The deal with China, the biggest buyer of Saudi oil, could be worth as much as $100bn, industry sources say China is offering to buy up to 5 percent of Saudi Aramco directly, according to [ More … ]
The kingdom may not be ready for the recent social reforms adopted by the royal family. Saudi Arabia has long held on to ultraconservative views, particularly when it comes to women’s rights. But now, it [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman landed in Moscow on Wednesday, in the first official visit to Russia, where he is expected to discuss energy and regional affairs. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will end its ban on women driving in the kingdom in a royal decree. The new law is expected to begin in June. Saudi Arabia will allow women to [ More … ]
Saudi-led airstrike has killed civilians, including women and children, in capital, Sanaa. At least 14 people, including women and children, have been killed in an airstrike on Friday in a residential neighbourhood of Yemen’s capital [ More … ]
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed at least 35 civilians, mainly farmers, near a Houthi camp on Wednesday morning, after a tense night in the Yemeni capital. Scores of civilians were killed in a Saudi-led coalition [ More … ]
The royal’s holiday is expected to account for 1.5 per cent of north African country’s foreign tourism revenue – amid austerity measures by the Saudi government, including new fees on expats and companies. Saudi Arabia’s [ More … ]
Qatar on Monday denied it had banned flights from Saudi Arabia landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh. Qatar denied it had banned flights from [ More … ]
This year’s UN report that blacklists violators of children’s rights has accused the Saudi-led coalition of killing hundreds of children in Yemen, reports suggest. Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Coalition, Report, UN, Children, The Saudi-led military coalition [ More … ]
Donald Trump and top Saudi officials discussed removing Turkey from the Syrian equation and shifting the headquarters of the Syrian opposition’s headquarters from Istanbul to Riyadh Details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Saudi Arabia visit, [ More … ]
The US has issued its annual religious freedom report, slamming its allies in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, for what it said was the persecution of their religious minorities. The United States issued its [ More … ]
US official says Mohammed bin Salman told him he wants to end conflict, and that he was okay with Washington engaging with arch-foe Iran, said Middle East Eye in an exclusive report. Mohammed bin Salman, [ More … ]
Iraq’s Interior Minister, Qassim al-Araji revealed on Sunday that he had been assigned by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Iraq’s Interior Minister revealed that he had been assigned [ More … ]
Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed of Qataris wishing to perform the Hajj next month. Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed on Qataris wishing to [ More … ]
On Wednesday, Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Acting Minister of Information, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, delivered a letter to Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, [ More … ]
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