The breakout of war in Sudan is testing Gulf powers’ willingness to pursue a more subtle form of statecraft after nearly a decade of heated, and often tortuous, intervention in regional conflicts. The images of Sudanese army forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary fighters commanded by his erstwhile ally,[…]
Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to finance a Pakistani dam project, worth over $240 million. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Mohmand Hydropower Dam Project on the Swat River in north-west Pakistan is to be funded through a “soft development loan.” Financed by the Saudi Fund for Development[…]
The deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran reached this month is the culmination of a years-long attempt at rapprochement, and has shown how the US strategy of sanctioning countries like Iran has backfired, experts said on Thursday. In the deal signed earlier this month, the two countries agreed to reopen their embassies and missions[…]
Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks over a resumption of consular services between the two countries, according to Saudi state television, an indication of a possible restoration of ties between the two countries. Saudi Arabia, which backed the Syrian opposition in the country’s war, closed its embassy in Damascus[…]
Saudi Arabia is reportedly seeking a number of conditions to be met by the United States in return for its normalisation of relations with Israel, a report has claimed. According to the New York Times, Saudi Arabia has said that it could potentially normalise ties with Israel if the US provides[…]
A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in Aleppo on Tuesday, the first such shipment by the kingdom to Bashar al-Assad-controlled territory since the Syrian war erupted over a decade ago. Planeloads of foreign aid have landed in Syria since two quakes struck the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey, which have killed more than 35,000 people,[…]
An appeals court in Saudi Arabia has increased the prison sentence of US citizen Saad Al-Madi over a series of political tweets from 16 years to 19 years, his son Ibrahim has revealed. According to the New York Post, a State Department official informed Ibrahim of the decision after the White[…]
Saudi Arabia has overtaken India as the fastest growing major economy in the world, with it’s non-oil sector growing at the fastest rate in more than one year. The kingdom’s non-oil economy grew an annual 6.2 percent during the fourth quarter of last year, the highest level since the third quarter[…]
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Saturday called for European action against the repeated burning of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, reports Anadolu Agency. On Friday, Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, burned a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque in[…]
Saudi Arabia has appointed 34 women to leadership positions in the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Mosques said the appointments are aimed at “developing services for visitors to the two holy mosques”. The move,[…]
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