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  • Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

    Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests. The state-owned Saudi Press Agency said that, in a session presided by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum awarding Riyadh the status of dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — a political, security and trade alliance that lists China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four other central Asian nations as full members

  • Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

    Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests. The state-owned Saudi Press Agency said that, in a session presided by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum awarding Riyadh the status of dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — a political, security and trade alliance that lists China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four other central Asian nations as full members

  • Saudi Arabia moves forward with Yemen security fence as oil attacks ease: sources

    MAKE DECISIONS WITH CONVICTION For full access to real-time updates, breaking news, analysis, pricing and data visualization subscribe today. Subscribe Now OIL 23 Mar 2023 | 11:55 UTC Saudi Arabia moves forward with Yemen security fence as oil attacks ease: sources Author Andrew Critchlow Editor James Leech Commodity Oil HIGHLIGHTS Seeking company to manage Southern Border Protection scheme Comes even as attacks on kingdom's oil infrastructure abate Relations between Saudi and Iran are improving Saudi Arabia is moving forward with a plan to completely seal off its border with Yemen by building a 900 km fence, after years of attacks on energy infrastructure in the kingdom and a bitter war with Iranian-backed Houthi insurgents. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now According to official documents seen by S&P Global Commodity Insights, the kingdom is seeking a company to manage the gigantic infrastructure project, which will include helipads, security towers and radar equipment, communications and extensive supporting road networks. The so-called Southern Border Protection scheme will eventually completely seal off the kingdom's border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia's oil and energy infrastructure, especially close to its land borders with Yemen, has been extensively targeted over the last five years. Attacks in the kingdom account for 49% of 95 incidents recorded by the S&P Global Energy Security Sentinel project since 2018.

  • Commentary: Why the Proposed Saudi Security Pact Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests

    Riyadh doesn’t need a defense pact with Washington. What it really needs is a more effective and coordinated approach to security, which can be built by working with Washington on elements of the kingdom’s defense restructuring project, conducting joint U.S.-Saudi contingency planning, and investing in all the institutional requirements of a competent defense apparatus that go beyond military equipment.

  • Watch: Elated female cadets graduate from Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Security College

    Videos shared on social media showed elated female cadets during their graduation from King Fahd Security College on Monday. A video posted by the college showed the young women congratulate each other and celebrate with their parents who voiced pride in their daughters’ achievements. “We thank all the trainers for their efforts,” one graduate said as her friend added their joy was “indescribable.”

  • Opinion: Why the Proposed Saudi Security Pact Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests

    It’s time for Washington to transition from a system of U.S. guardianship in Riyadh (and the region) to one of real partnership. That is U.S. Central Command’s mandate and emphasis right now. Gone are the days of Operation Desert Storm, when the United States did all the operational planning and the vast majority of the fighting to free Kuwait and defend Saudi Arabia from Saddam Hussein’s army. Today, Washington needs its regional partners to put more skin in the game.

  • Opinion: China’s Saudi Iranian mediation spotlights flawed regional security policies

    Support for militias “empowers complex networks of surrogates…that…become increasingly actors in their own right who disrupt post-conflict resolution and state building… Security assistance to non-state actors…does not contribute to building institutions in recipient states but exacerbates conflict polarization and division,” Mr. Krieg said in a just-published study of UAE policy in Yemen and Libya.

  • After deal with Saudi Arabia, top Iranian security official ‘due in UAE’

    Speaking on condition of anonymity, an informed Arab source asserted, “There was a plan [for Shamkhani] to travel to the UAE…it was supposed to take place two weeks ago, but it was delayed due to the China deal.” The exact date of the upcoming trip is unclear. However, sources in the region have told Amwaj.media that the apparent engagement comes in the wake of efforts by regional interlocutors to advance dialogue.

  • Saudi Arabia Seeks U.S. Security Pledges, Nuclear Help for Peace With Israel

    Saudi Arabia is asking the U.S. to provide security guarantees and help to develop its civilian nuclear program as Washington tries to broker diplomatic relations between the kingdom and Israel, people involved in discussions between the two countries said. Striking a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia has become a priority for President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid a looming confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program and military aid to Russia during the Ukraine war. The Biden administration is deeply involved in the complex negotiations, the people said, and any deal would reshape the Middle East’s political landscape.

  • Modon attracts new investments to achieve food security in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) signed agreements and memorandums of understanding to localize food and beverage industry in Saudi Arabia with investments up to SR1 billion and SR69 million, while revealing the increase of food factories to 1,171 factory with total areas of approximately 10 million m2 by the end of 2022.