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Significant Step Taken in U.S.-Saudi THAAD Missile Deal
- November 29,2018
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- SUSTG Team
A personal call between President Donald Trump and King Salman Saudi Arabia helped to finalize an agreement in which the Kingdom will buy Lockheed Martin’s $15 billion THAAD missile defense system, according to reports. The U.S. State Department said the Saudis and U.S. officials signed letters of offer and acceptance documents on Monday, formalizing terms for Saudi’s […]
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Yemen’s Government to Join Peace Talks with Houthis, CNN Reports
- November 20,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government confirmed it will participate in United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Sweden, according to CNN, which cited the Saudi Press Agency. The announcement came shortly before the United Kingdom introduced a draft resolution on Yemen at the UN Security Council on Monday in which it calls for a ceasefire in Yemen and a two-week […]
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Sec. Mattis, Saudi FM Al-Jubeir Meet; U.S. Calls for ‘Transparent Investigation’
- October 29,2018
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- SUSTG Team
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday that he has met with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, and called for a “transparent investigation” into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, according to reports. Mattis said he met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a conference in Bahrain on Saturday and discussed […]
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Crown prince chairs first meeting on reform of Saudi intelligence services
- October 26,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired the first meeting on Thursday of a special committee to reform Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services. The restructuring was ordered by King Salman after the murder in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to Arab News, the committee “assessed the General Intelligence Presidency’s current organizational structure and identified […]
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FII Kicks Off in Riyadh
- October 23,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The Future Investment Initiative (FII) kicked off today at the Ritz Carlton, Riyadh with a standing room only crowd despite an exodus of CEOs and other top executives in recent weeks. The PIF-organized event went forward as planned despite questions regarding the event’s timing, and saw a large crowd at the start of the event. The event […]
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Video: Bloomberg Interview with Head of the Saudi Stock Market Sarah Al-Suhaimi
- October 11,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s head of its stock exchange, Sarah Al-Suhaimi, gave an interview with Bloomberg outlining her plans for the Tadawul at the Bloomberg Invest Summit in London. Al-Suhaimi is the first Saudi woman to chair the Saudi Arabian stock exchange, which is the largest stock market in the Middle East. [Click here to watch the interview on Bloomberg.com]
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Russia, Saudi Arabia Planned Rise in Production Before OPEC Meeting
- October 4,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Russia and Saudi Arabia have struck a deal to raise oil output from September through December to cool rising prices, according to Reuters. The deal, struck in private in September, was then shared with the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, according to four sources familiar with the plan cited by Reuters. The […]
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PIF Says WSJ Report that Kingdom Has Shelved Solar Projects is ‘Completely Inaccurate’
- October 2,2018
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- SUSTG Team
A spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) said via the Kingdom’s state-run news agency, the Saudi Press Agency, that media articles claiming that work has been shelved with respect to SoftBank and Solar Projects are “completely inaccurate.” The unnamed spokesperson said that the PIF “continues to work with the SoftBank Vision Fund, and other parties, on a number of large-scale, […]
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Saudi Crown Prince to Visit Kuwait on Saturday for Qatar Talks – Reports
- September 28,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman will visit Kuwait on Saturday to discuss the Kingdom’s ongoing conflict with Qatar, according to reports. During the visit, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will hold talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, according to the Kuwaiti News Agency via Twitter. Kuwaiti mediation efforts have failed so far to end the crisis […]
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Saudi Embassy to Celebrate 88th Saudi National Day with Event at National Harbor
- September 20,2018
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- SUSTG Team
On Sunday, September 23, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington will host a celebratory event to mark the Kingdom’s 88th national day at the National Harbor, the Embassy said on Twitter. The event begins at 3pm at the Pier at National Harbor and will showcase Saudi folklore and culture and is free for […]
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YemenHouthis seize strategic Yemeni city, escalating power struggle
Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president took over the central city of Taiz in an escalation of a power struggle diplomats say risks drawing in neighboring oil giant Saudi Arabia and its main regional rival Iran.
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Anti-ISIS CampaignIn coalition of many, US air power does the heavy lifting
American planes in general hit more of what the military refers to as "dynamic" targets — ones that are not pre-planned — and a mobile insurgency like the Islamic State group makes for a lot of dynamic targets. The Air Force estimates that half of all strikes in the battle stem from close air support for Iraqi ground forces. Another 30 percent involve hitting Islamic State militants traveling between Iraq and Syria. Many coalition members, meanwhile, might drop multiple bombs on a single preset target, such as a militant-held compound or mobile oil refinery.
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War Powers LegislationWhy Obama’s ISIS War Powers Request Is Going Nowhere
The problem: The Obama administration believes it already has the authority it needs to carry out its mission, and absent any sense of urgency in Washington, there’s scant political pressure to build a coalition for a tough war vote. On the Senate side, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker has warned that the administration’s proposal is already in trouble, with little buy-in from Democrats. And while liberals are leery of any vote that would put them on the record for another war, conservative hawks have criticized the AUMF for being overly restrictive.
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Arab Women21 Saudis among 100 most powerful Arab women
Saudi Arabia has 21 women ranked in the top 100 list of the most powerful Arab women, determined by Arabian Business magazine every year for the past five years.
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Solar EnergySaudi’s ACWA Power gets $344 mln loan for Dubai solar project
ACWA is preparing bids for projects worth $7 billion in areas from from south Asia to the Middle East and North Africa and South Africa, Padmanathan said. "It is a very, very buoyant sector."
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War Powers LegislationObama’s ISIS War Leaders Unclear on Proposed War Power’s Limits
There is only one explicit limitation to the president’s power to wage war against ISIS that is offered in the White House’s draft authorization for the use of military force, or AUMF: that it “does not authorize the use of the United States Armed Forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations.” The chances of Congress authorizing the war against the Islamic State largely hinge on the phrase. But on Wednesday, retired Gen. John Allen, Obama’s special envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIL, could not — or would not — define it.
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- Stars and Stripes - US, French Carriers Begin Combined Airstrikes Against ISIS
- Reuters - Special Report: How Iran's military chiefs operate in Iraq
- Reuters - More moderate Syrians ready to battle Islamic State than expected: U.S. official
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U.S. Foreign PolicyKerry Presses Congress for More Power and Money To Fight ISIS
Kerry’s full slate of hearings before Congress this week reflects how the Obama administration has kept the lead on many national security crises in the hands of the State Department. Increasingly, policymakers and military leaders are repeating the refrain “there is no military solution” to the world’s conflicts. On Monday after a high-level war council meeting on the Islamic State strategy in Kuwait, newly minted Defense Secretary Ash Carter said more emphasis needs to be put on the diplomatic side of that operation.
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Mohammed Bin SalmanSaudi king’s son on fast track to power
Although a capable individual, it was still too early to determine whether the young prince had the stamina to do so many things, and do them well. The eldest son of the monarch’s second wife, Princess Fahdah Bint Falah Al Hithlain, from the eastern Ajman tribe that backed the Al Saud starting in the early 20th century and whose daughters married extensively into the family, Prince Mohammad had a full brother, Turki Bin Salman, who was formerly the chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group that publishes the pan-Arab daily Al Sharq Al Awsat.
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Saudi GovernanceInsight – Little noticed, new Saudi king shapes contours of power
The new royal court chief is not simply enjoying an extended apprenticeship to power, but is already a central figure. Many of the technocratic young ministers appointed by Salman this month worked for Prince Mohammed's own charity, another sign of his influence in government.
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War Powers LegislationObama’s ISIS War Powers Request Has Few Limits on Who, Where, How
“The resolution we’ve submitted today does not call for the deployment of U.S. ground combat forces to Iraq or Syria. It is not the authorization of another ground war, like Afghanistan or Iraq,” Obama said in his announcement at the White House. “I’m convinced that the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the Middle East … At the same time, this resolution strikes the necessary balance by giving us the flexibility we need for unforeseen circumstances.”
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