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• F-15EX ‘Dogfights’ Eurofighter, Rafale Aircraft For Big, Fat Saudi Deal; Can Boeing Outdo Airbus & Dassault?

  With three options on the table, there is also conjecture that the kingdom might take the Qatar route and make its fleet more diverse by adding Rafales to the mix of its existing fleet comprising the F-15SA and the Eurofighter Typhoons. Although the officials in the kingdom have not officially acknowledged their interest in the French Rafale or the Airbus Eurofighter, a potential acquisition of either of these fighters may come as yet another setback to the US arms industry, which is believed to be steadily losing ground to European and even Chinese and Russian arms manufacturers in the Middle Eastern region.

• U.S. tells Qatar to evict Hamas if it obstructs Israeli hostage deal

  Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in April, according to the official, who like others interviewed for this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.

• U.S. Shuffles Military Assets in Middle East After Gulf Pushback

  The U.A.E. informed the U.S. in February that it would no longer permit American warplanes and drones based at Al Dhafra air base in Abu Dhabi to carry out strikes in Yemen and Iraq without notifying Emirati officials ahead of time. That has prompted U.S. commanders to send the additional aircraft to Al Udeid air base in Qatar, the small Persian Gulf monarchy that hasn’t imposed similar restrictions, U.S. officials said.

• Saudi Arabia’s private sector workers grow to 11.3M in April

  The total number of workers in the Saudi private sector reached 11.27 million in April 2024, the National Labor Observatory said.   The total number of nationals working in private-sector entities stood at 2.36 million in the same month, of which male and female workers accounted for 1.39 million and 970,240, respectively. Meanwhile, the number of expats working in the private sector reached 8.92 million.   Meanwhile, a total of 18,540 Saudis joined the private sector workforce for the first time.

• Tyson Fury Arrives In Saudi Arabia For Undisputed Showdown With Usyk

  WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has made his arrival in Saudi Arabia for his clash against IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk undisputed fight on May 18th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

• How La Liga is building bridges with Saudi Arabia and regional partners

  At the start of March, the La Liga FC Futures U14 tournament was held at the Mahd Sports Academy in Riyadh and won by Spanish club Villarreal. The competition had been organized in partnership with the Kingdom’s Ministry of Sports and saw 12 teams taking part, including eight EA Sports La Liga teams — Barcelona, Cadiz, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Villarreal, Real Betis and Osasuna — as well AS Roma from Italy, Portugal’s SL Benfica, Olympique de Marseille ofFrance and Saudi Arabia’s own Mahd Academy.

• Ronaldo scores his 4th hat trick of Saudi Pro League season

  Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth hat trick of the Saudi Pro League season on Saturday as Al Nassr thrashed Al Wehda 6-0. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner now has 32 league goals this season, two short of Abderrazak Hamdallah's record tally of 34 back in the 2018-19 campaign, with four games still to play. Ronaldo opened the scoring in Riyadh in the fifth minute after intercepting a poor clearance from goalkeeper Monir El Kajoui.

• Boxing has a drug problem. Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh can make fixing it his legacy

  Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, is the driving force behind Saudi Arabia’s expanding influence in boxing. His personal commitment and respect for the sport are well known. I’d like to see Turki Alalshikh take the lead in combatting the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs in boxing.

• Who’s Who: Abdullah Al-Ajmi, space business development director for Lockheed Martin in Saudi Arabia

  Abdullah Al-Ajmi is the space business development director for Lockheed Martin in Saudi Arabia. He is responsible for coordinating and bolstering the Kingdom’s space efforts. In addition to fostering strategic cooperation between government and commercial enterprises, Al-Ajmi oversees the facilitation of scientific experiments and international research collaborations, as well as the administration of future space-related missions. A retired brigadier general of the Royal Saudi Air Force and Ministry of Defense, he has a wealth of expertise and experience in remote sensing and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and space systems.

• Saudi Awwal Bank reports 16 percent growth in Q1 net profit at SR2 bn

  Lubna S. Olayan, chair of the board of directors of Saudi Awwal Bank, announced the bank’s financial results for the period ending March 31. SAB recorded a net profit after zakat and income tax of SR2.04 billion ($543.9 million) for the period ending March 31, representing an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period of 2023. The total operating income rose 7 percent to SR3.44 billion.

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