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir called the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit at Camp David “unprecedented” and said the day had brought U.S.-Gulf […]
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to Miss US-GCC Summit, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Naif to Attend
- May 11,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir announced today that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, will lead the Saudi delegation to the United States-GCC Summit, according to a Press Release issued by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington. “The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz deputized […]
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, Secretary of State John Kerry Jointly Announce Proposed 5-Day Cease Fire in Yemen; Meet Again Today in Paris
- May 8,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Thursday a proposal for a 5-day ceasefire in Yemen to conduct humanitarian missions in a joint press conference in Riyadh. After the truce was proposed, Saudi Arabia intensified its airstrikes against the main Shiite rebel stronghold in Yemen, with warplanes carrying […]
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Secretary Kerry Visits Riyadh, Meets with King Salman, New Saudi Leadership
- May 7,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to meet with GCC leaders and visited separately with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in a bid to bolster U.S.-Saudi ties and work toward a cease-fire in Yemen, according to […]
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French President Hollande in Riyadh for Talks on Regional Issues with GCC Leaders
- May 5,2015
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- SUSTG Team
French President François Hollande arrived in Riyadh for talks on regional issues in what a French diplomat told Reuters was an indication to the United States that the Saudi-French alliance was strong and getting stronger. According to Reuters, Hollande met Salman “for an hour after dinner at his personal palace on Monday, and the Saudi cabinet […]
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In Major Shakeup, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Changes Line of Succession, Appoints New Ministers
- April 29,2015
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- SUSTG Team
***UPDATE: This post originally reported that Eng. Ali Al-Naimi was relieved of his post. Naimi is still Minister of Petroleum of Natural Resources, but is no longer Chairman of Saudi Aramco. *** Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a series of royal orders yesterday initiating a major shakeup in governance in Saudi Arabia, the SPA reports. […]
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Saudi National Guard Troops Deploy to Najran Province on the Border with Yemen
- April 27,2015
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- SUSTG Team
In a bid to strengthen border security, Saudi Arabia has deployed National Guard (SANG) troops to the Najran Province on the border with Yemen, the SPA reports. Last week, a Saudi border guard was killed and two troops wounded by heavy gun and mortar fire in Najran. The report of the deployment comes amid an ever-evolving […]
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Strategic Pivot in Yemen Campaign as Saudi Announces Halt in Airstrikes
- April 22,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has announced a phase shift in its 27-day long airstrike campaign on Houthi positions in Yemen “at the request of Yemen’s President Hadi, the official SPA, SUSRIS and other outlets are reporting. But not long after the announcement, reports indicate that the battle continues on in Yemen. Saudi airstrikes continued following a rebel […]
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Saudi Arabia Encouraged Yemen’s Elected President to Step Aside, Saudi and Yemeni Officials Say
After meeting the head of the new leadership council last week, Cathy Westley, the U.S. chargé d’affaires for the U.S. mission to Yemen based in Riyadh, said she welcomed its commitment to a United Nations-brokered truce announced earlier this month.
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As dialogue falters, Khamenei says ‘no possibility’ of Saudi victory in Yemen
Khamenei’s tweets follow the breakdown in talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia. About a year ago, the two geopolitical foes began a dialogue in Baghdad aimed at reducing tensions. The two countries have a variety of disagreements, and not just on Yemen. Saudi Arabia also opposes Iran’s nuclear program as well as the Islamic Republic’s support for the Lebanese paramilitary Hezbollah. Iran is against the repression of Shiite Muslims in Saudi Arabia, among other issues.
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US Navy says new task force to patrol Red Sea amid Yemen war
The U.S. Navy says it will begin a new task force with allied countries to patrol the Red Sea after a series of attacks that have been attributed to Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a waterway that’s essential to global trade
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UN envoy makes first trip to Yemen capital after truce
The current, renewable truce called for a halt to all ground, air and sea military operations. Two commercial flights a week can resume in and out of Sanaa, and 18 fuel ships are allowed into the Huthi-held lifeline port of Hodeida.
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Will Yemen’s newly-formed presidential council succeed in ending years-long war?
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi announced Thursday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh that he has handed over all his powers to the newly-formed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) that will succeed him in running the government and holding peace talks with the Houthis. While favorably viewing the political reshuffle, along with the ongoing two-month ceasefire, as a new hope of ending the country's seven-year civil war, political analysts believe that there is still a long way to go before achieving lasting peace in the war-torn country.
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Saudi and Kuwait to Return Envoys to Lebanon After Yemen Rift
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have decided to return their ambassadors to Lebanon five months after a spat broke out with Beirut over controversial comments made by former Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi over the war in Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE to Give $3 Billion to Yemen in New Peace Push
Yemen’s president handed power to a governing council as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged $3 billion to support the transition, building on moves to end a war with Iranian-backed Houthi fighters that spilled across the Persian Gulf. The choreographed steps could add momentum to fragile peace efforts, which received a boost last week when all of Yemen’s warring factions agreed to a two-month truce timed to begin with the start of the Ramadan religious holiday.
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Yemen president cedes powers to council as Saudi Arabia pushes to end war
Yemen's president delegated power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy on Thursday in a move aimed at supporting U.N.-led efforts to revive negotiations to end the bitter seven-year war in the country. Riyadh announced $3 billion in financial aid to the Saudi-backed government after the announcement by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. It called for talks with the Houthi group that controls the northand has been battling a Saudi-led coalition.
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Factional chaos, missteps brought down Yemen president Hadi
Hadi took the helm of a crumbling state after Arab Spring protests in 2011 brought down Saleh, later killed in 2017 while trying to switch allegiances. Hadi was the only name on the ballot for 2012 elections meant to guide predominantly Sunni Yemen through a transition to democracy shepherded by Western and regional powers led by neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
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Yemenis cut back their Ramadan meals as soaring prices bite
Aqeel bin Thabet, a university professor in the Yemeni city of Aden, used to buy one or two sheep to eat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan but because of soaring prices this year can only afford meat from a butcher once a week. Others in the city like 50-year-old Intisar Ahmad said she will have to forgo meat and sweets and suffice with "what we can to fill our stomachs". She said the price of 50-kg bags of sugar and white flour in Aden had jumped 40% in less than a month.
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