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  • Looking East, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Arrives in Pakistan
     

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for the start of a tour of several Asian nations as the Kingdom looks eastward to strengthen trade relationships and business opportunities. As is usually the case for the highest Saudi royal leaders on state visits, the Crown Prince traveled with a sizable entourage […]

     
  • Once Taboo, Valentines Day is Celebrated in Saudi Arabia
     

    Before 2018 in Saudi Arabia, Valentines Day was “an old tradition kept in the dark” and not openly celebrated by Saudis, instead being secretly observed by citizens in the privacy of their homes. Then, last year, Sheikh Ahmed Qasim Al-Ghamdi, former president of the Saudi “religious police” or Ha’ia, endorsed Valentine’s Day celebrations for the first time in […]

     
  • December Economic Data Shows Slight Cooling but Non-Oil Exports Grow, Jadwa Says
     

    The latest monthly economic chartbook released by Jadwa Investment found a cooling in some key economic data points, although the Saudi stock market soared by 10% in January as oil prices rose. The Riyadh-based Jadwa’s report found that POS rose by 10 percent while cash withdrawals were flat, and non-oil PMI index was marginally down […]

     
  • Saudi Media Powerhouse SRMG Launches Independent Arabia
     

    The Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and the UK online publisher The Independent have launched a new digital news site, IndependentArabia.com. SRMG announced the appointment of Saudi journalist and political analyst Adhwan al-Ahmary as editor-in-chief of the online platform, while the new service will be staffed by a team of experienced journalists from Saudi Arabia […]

     
  • Saudi Oil Reserves Are Even Bigger than Previously Estimated
     

    An independent audit of Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves found that the Kingdom has more oil than previously estimated, according to reports and an official statement from the government of Saudi Arabia. The audit, conducted by Houston-based petroleum consultants DeGolyer & MacNaughton, had concluded that Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves total 268.5 billion barrels – over 2.2 […]

     
  • Positive Trends Seen in Latest Saudi Economic Data; Non-Oil PMI Up
     

    A recently-released report from Jadwa Investment found a positive trend in Saudi economic data for the month of November, with POS and cash withdrawals rising by 18 percent and 2 percent respectively, year-on-year, and growth in the non-oil PMI index. The monthly report from the Riyadh-based investment firm analyzes key macro and micro economic trends in […]

     
  • King Salman Announces ‘Sweeping’ Cabinet Reshuffle Affecting Top Domestic, Foreign Policy Posts
     

    King Salman announced on live TV on Thursday a major and sweeping reshuffling of top cabinet positions in Saudi Arabia, the first such change in leadership since June. The royal decree replaces Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir with former finance minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf. Al-Assaf was detained, then released within weeks of his detention at Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton […]

     
  • BBC Travel Profiles Asir’s ‘Flower Men’, Natural Beauty as Kingdom Eyes Tourism Push
     

    A recently published story in the BBC highlights the unique culture and natural beauty of the Asir province in Saudi Arabia, whose male inhabitants don colorful and ornate head dresses made of local flowers. The U.K.-based news service traveled to Asir province in the south of the Kingdom, one of the least traveled places in Arabia by Western […]

     
  • Oil Continues Rebound as OPEC, Russia Eye Production Cut Agreement
     

    The price of oil on international indices has rebounded for a second straight trading day after leaders from Saudi Arabia and Russia indicated that production cuts were likely to stabilize oversupplied markets, according to reports. But while sentiment appears to indicate a looming decision to cut production by OPEC members and Russia at a meeting in Vienna, […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia to Host G20 Summit Meetings in 2020
     

    The final communiqué of the G20 summit, which concluded this weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina, confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the summit in 2020. Hosting the major event involving the world’s largest economies is an opportunity for the Kingdom to showcase Saudi’s standing as a key player in the G20 and a force for economic stability. Saudi […]

     

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  • Delta Air Lines and Saudia Airlines enter into new codeshare agreement

    As further evidence of the importance of US carriers establishing and expanding travel options to the Middle East, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has announced the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Saudia Airlines, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement, which remains subject to regulatory approval, builds on the existing interline agreement between the two companies.

  • Together Iran and Israel are destroying Biden’s Middle East policy

    Ironically, the principal threat to this US imperative has come from Israel rather than Iran. In the week following the October 7 attacks, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant began pressing for a major offensive against Hezbollah. Mr Biden pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reject these demands and focus on Hamas. A similar scenario was repeated at least twice.

  • Architecture in the First Saudi State

    Architecture in the First Saudi State is the architectural designs in the provinces of the First Saudi State, founded by Imam Mohammed Bin Saud in 1727, with ad-Dir'iyyah as its capital, preserved a unique character. This architectural style reflects the societal bonds of the Saudi State. The architecture of that period was characterized by its durability and distinctive external lines, utilizing materials such as mud, adobe, stones, wood, tamarisk, and palm trunks in houses, as well as beams of forts and castles.

  • Saudi Arabia updates regulations for temporary work visas for Hajj and Umrah services

    These changes, approved by the Saudi Cabinet in its session on Tuesday, will aim to provide more flexibility for the private sector, allowing businesses to better align visa needs with labor market demands and contribute to creating a more attractive work environment, SPA added. One of the updates is the renaming of the seasonal work visa to the “temporary work visa for Hajj and Umrah services,” and extending the grace period for these visas from Shaban 15 until the end of Muharram (around Feb. 14 to July 25).

  • Palestinian Life in the West Bank, East Jerusalem After Oct. 7

    For the past decade, Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have rated their lives between 5.0 and 5.5 out of 10. In 2023, in the weeks before Oct. 7, they rated their lives at a 5.5, which is as positive as they have been since Gallup began measuring life evaluations there in 2006. Today, almost a year later, Palestinians’ evaluations of their current lives have dropped by nearly 1 point to 4.6, the lowest average in almost two decades.

  • 517 int’l companies licensed to open regional HQs in Saudi Arabia

    As many as 517 international companies were so far granted licenses to open their regional headquarters (HQs) in Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Investment said in its 2025 pre-budget statement. This came thanks to the efforts made under the National Investment Strategy (NIS), the minister noted. This surpassed the target to have regional HQs of 500 international companies by 2030, it further stated.

  • First Look At Neom-Shot 1990s-Set Saudi Bedouin Drama ‘Hobal’

    Saudi director Abdulaziz Alshlahei’s upcoming feature Hobal, about a Bedouin family living in isolation in the desert because its patriarch believes the end of the world is near, has unveiled first look images. The drama is Alshlahei’s third feature and collaboration with writer Mufarrij Almajfel after Zero Distance and The Tambour of Retribution which was Saudi Arabia’s Best International Feature Film Entry for the 94th Academy Awards in 2021.

  • Saudi Arabia’s FM calls on world to publicly support Palestinian statehood

    The Global Alliance for the Implementation of the two-state solution was unveiled during Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s speech at a meeting on the sidelines of last week’s UN General Assembly in New York that included the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Norway. “Self-determination is an inalienable right that the Palestinian people not only deserve but are entitled to. Our diplomats have worked tirelessly alongside others to secure recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state globally,” Prince Faisal wrote in the op-ed.

  • Saudi poultry producer gets nod to sell 30% stake in IPO

    Arabian Company for Agricultural and Industrial Investment (Entaj), a Riyadh-based poultry producer, has received the green light from the Saudi market regulator to list shares on the main market (Tasi). The company will float 9 million shares through an initial public offering (IPO), representing 30 percent of the total issued share capital.

  • PGA Tour commissioner and Saudi fund governor paired at pro-am event in Scotland

    Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia’s financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival league, are playing together in the Dunhill Links Championship on the European tour. The tournament starts Thursday.

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