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PHOTOS: Wild Weather Strikes Across Saudi Arabia as Rain, Floods Cause Damage and School Closings
The rain season began in several provinces of Saudi Arabia this past weekend with rain and floods reported in Mecca, Jeddah, and Hail provinces. Photos provided by the SPA show hail and rain storms caused flooding and damage in Taif and Mecca while Jeddah experienced thunderstorms. Director of Civil Defense in Taif Saleh Mansi Al-Harthi has […]
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Iraq’s President in Saudi Arabia Latest Evidence of Improved Relations
Iraq’s President Fuad Masum visited Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah in Riyadh last night, the latest evidence of a thaw in diplomatic relations between the two countries. “The Iraqi president expressed his happiness to visit the kingdom and meet with his brother the king,” according to the SPA. The meeting was the highest level meeting of officials between […]
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Trading Begins Tomorrow on NCB’s ‘Steeply’ Discounted IPO as the Government Eyes Financial Sector Reforms
Trading is set to begin tomorrow on steeply discounted shares of Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank as Saudi Arabia’s capital market regulator will introduce rules for credit rating agencies next September, according to reports. Matthew Martin and Sarmad Khan of Bloomberg quote Asim Bukhtiar, a vice president and head of research at Riyad Capital, as saying […]
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AP Reports Women May Be Moving Closer to Driving Rights, But Report Immediately Denied
The Associated Press reported this weekend that an unnamed Saudi Shoura member confirmed its body had “recommended that the government lift its ban on female drivers,” a report that a government official quickly denied after it surfaced. As the AP reports, “The council member said the Shura Council made the recommendations in a secret, closed session […]
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Saudi Officials Visit Wounded from Al-Ahsa Terror Strike as Security Agencies Expand Activities
The clampdown on extremism broadened on Friday as Saudi Arabia’s security forces have arrested another 8 people in Monday’s terrorist attack in a Shiite village in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, according to media reports, including two police officers. The raids were conducted simultaneously across the country, including in Riyadh, Qassim and the Eastern Province, Arab News reported […]
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Energy Subsidies in the Gulf a Staggering $160 billion Annually, World Bank Says
Gulf states are spending an average of 10% of GDP on energy subsidies each year, a total of $160 billion, an IMF official said according to Arab News. “The GCC and other MENA states must start cutting energy subsidies now otherwise problems associated with them will get worse,” said Shantayanan Devarajan, chief economist for the World Bank in Middle […]
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First Global Entrepreneurship Forum Kicks off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Kingdom Eyes SME Growth
The first Global Business Entrepreneurship Forum (GEF) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today to bring together top business and startup leaders to the Ritz Carlton Hotel near the Diplomatic Quarter in the Saudi capital. Organized by the Centennial Fund, the GEF’s first event in Riyadh was a chance for entrepreneurs and others in the […]
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Al-Jubeir: ‘Every Time the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Have Come Together, We have Done Wonders for the Region’
In his luncheon keynote remarks to the National Council on US-Arab Relation’s annual policymaker’s forum in Washington, D.C., Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir discussed the historical and current status of the Saudi-U.S. relationship and it’s track record of success when facing regional and global challenges. Full video of his remarks can […]
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At Policymakers Event, Prince Turki al-Faisal Takes Aim at Allegations of Saudi Support of Terror
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal, Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to the United States of America, delivered sharp criticism of those who put forth unsupported allegations of Saudi financing of extremism abroad, urging them to come forward with […]
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#FocusKSA: Power Subsidies and Electricity Supply in Saudi Arabia
A clip from SUSTG.com’s recent FocusKSA discussion with Dr. Fahad al-Turki of Jadwa Investment highlights some challenges and opportunities in powering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jadwa is a well-regarded, Shariah-compliant, investment firm based in Riyadh and Dr. Fahad spearheads a superb analysis team that publishes very informative reports such as it’s Chart […]
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U.S. and 17 Other Nations Call on Hamas to Release Hostages
President Biden and the leaders of 17 other nations called on Hamas on Thursday to release all of the hostages seized during its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, an effort to raise international pressure on the group’s leader in Gaza to agree to a U.S.-brokered deal.
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Perspective: U.S. Fixation on Nuclear Deal Let Iran Loose on the Middle East
Early in the process, there was a clear imbalance between Washington’s perception and Tehran’s. Washington thought that engaging Iran on the nuclear file would curb the latter’s destabilizing potential in the region, and this assumption motivated the signing of an initial nuclear agreement with Iran in 2013. But Iran celebrated the agreement as a political victory and otherwise carried on. Despite this, the Obama administration pressed on in pursuit of a wider nuclear deal, and in 2015 managed to secure the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Biden names new special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday appointed Lise Grande as the new special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues, the State Department said in a statement.Grande, who replaces David Satterfield, is currently head of the independent U.S. Institute of Peace. She previously worked for the United Nations for more than 25 years, a career that included running aid operations in Yemen, Iraq and South Sudan.
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US State Dept’s Middle East spox resigns over Gaza policy
The U.S. State Department's spokeswoman for Middle East and North Africa announced her resignation on Thursday, in protest of Washington's policies regarding the Gaza Strip, amid Israel's atrocities. "I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States’ Gaza policy. Diplomacy, not arms. Be a force for peace and unity,” Hala Rharrit wrote in a LinkedIn post, according to Al Arabiya.
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Book Review: The Conflicts Shaping the Middle East
The recently released book “Battleground – 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East” by historian Christopher Phillips provides a useful overview of ten ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. The author takes an ambitious approach to explaining these conflicts, trying to pack in a great deal of information into ten chapters that describe the conflicts and countries involved.
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Opinion: By cracking down on the Gaza protests, US universities are betraying their core mission
Huge coalitions of US students have united against Israel’s rampage that has targeted not just Hamas but Gaza society generally, damaged or destroyed the vast majority of buildings, and killed at least 35,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians. The slaughter has been shocking, even given the vicious savagery of the October 7 attack.
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Israel says it is poised to move on Rafah
Israel's military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defence official said on Wednesday, despite international warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe.A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government said Israel was "moving ahead" with a ground operation, but gave no timeline.The defence official said Israel's Defence Ministry had bought 40,000 tents, each with the capacity for 10 to 12 people, to house Palestinians relocated from Rafah in advance of an assault.
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Saudi giga-project Diriyah Gate targets 2027 completion
Diriyah Gate, one of the first Saudi giga-projects, said this week that it was on target for completion by late 2027. The opening of the project’s first hotel is now rescheduled for later this year. “We’re looking forward to the conclusion of our project, probably toward the end of 2027,” said Andrew Tonnor, Diriyah Gate’s chief delivery officer, in a presentation to potential vendors. “We’re one of the five PIF giga-projects, we’ve been incorporated since 2019 when we were founded as a project and development company.
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
More than 200,000 people converged at the conference, including Adam Selipsky, chief executive of Amazon’s cloud computing division, who announced a $5.3 billion investment in Saudi Arabia for data centers and artificial intelligence technology. Arvind Krishna, the chief executive of IBM, spoke of what a government minister called a “lifetime friendship” with the kingdom. Executives from Huawei and dozens of other firms made speeches. More than $10 billion in deals were done there, according to Saudi Arabia’s state press agency.
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