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Saudi businesses call for 2 year ban on returning expats
A group of leading businessmen has recommended to Saudi authorities that expats who leave the kingdom on an exit visa are not allowed to return for two years. The Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) labour market committee approved the proposal in a bid to encourage local businesses to hire Saudis. “If implemented, the measure is bound to boost nationalisation in the business sector,” committee chairman Mansoor Al Shethri was quoted as saying by Arab News.
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Ailing Sultan Qaboos tells Omanis he will miss birthday celebrations
Since taking power in 1970, Qaboos has transformed the small oil exporter from a poverty-stricken backwater torn by dissent into a prosperous Western-allied state, earning a reputation as a mediator seeking to ease periodic tensions between the Gulf Arab states and neighboring non-Arab Iran. In a video message broadcast on state television, a frail-looking Qaboos offered greetings to Omanis on the occasion of his birthday, which falls on Nov. 18 and is celebrated in Oman as a national day.
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A new king in Saudi Arabia: November 1964
Among numerous modernising reforms, Faisal established a new judicial system, abolished slavery, backed industrial development and introduced free health care. He built schools, hospitals, orphanages, airports and roads. He encouraged the development of women’s education in Saudi Arabia and of television, though cinema remained banned. At the same time he was a leading opponent of Israel and supporter of Palestinian nationalism, hugely admired in the Arab world, while skilfully keeping on good terms with the United States.
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Saudi Arabia is not declaring a volume war (yet)
Some commentators have interpreted the U.S. price cuts as a signal the kingdom is initiating a deliberate price-war targeting U.S. shale producers. The reality is more complex.
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Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance
Talks on an alliance against extremists are well advanced, the Egyptian officials said. But the further idea of forming a joint force is more distant, and there are differences among the countries over the size of any force, funding and headquarters, and over whether to seek Arab League or U.N. political cover for operations, one of the Egyptian officials said. Past attempts at a pan-Arab military force have fallen apart. Still, even if no joint force is agreed on, the alliance would coordinate military action, aiming at quick, pinpoint operations against militants rather than longer missions, the officials said.
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Scholarship program brings Middle Eastern women to New College in Florida
The group from Israel, Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are in their first year at New College of Florida. All are on a full, four-year scholarship, participating in the Daughters For Life Scholars program, an educational opportunity meant to help women from the Middle East make a difference in the world.
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French-Saudi Arms deal for Lebanon to be inked today
Saudi Arabia and France will on Tuesday seal a deal to provide Lebanon's army with USD 3 billion worth of French weapons, with Riyadh footing the bill, a Saudi daily and a French source had said yesterday.
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Islamic State ‘kills 322’ from single Sunni tribe
Mass killings by Islamic State militants have seen 322 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe killed in western Anbar province, Iraq's government says.
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Saudi Arabia’s car market sees record sales during H1
Research compiled by motory.com, a Saudi-based automotive portal, showed Toyota topped the sales chart, despite numerous recent recalls, capturing a 35 percent share of the market with over 150,000 vehicles sold.
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Refining Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy
Those banking on a rebound in oil prices shouldn’t look down. Downstream, that is.
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