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KAFD: Saudi Arabia’s ‘City Within a City’ Slated for Soft Opening as Kingdom Gears Up To Be Financial Hub of the Gulf
A date has been set for a “soft opening” of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Financial District, a mega project in Saudi Arabia’s capital city that has been under construction for years. Situated on the outskirts of Riyadh, the new development bears the name of a King who has steered a nation through a period of […]
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SUSRIS: The Emergence of the GCC+4 Against ISIS
SUSRIS.com shares an assessment of the surge in recent diplomatic activity from Gulf expert Theodore Karasik, Director of Research and Development at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in Dubai. “A day before the meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia agreed to an American request to provide a base to train moderate […]
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Female Saudi Student Abroad: ‘I can confidently claim that being able to drive has transformed my daily life’
In an op-ed published by the Riyadh-based english daily Arab News, PhD student Hatoon Kadi writes that being able to drive while abroad in the U.K. “has transformed my daily life.” The post, entitled “Memoirs of a Saudi Ph.D. student: Convenience of owning a car,” was published in Monday’s edition of the newspaper. It is the latest […]
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Analysis: Threat of ISIS, U.S. Diplomacy Help Re-build Tested U.S.-Saudi Ties
For the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship, what a difference 9 months makes. Less than a year ago, a flood of analysts and commentators were debating whether the U.S.-Saudi alliance would survive what some were calling the lowest point in that relationship in decades. But just 9 months later, with Secretary Kerry in Jeddah for talks on […]
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Nitaqat Three Years On: A Summer 2014 Report Card
Four years into the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia has been an oasis of relative calm and stability in an otherwise tumultuous Middle East region. This is partially because the perceived social, economic and political dysfunction resulting from Arab Spring reform movements has had a sobering effect on Saudi perceptions. In fact, many Saudis consider the […]
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Social Media’s Arab Future
One could argue that of all the repercussions from the Arab Spring in 2011 none will be more consequential than the kickstart of a period of phenomenal growth of social media in the Arab World. The pace is astonishing. Apart from the numbers, what does it actually mean if Saudi Arabia has the highest per-capita […]
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President Obama, Biden, Kerry Meet with Washington’s Foreign Policy Elite for Strategic Dinner
U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hosted a dinner meeting at the White House with several of Washington’s top foreign policy experts on Monday, according to reports. The timing of the meeting yesterday with bipartisan guests “seemed more for Mr. Obama to give his guests, several of whom are fixtures on television […]
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Saudi Arabia Fast-Tracks Nuclear Power to Meet Soaring Domestic Demand
In an excellent round-up of the shifting energy sector in Saudi Arabia, James Conca in Forbes discusses Saudi Arabia’s embrace of nuclear and renewable energy sources to meet demand – an important initiative for the increasingly energy-hungry Saudi society. “Saudi Arabia burns almost a billion barrels of oil a year to produce electricity, this change […]
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Saudi Arabian Northern Border Security Project Breaks Ground
Saudi Arabia has begun the first phase of a new border security project along its northern borders, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Phase 1 of the “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques project for border security” was kicked off at a ceremony in Jeddah with a visiting delegation from neighboring Bahrain. Crown Prince Salman, […]
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‘Changing Tack’: Saudi Arabia Cushions Labor Reform with New Hours, Subsidies
A new draft labor law in Saudi Arabia “would limit working hours at companies to entice new employees” and includes adjustments to recent rules, according to a Reuters report. That report, a thorough look at Nitaqat reform in the Kingdom, found that reforms have had mixed results: [Read the full report from Reuters]
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Top US diplomat to visit Saudi Arabia this weekend following China trip
The top US diplomat is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia this weekend, diplomatic sources told Al Arabiya English on Tuesday.
Sources said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who will travel to China this week, is expected to attend the World Economic Forum in Riyadh and may hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines.
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Saudi Arabia airline Flynas confirms plans to launch IPO this year
Saudi Arabia's low-cost airline Flynas on Tuesday confirmed plans to list its shares on the Tadawul stock exchange this year, amid the kingdom's ambitions to grow its aviation sector and a boom in initial public offerings in the country.
Flynas, which is backed by billionaire businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, recorded a 32 per cent annual increase in revenue to reach 6.3 billion Saudi riyals ($1.68 billion) in 2023, its chief executive Bander Al Mohanna told the Airline Economics conference in Riyadh.
The carrier revealed its financial results for the first time ahead of the anticipated IPO.
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Saudi Arabia braced for heavy rainfall, Civil Defense issues warning
Saudi Arabia is set to receive more rainfall toward the weekend, with Riyadh and its outskirts likely to witness heavy rains from Friday to next Tuesday. In addition, the National Center for Meteorology said on Tuesday: “May forecasts indicate a chance of higher than average rainfall.” More rain is forecast this week in Makkah, Jazan, Aseer, Al-Baha, the Eastern Province, and regions in Riyadh, the NCM added.
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Blinken planning to visit Saudi Arabia this weekend
Blinken is expected to participate at a special meeting of the World Economic Forum that will take place in Riyadh on April 28-29, the sources said. U.S. officials say Blinken is also considering traveling to Israel as part of this trip and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.
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Saudi Arabia’s cinema revenue soars to over $986 million in just six years
Saudi Arabia’s cinema industry has generated revenue of SAR3.7 billion ($986.42 million) just six years after the opening of its first cinemas. According to government data from the General Authority of Media Regulation, the industry sold from April 2018 to March of the current year, over 61 million tickets, screening a total of 1,971 films, including 45 local productions. This growth highlights the rapid adoption of cultural activities in Saudi Arabia, aligning with the goals of Vision 2030 to diversify the economy and improve the quality of life.
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Saudi ministry shuts 67 erring hospitality facilities in 3 months
The Ministry of Tourism has shut down as many as 67 tourism hospitality facilities, including hotels and residential apartments, across the Kingdom during the first three months of 2024. The punitive measures were taken after detection of various violations during inspection tours carried out by the ministry officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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Inside the White House’s Scramble to Avert a Bigger Middle East War
Over the course of 19 days, U.S. officials raced to contain escalating tensions between Israel and Iran amid a series of attacks. WSJ’s Michael R. Gordon on what was going on behind the scenes as the White House worked to prevent a bigger conflict.
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Israel’s Iran attack carefully calibrated after internal splits, US pressure
Israel's apparent strike on Iran after days of vacillation was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war, even if the sheer fact it happened at all shattered a taboo of direct attacks that Tehran broke days earlier.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet had initially approved plans for a strike on Monday night inside Iranian territory to respond forcefully to last Saturday's missile and drones from Iran, but held back at the last-minute, three sources with knowledge of the situation said.
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Perspective: Newcomers Bring New Rules
The world’s challenges are increasingly complex. Borders could not stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine demonstrated that the kinds of national wars that characterized the 20th century were still relevant. Ideology has faded, and the states of the Global South have grown larger and wealthier. They now expect a larger share of the global pie. While cooperation has become more necessary, the world has entered an era of increased national contestation.
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