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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, Secretary of State John Kerry Jointly Announce Proposed 5-Day Cease Fire in Yemen; Meet Again Today in Paris
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Thursday a proposal for a 5-day ceasefire in Yemen to conduct humanitarian missions in a joint press conference in Riyadh. After the truce was proposed, Saudi Arabia intensified its airstrikes against the main Shiite rebel stronghold in Yemen, with warplanes carrying […]
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Investigating Consumer Awareness of Energy Efficiency in Saudi Arabia
One of Saudi Arabia’s leading national challenges is soaring energy consumption. As one of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia keeps domestic energy prices low through subsidies, and as a result the Kingdom is threatened by unrestrained domestic fuel consumption which has increased by more than 30% since 2000. A new research paper by Samar Khan, Hafez […]
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Saudi Arabia Arrests 93 Suspected Members of Daesh, ‘Including at Least 65 Saudi Nationals’
Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to the Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State, including at least 65 Saudi nationals, according to a Reuters report this morning citing the SPA. The round-up comes as Saudi Arabia intensifies its efforts to crack down against extremism both inside the Kingdom and externally in neighboring […]
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King Salman Relieves Health Minister, Appoints Mohammed bin Abdulmalik bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh to the Post
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has relieved Health Minister Ahmed al-Khatib of his post, according to the SPA, in the second removal of a minister this month in the social services sector. Saudi Arabia’s new Minister of Health, Mohammed bin Abdulmalik bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh, will serve on an acting basis, the SPA said. Minister Al-Sheikh replaces Ahmed bin Aqeel […]
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U.S. Treasury, Saudi Arabia Take Joint Action Against Terror Finance
U.S. and Saudi authorities have taken joint action against a group that financed terrorist activities, the U.S. Treasury said in a press release today in a move that a Treasury official said “reflects the strength of U.S. and Saudi cooperation on countering the financing of terrorism.” The U.S. Treasury and Saudi Arabia took steps to “disrupt the […]
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#FocusKSA: 3 Experts Discuss Saudi Intervention in Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen as part of Operation “Determination Storm” or “Decisive Storm” is the subject of the latest SUSTG and SUSRIS FocusKSA series of online video discussions. SUSRIS’ Patrick Ryan interviewed three experts for their analysis on the conflict: Dr. Theodore Karasik, Gulf-based regional specialist Prof. David Des Roches, […]
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Video: Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel Al Jubeir Gives Interview to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir gave an interview to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer yesterday to talk Iran, Yemen, and even the plot by an Iranian agent to kill him at an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant in 2011. The eloquent and soft-spoken al-Jubeir, who has served as Saudi ambassador to the United States since […]
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Saudi MOH Says MERS Infections, Death Rates Slowing Down
The rate of new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections and deaths have slowed down, the Ministry of Health announced on its website, as only two deaths and two new infections were reported during the past week, and six patients fully recovered from the virus and were discharged from hospitals, the Saudi Gazette reported. Saudi […]
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘New Desert Megacity’ KAEC 15% Complete
The BBC’s Sylvia Smith checks in on development at the King Abdullah Economic City north of Jeddah, one of four “megacity” projects envisioned by King Abdullah to be developed in the coming years. At a cost of $100bn, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is currently only 15% completed. “Peppered with cranes, the city […]
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U.S. Embassy in Riyadh Remains Closed for Third Consecutive Day
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was closed a third consecutive day today following the announcement made on Sunday that the Embassy would be closed because of security concerns on Monday and Tuesday, the Embassy said on its twitter account. The @USEmbassyRiyadh and both Consulates in #SaudiArabia have canceled consular services for tomorrow, March 18. — U.S. […]
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Is this the right prescription for Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, with its fast-growing population and far-reaching plans to improve public health, is ripe for investment from the world’s pharmaceutical giants.
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Perspective: Why Saudi mistrusts Iran?
It is fueled by an expansionist ideology and has been publicly committed from day one to overthrowing the established order in the Middle East. And at the center of that order stands the Saudi state.
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Video: How Healthy Are the Egyptian and Saudi Economies?
Tim Fox, Emirates NBD chief economist, discusses the outlook for the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian economies and the prospects for Fed policy with Bloomberg's Yousef Gamal El-Din on "Bloomberg Markets Middle East."
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Could Saudi override lead to Vietnam vets being sued?
President Obama was absolutely correct, and the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and Vietnam Veterans of America — I am a dues-paying member of all four — and all the other veterans groups were asleep at the switch during this veto override.
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Is Saudi Arabia serious about bringing back high oil prices? (+video)
Instead, by making noises about a production cut, he adds, the Saudis can talk oil prices up a bit as they wait for market forces to bring production back into balance.
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Can Jordan’s new parliament spearhead political change?
Despite the Islamists' comeback to parliament,'no radical changes' are expected.
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Opinion: Trump? How Could We?
ISIS formed before it managed to pump any oil, and it sustained itself with millions of dollars that it stole from Iraq’s central bank in Mosul. Meanwhile, Iraq has the world’s fifth-largest oil reserves — 140 billion barrels. Can you imagine how many years we’d have to stay there to pump it all and how much doing so would tarnish our moral standing around the world and energize every jihadist?
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Video: What Caused the Drop in Saudi Stocks?
Tarek Fadlallah, Middle East chief executive officer at Nomura Asset Management, discusses the drop in Saudi stocks, what it would take to get investors back in the market and what we can expect from the OPEC talks in Algiers. He speaks to Angie Lau and Yousef Gamal El-Din on "Bloomberg Markets Middle East."
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Why Is It So Hard to Stop West Africa’s Vicious Pirates?
What’s more, for all its success in the Indian Ocean, the Somali playbook appears unsuited to fighting piracy in the two corners of the world where it is still raging: West Africa and Southeast Asia.
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Has Turkey Occupied Northern Syria?
Is the Turkish control of northern Syria a case of belligerent occupation? And, if so, what does this mean for Turkey and Syria?
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