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  • Power and Water
    Acwa Power considers secondary listing after Saudi Arabia

    Acwa Power, the Saudi Arabian power and water project developer, says it may seek a secondary listing after an expected flotation in Saudi Arabia next year.

  • Kurds
    As their power grows, Iraq’s Kurds are fighting among themselves

    In recent months, Iraq’s northern Kurdish region has seen unprecedented political and economic independence as relations with Baghdad have frayed. But now the region’s own unity appears on the brink of collapse, at a time when it is battling the Islamic State militant group.

  • Society
    Empowered through education: a word with a Saudi feminist

    It depends on your definition of conservatism. Unfortunately, there is an underlying assumption that conservatism in Saudi is related to extremism, meaning that both come from the same school of thought which views women in a demeaning manner. However, this is not accurate.

  • Saudi Stock Market
    Acwa Power targets 2016 IPO on Kingdom’s bourse

    Saudi Arabia-based power and water project developer, Acwa Power, is aiming for a stock market floatation on the Saudi bourse sometime next year, its chief executive said.

  • Solar Power
    Solar Power Invades Oil-Rich Middle East

    Global consulting firm Ernst & Young, in its latest Cleantech Survey Report for MENA, ranked Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco and Jordan as having the greatest potential for renewable energy investment in the region, adding that “the opportunities to provide affordable and secure low-carbon energy are continuously expanding.”

  • Saudi Leadership
    Powerful Saudi royal heirs will define kingdom’s future

    "I think it's a good working relationship. Necessity demands it, and Mohammed bin Nayef is a highly respected person and in this society there is a lot of deference to age," said Khaled al-Maeena, editor at large of the English-language daily Saudi Gazette.

  • Syria
    Russia says Syria’s Assad ready to share power

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to hold snap parliamentary elections and could share power with a "healthy" opposition.

  • War in Yemen
    Analysis: The liberation of south Yemen proves Saudi Arabia’s power is growing

    The​ important ​lesson for the West ​about this ​Saudi​-led campaign in Yemen ​ is that it is the first time an Arab coalition has assembled itself and ​has​ successfully conducted​ large-scale military stabili​s​ation operation in the region.

  • Nuclear
    Decision time looms for Saudi on nuclear power?

    Despite being available at a relatively low cost, the soaring demand for energy in the Gulf has led to years of attempts to find alternative energy sources for some countries.

  • Military
    Canadian Government studies Saudi power shift as arms deal hangs in the balance

    Diplomatic memos obtained under Access to Information laws demonstrate how closely the federal government is monitoring the Islamic kingdom, which committed to a massive order of armoured fighting vehicles manufactured in London, Ont., when the late King Abdullah sat on the throne.