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  • Iraq touts deal with U.S. to withdraw most troops by 2026

    Defense Minister Thabit al-Abbasi said the two nations had reached an agreement that would transition Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led military mission set up a decade ago to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, into a “sustainable security partnership” and would remove in two stages the roughly 2,500 U.S. troops now stationed in Iraq.

  • A new crisis may plunge Libya back into chaos

    The upheaval is the consequence of a spat that flared in August but was long in the works, experts say. A move by forces close to Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who leads the government in western Libya, centered in the capital Tripoli, saw officials in the Central Bank kidnapped and led the bank’s longtime governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, to flee into self-imposed exile in Turkey. The Central Bank, which is the sole legal repository of Libya’s oil-generated wealth, ceased functioning. Oil exports were quickly shut down.

  • Why the Kremlin Is Drifting Closer to Houthi Rebels in Yemen

  • Saudi Arabia: Former Public Security Chief Jailed 20 Years Over Forgery, Bribery And Embezzlement

    The court issued an irrevocable ruling and jailed Lt. Gen. Khalid bin Qarar Al-Harbi for an initial 10 years for forgery and bribery. His SR1 million fine and seized embezzled funds will be deposited in the government’s treasury. Al-Harbi was also handed an additional 10 years’ imprisonment after the court convicted him of misusing authority for personal gains, exploiting government contracts and embezzling public funds.

  • Saudi Arabia calls for more pressure on Iran as Houthi threat grows

    Saudi Arabia, which supports the Yemen government opposing the Houthis, believes Iran has been arming the group, including with the weapons used in the attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Those attacks have led to a halving of the traffic on the Red Sea route, pushing up the costs of maritime transport and damaging the Egyptian economy through disruption to the Suez canal.

  • CMA Chief unveils 3-year strategy to bolster Saudi capital market’s global standing

    Announced on September 12, 2024, the newest CMA strategic plan is structured around three main pillars and nine strategic objectives. The first pillar aims to activate the role of the capital market in financing and investment by enhancing the role of the stock market in financing, and developing the Sukuk and debt instruments market. It also aims to enable the growth of the asset management industry, and enhance capital market services to attract more international investments.

  • Saudi Arabia condemns Netanyahu’s storming of Palestinian Jordan Valley

    Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s storming of the Palestinian Jordan Valley in what it described as a “provocative attempt” to expand illegal settlements, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday. The Israeli PM’s intrusion “aims to expand settlements that violate all international laws and legitimate decisions,” SPA cited a ministry statement as saying.

  • Saudi surgeon performs world’s first robotic heart transplant on teen

    A Saudi surgeon has performed the world’s first robotic heart transplant on a teenager in the Kingdom. The two-and-a-half-hour surgery, led by Saudi cardiac surgeon Dr. Feras Khaliel at the Kingdom’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC), was carried out on a 16-year-old suffering from stage four heart failure.

  • Analysis: Saudi’s NEOM Dream Deferred: Low Funds, High Risk And China-US Strategic Rivalry

    In April this year, Saudi Arabia revised its target for The Line – a unique linear city inside NEOM which has received global attention for its avant-garde architecture and a revolutionary concept of carbon-neutral urban living. The kingdom announced a massive scaling-down in the size of the metropolis from 105 to 1.5 miles along with a decrease in likely inhabitants to 300,000 from original target of 1.5 million.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Turki Al-Shaikh tops list of most influential people in boxing, MMA, pro wrestling

    Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority Chair Turki AlShaikh came in the top spot of ESPN ranking of "who currently holds all the influence across boxing, MMA and pro wrestling and how they wield it,” according to Mike Coppinger of ESPN.com. The rankings, which were determined with the help of 30-plus industry power players -- fighters, promoters, executives, lawyers, managers and media -- looked at four factors:

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