Biden Presses Ahead With Effort to Broker Israeli-Saudi Deal
The president sent Jake Sullivan, his national security adviser, on the latest diplomatic mission seeking to forge ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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Saudi, UAE presence at Istanbul defense show signals tightening industry ties with Turkey
For the first time since its launch in 2017, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) has participated in the defense show in Istanbul as part of the Saudi Pavilion, one of the largest international spaces at the show.
Pakistan Inks Deals With Local, Chinese Firms For Saudi-Backed Oil Refinery
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik said on Thursday that four Pakistani public entities signed three memorandums of understanding to raise the necessary local equity for a multibillion-dollar Saudi refinery project, as well as an engineering, procurement, and construction contract with a Chinese firm, according to Arab News.The USD 12 billion Saudi project, with a
US-Saudi talks amid reports of far-reaching diplomatic plan for Middle East
But Jeddah’s demands for brokering an Israeli-Palestinian respite are reportedly a ‘non-starter’ and a ‘sucker’s bet’The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has held talks with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, in what wa…
Rights groups say Saudi Arabia arrested 5 relatives of US citizen over failed lawsuit
Saudi Arabia has detained five relatives of an American citizen, rights groups say, arguing that the detentions were made in retaliation for his family’s failed lawsuit against the Saudi government in the United States.
Saudi F-15SA Fighter Jet Crashes During Training; Killing Crew
An F-15SA fighter jet of the Royal Saudi Air Force crashed during a training session, killing the crew on board, state media reported.Turki Al-Malki, the spokesman of the Saudi Defence Ministry, said that the crash happened on Wednesday near the King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, around 800 km southwest of the capital Riyadh, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Saudi Press Agency.Al-Malki
Saudi Arabia spent $6bn on ‘sportswashing’: Report
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period. Critics have labelled this an effort by Riyadh to distract attention from its human rights record, …
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’
Exclusive: Billions deployed since early 2021 in a move critics say is an attempt to distract from human rights recordSaudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a…
NSA Ajit Doval Heads To Joburg To Meet Chinese Diplomat Yang Jiechi At Brics NSA Summit
Ajit Doval with Chinese diplomat Yang JiechiThe Saudi Arabian and UAE NSAs are special invitees at the BRCIS NSA meetingNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be meeting senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi and Nikolai Patrushev , Secretary of Russian Security Council, among others at the sidelines of the BRICS NSA meeting in Johannesburg on Monday.While the NSA level meeting is in the run-up
Yemen says won’t transfer oil and gas revenues to Saudi bank
Yemen has rejected a proposal by Riyadh to transfer oil and gas revenues to the Saudi National Bank in return for the kingdom to pay public sector wages in the war-torn country.