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Saudi Arabia Gains ‘Upper Hand’ in Competition for Asia Energy Demand with Massive $7b Aramco-Petronas Deal
Oil giant Saudi Aramco signed a $7 billion deal Tuesday to take a 50 percent stake in a mega Malaysian oil refinery project, in a pact expected to help Saudi Arabia increase trade in Southeast Asia and give the Kingdom an “upper hand” in the supply competition for Asia’s energy demand, according to reports. Saudi […]
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Saudi Arabia Makes Diplomatic Push to Warm Ties with Iraq
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir made a surprise trip to Iraq on Saturday, the first trip there by a Saudi foreign minister since 1990. While in Baghdad, Al-Jubeir met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and his counterpart, Ibrahim Al-Jaafari. Al-Jubeir said that Saudi Arabia plans to appoint a new ambassador and resume direct flights […]
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Petrochemicals Sector in Saudi Arabia Remains Vital for Vision 2030 Aims
The Petrochemicals sector in Saudi Arabia makes up 60% of the Kingdom’s non-oil exports and remains vital to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 aims, according to a recent study on the sector released by Jadwa Investment. The sector’s prominence in the non-oil economy means it has been identified by both the National Transformation Program (NTP) 2020 and […]
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“Ken of Arabia” Lands Moelis and Co. as Lead Advisor for Saudi Aramco IPO
Saudi Aramco has chosen New York-based boutique investment bank Moelis & Co as an adviser on its plans for what is expected to be the world’s biggest initial public share offer, Reuters reports. Moelis & Co secured the role of lead independent adviser. The selection is set to move the small newcomer, and its CEO, […]
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Raw Video Emerges of Houthi Attack on Saudi Frigate as U.S. Sends Destroyer to Red Sea
Raw video has emerged online of a Houthi attack on a Saudi frigate that damaged the ship and drew the condemnation of Saudi Arabia and its allies. Suicide boats belonging to the Houthi militias from Yemen struck the Saudi frigate off Hodeida port in the Red Sea. Two crew members were killed and three were […]
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Saudi Restarts Renewable Energy Investment Plans with up to $50b in Solar, Wind by 2023
Saudi Arabia appears to be re-starting its efforts to expand renewable energy projects to meet growing domestic power needs with up to $50b invested through 2023, according to reports and comments by the Kingdom’s energy and industry minister Khalid al-Falih. The projects, part of the National Renewable Energy Plan (NREP) will be managed under a […]
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Jeddah Cell Connected to ISIS Busted after Two Saudis Blow Themselves Up During Raid
Saudi Arabia has busted a large terror cell after two Saudis blew themselves up during a gun battle in Jeddah, the Kingdom’s second-largest city. In addition to the two dead, 16 suspected terrorists have been arrested, including three Saudis and 13 Pakistani nationals, according to the Saudi Gazette. The Kingdom has also named the two […]
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Saudi Arabia May Cancel $20b in Projects to Cut Costs, Hires PwC
Saudi Arabia is reportedly working with accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on plans to cancel up to $20 billion of projects as the Kingdom continues to seek ways to cut costs as part of economic reforms, Bloomberg reports. The Ministry of Economy and Planning has appointed PwC to review $69 billion of government contracts and aims […]
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Saudi 2017 Budget Will Seek to Reduce Deficit, Create Surplus by 2020
Saudi Arabia’s government will reportedly unveil a plan to balance its high deficit and work to achieve a surplus in 2020, according to a senior government official with knowledge of the matter as quoted in Bloomberg. The plan was devised by the powerful Council on Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA), which is chaired by Deputy Crown Prince […]
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Careem, an Uber Rival in the Middle East, is Newest ‘Unicorn’ Company with Saudi, Japanese Investments
Careem, one of Uber’s rivals in the Middle East, has taken in $350 million in investment led by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the second investment made by Saudi Arabia’s government into ride-sharing apps this year. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) invested $3.5 billion in ride-hailing app Uber in June, […]
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Want Investment Growth? Look to the Middle East
The population of the Middle East is steadily growing at a rate of 1.5% a year – it may not sound like much but it is the equivalent of adding a new Turkey or Egypt every 10 years. The population is young too – with an average age of around 25 years old and this young, growing middle class is creating investment opportunities. Add to this that oil reserves are some way off running out – and you can see why the region is attractive.
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Can Tunisia Stop Terrorism With a Wall?
Tunisia can wall off its border with Libya, and that wall may or may not stop terrorists from crossing that border. But it doesn’t close off alternate routes into the country.
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Where Does the Iran Deal Leave Saudi Arabia?
“The legitimacy of the government has changed, from the traditional religious legitimacy—which is still important—to now being based on providing society with security and services,” says Mark C. Thompson, assistant professor of Middle East Studies at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, who studies Saudi youth. “This is fundamental change.”
- NBC News - Middle East Arms Race Will Continue After Iran Nuke Deal: Experts
- VOA - Perspective: For the U.S., the Choice Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Should be an Easy One
- Bloomberg - Iran Deal Risks Clash With Saudis for Middle East Dominance
- Breitbart - World View: Arab Views of Iran Nuclear Deal
- Atlantic Council - The Middle East Transformed by Iran Agreement? Take a Deep Breath; Here’s Why Not
- Washington Post - Arab states fear nuclear deal will give Iran a bigger regional role
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Netanyahu and the Iran nuclear deal: A historic mistake?
Given that the agreement was long in the making and expected, it’s hard to believe that Netanyahu’s reaction was not well rehearsed. Yet, it’s hard to understand what this posture can gain him strategically. What are Bibi’s options?
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Is WikiLeaks sensationalizing Saudi Cables? A fact check on the Vatican memo
So what does the document actually say? The telegram talks about relaying a message for the Vatican to encourage Christians to support the Syrian revolution and minorities who would face retaliation conducted by the regime.
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Who has ‘boots on the ground’ in fight against IS?
So far, the most effective fighters against IS have been Iraqi Shiite militias and Iraqi and Syrian Kurds. Advances by the latter — seizing a key border crossing used by foreign fighters transiting Turkey to join IS — have upset nominal US allies such as Turkey, which fears creation of another autonomous Kurdish entity on its borders in addition to the one that already exists in Iraq.
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Southeast Asia Crude: Will the Kra Canal Ease the Flow?
All in all, between the mixed messages, the many years required for construction, the centuries of discussion that have passed so far, and all of the parties involved, it hard to believe that we will see any major changes in the flow of oil through the Strait of Malacca anytime soon. But when this much money and power are at stake, never rule anything out.
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Saudi Jailers Ask Their Jihadist Inmates: How Was Room Service?
The Saudi rehabilitation effort is “probably the most serious and thoroughly resourced such program anywhere,” said Paul Pillar, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer now at Georgetown University in Washington. Yet it reaches only a small number of militants, and falls short of “dealing in a more wholesale manner with roots of jihadi radicalism in the kingdom,” he said in an e-mailed reply to questions.
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How powerful is Iran’s ballistic program?
The concern over Iran’s military power has resulted in three sets of sanctions. In 2006, the UN Security Council imposed an embargo on Iran, prohibiting the import or export of nuclear technology. This was followed by two sets of arms embargoes on Iran in 2007 and 2010.
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What’s in a Name? U.K. Joins Debate on Labeling of Islamic State
Arab media mostly use Daesh. So do some Western governments, including France, whose Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius asked the media to follow suit because “this is a terrorist group and not a state.” The decision drew the ire of the jihadists, who said they’d cut the tongues out of any one they heard using the name.
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