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  • Inside NEOM’s futuristic airport: Supersonic aircraft, gateless biometric security clearance, AI integration

    NEOM Airline is set to be operational at the end of next year, initially starting with existing technology and eventually implementing the use of technological advancements like electric, hydrogen-powered or supersonic aircraft – by 2026.

  • Middle East food security crisis hits millions as prices soar amid currency collapses

    Five countries in the region have seen food inflation going beyond 60 percent just this year, with Lebanon and Syria facing triple-digit food inflation at 138 percent and 105 percent respectively. In Iran, Turkey, and Egypt, annual food inflation is more than 61 percent, making it difficult for families to afford essential food items like bread, rice, and vegetables.

  • Saudi Arabia moves forward with Yemen security fence as oil attacks ease: sources

    MAKE DECISIONS WITH CONVICTION For full access to real-time updates, breaking news, analysis, pricing and data visualization subscribe today. Subscribe Now OIL 23 Mar 2023 | 11:55 UTC Saudi Arabia moves forward with Yemen security fence as oil attacks ease: sources Author Andrew Critchlow Editor James Leech Commodity Oil HIGHLIGHTS Seeking company to manage Southern Border Protection scheme Comes even as attacks on kingdom's oil infrastructure abate Relations between Saudi and Iran are improving Saudi Arabia is moving forward with a plan to completely seal off its border with Yemen by building a 900 km fence, after years of attacks on energy infrastructure in the kingdom and a bitter war with Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now According to official documents seen by S&P Global Commodity Insights, the kingdom is seeking a company to manage the gigantic infrastructure project, which will include helipads, security towers and radar equipment, communications and extensive supporting road networks. The so-called Southern Border Protection scheme will eventually completely seal off the kingdom's border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia's oil and energy infrastructure, especially close to its land borders with Yemen, has been extensively targeted over the last five years. Attacks in the kingdom account for 49% of 95 incidents recorded by the S&P Global Energy Security Sentinel project since 2018.

  • Commentary: Why the Proposed Saudi Security Pact Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests

    Riyadh doesn’t need a defense pact with Washington. What it really needs is a more effective and coordinated approach to security, which can be built by working with Washington on elements of the kingdom’s defense restructuring project, conducting joint U.S.-Saudi contingency planning, and investing in all the institutional requirements of a competent defense apparatus that go beyond military equipment.

  • Watch: Elated female cadets graduate from Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Security College

    Videos shared on social media showed elated female cadets during their graduation from King Fahd Security College on Monday. A video posted by the college showed the young women congratulate each other and celebrate with their parents who voiced pride in their daughters’ achievements. “We thank all the trainers for their efforts,” one graduate said as her friend added their joy was “indescribable.”

  • Opinion: Why the Proposed Saudi Security Pact Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests

    It’s time for Washington to transition from a system of U.S. guardianship in Riyadh (and the region) to one of real partnership. That is U.S. Central Command’s mandate and emphasis right now. Gone are the days of Operation Desert Storm, when the United States did all the operational planning and the vast majority of the fighting to free Kuwait and defend Saudi Arabia from Saddam Hussein’s army. Today, Washington needs its regional partners to put more skin in the game.

  • Opinion: China’s Saudi Iranian mediation spotlights flawed regional security policies

    Support for militias “empowers complex networks of surrogates…that…become increasingly actors in their own right who disrupt post-conflict resolution and state building… Security assistance to non-state actors…does not contribute to building institutions in recipient states but exacerbates conflict polarization and division,” Mr. Krieg said in a just-published study of UAE policy in Yemen and Libya.

  • Iran inks security accord with Iraq as regional diplomacy revved up

    The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has capped off a busy month of dialogue with Arab states with the signing of a security agreement in Baghdad. The accord aims to address concerns about Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq. This comes as Ali Shamkhani's recent talks in China to restore relations with Saudi Arabia and visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have raised questions about the foreign ministry’s role in Iran’s diplomacy. While Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has publicly insisted that all state institutions are on the same page, few are convinced.

  • After deal with Saudi Arabia, top Iranian security official ‘due in UAE’

    Speaking on condition of anonymity, an informed Arab source asserted, “There was a plan [for Shamkhani] to travel to the UAE…it was supposed to take place two weeks ago, but it was delayed due to the China deal.” The exact date of the upcoming trip is unclear. However, sources in the region have told Amwaj.media that the apparent engagement comes in the wake of efforts by regional interlocutors to advance dialogue.

  • Improving Gulf security: A framework to enhance air, missile, and maritime defenses

    This report is the final product of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative‘s Gulf Security Task Force, a team of experts whose US government experience includes senior roles at the Department of Defense, Department of State, White House, and Intelligence Community. The Task Force joined together to shape this new strategy, with an eye on sustainable success in protecting both US and allies in the Gulf.