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Saudi-Owned Lucid Motors Completes Phase 1 of Arizona Factory Build, Eyes 2021 Production
Saudi-owned Lucid Motors, a forthcoming EV rival to Tesla, announced that it completed the first phase of construction at its factory in Arizona, eying production of up to 400,000 electric cars per year at the facility after future expansions. Lucid completed the first phase of construction of its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, and is aiming to start […]
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s Houthis on Cusp of ‘Breakthrough’ Deal if Buffer Zone Established – Report
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are on the cusp of a “breakthrough” nationwide ceasefire agreement, Reuters reports, on the condition that the Houthis agree to an establish a buffer zone between the two countries.
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Saudi Arabia Announces Planned Reforms to Expatriate Labor System, in Place for Seven Decades
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced plans to abolish the seven-decade-old labor sponsorship system known as “kafala” in the Kingdom, a step forward for the country’s modernization drive and economic reform plans, according to reports.
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Saudi Arabia’s Gas Production Hits All-Time High as Push Into Sector Pays Off
Saudi Arabia’s heavy investments to expand natural gas production in recent years is paying off in the form of record production of the fuel, according to Bloomberg, which cited latest figures from Saudi Aramco’s third-quarter results released on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia’s MoFA Issues Statement Condemning Terrorist Attack in Nice, France
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement strongly condemning the terrorist attack that occurred near the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, where three people were killed in a knife attack Thursday morning.
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Road to the G20: This Week’s Meetings Include Youth-Focused Y20, Finance Meetings
SUSTG is covering the events and meetings taking place in the run up to the G20 in November as part of our “Road to the G20” series of posts and featured items. This week, Saudi Arabia will host the Y20 youth-focused group, as well as finance-focused meetings.
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Virginia-Based SAIC Wins $49.5 Million U.S. Navy Contract for Royal Saudi Naval Forces
The U.S. Navy awarded Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $49.5 million single-award task order to continue to provide the Royal Saudi Naval Forces support services for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) upgrade and refurbishment, a press release issued by the company confirms.
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Saudi Leaders Pay Tribute to Late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Saudi leaders expressed their tributes and condolences to the people of Kuwait following the passing of the Gulf nation’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who died at the age of 91.
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Kingdom’s Flagship Carrier Saudia Airlines is a Top Brand in Saudi Arabia, YouGov BrandIndex Finds
Saudi Arabia’s flagship carrier Saudia is atop of a newly-released brand popularity survey of the Kingdom from global polling firm YouGov.
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Saudi Arabia Sternly Condemns OPEC+ Production Quota Cheaters in Meeting
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman scolded members of a key OPEC+ panel about cheating on oil production quotas, but did not name countries by name, according to reports.
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Can I Fly to Riyadh? Emirates Air to Limit Access to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia suspended entry for nationalities holding tourist visas and coming from: Greater China, Iran, Italy, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Philippines, Singapore, India, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Somalia, Vietnam.
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Why is Iran’s reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries?
Apart from China, where it was first detected in December, Iran has recorded the most deaths from the new form of coronavirus. There have been 2,663 deaths in China, out of a total of 77,658 confirmed cases.
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Laser or erosion? Find out what caused the perfect split in Saudi Arabia’s Al Naslaa rock
Deep in the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk province lies a 4,000-year-old rock formation with an unusual feature: It is split down the middle by a straight cut with the precision of a laser beam.
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Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?
The Iranians “don’t want another al-Sistani ... They don’t want somebody who is strong, who overshadows their own supreme leader,” said Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council. While none of al-Sistani’s potential successors are “in Iran’s pockets,” Tehran can benefit from a weak figure.
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Has the coronavirus affected the Middle East’s construction sector?
Logistics have been impacted and factory output has been reduced. It has meant material and equipment suppliers have been unable to meet their obligations. This in turn has adversely impacted progress on construction sites and has resulted in delays.
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Is tourism the antidote to youth unemployment in Oman?
“I am pretty sure the economy will dictate certain unavoidable reforms in the next few years,” John Sfakianakis, the chief economist of the Saudi Arabia-based Gulf Research Center, told Al-Monitor. In an attempt to energize the domestic economy, the country’s road map for social and economic reform identifies five high-priority sectors, including the employment-intensive tourism industry. Ranked as one of the fastest growing industries in the world, the tourism sector could employ a total of 535,000 people, directly and indirectly, in Oman by 2040 to cater to 11 million visitors.
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Commentary: Afghanistan: “Peace” as the Vietnamization of a U.S. Withdrawal?
U.S. policymakers may be taking the current peace effort in Afghanistan seriously and believe it could actually succeed. At best, it is a well-intentioned attempt at peace, whose authors do not realize that this form of “peace” is likely to rapidly deteriorate into a Vietnam-like withdrawal.
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Commentary: Where is the Iranian opposition?
Despite waves of protest within Iran, the country still lacks an organized opposition movement. In an interview with DW, Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi said that no present movement poses a threat to the regime.
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Inside Egypt’s Diaspora: Who Wants to Come Home Again?
Most migrants around the world would like to stay where they are, and few would like to move again -- but if they did, few would like to move back home. The same is true of Egyptians, whose extremely large diaspora is well represented in Gallup's World Poll data -- about 5,000 adults in Gallup's 2010 to 2018 global data set were born in Egypt but do not live there.
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Can Iraq’s new prime minister nominee navigate Baghdad’s political chaos?
Salih named Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as his designee for the premiership. Salih has set a deadline for February 1 for Iraq’s parliament to elect a new prime minister, but the body has failed to do so. Allawi was a former communications minister under former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
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