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Foiled Mecca Mosque Attack Last Week Shows Urgency of Daesh Threat Inside the Kingdom
- June 30,2017
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- SUSTG Team
Last week’s foiled plot attempt to attack the Grand Mosque in Mecca indicates a growing Islamic State intent to mount mass-casualty attacks in Saudi Arabia, according to reports. A suspect in the planned attack on the mosque blew himself up in a nearby neighborhood when security forces surrounded a home where the man was hiding, […]
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Key U.S. Republican Senator Bob Corker Threatens to Hold Arms Sales to Saudi, UAE if Qatar Rift Not Fixed
- June 27,2017
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- SUSTG Team
The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) has threatened to withhold arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations until a diplomatic solution is found with neighboring Qatar. The standoff, which has lasted three weeks and has threatened the unity and economic strength of GCC nations, adds uncertainty to […]
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Saudi Arabia’s commitment to extended OPEC cuts ‘will result in oil production having negative effects on GDP’, Jadwa Says
- June 20,2017
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- SUSTG Team
A recent report on the Saudi economy by Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment finds that overall GDP growth will be 0.1 percent in 2017 (compared to 1.4 percent in 2016) due to a sharp decline in oil sector GDP, resulting from the Kingdom’s OPEC commitments to cut output. The projected figure is a revision from earlier forecasts […]
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‘Epicenter X: Saudi Contemporary Art’ Show Hits U.S. in July to Challenge Perceptions, Share Saudi Culture
- June 16,2017
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- SUSTG Team
A U.S. exhibition featuring the works of roughly 40 Saudi Arabian artists aims to “share their expressions, foster conversations and challenge conceptions of life” in Saudi Arabia, the Associated Press reports. The exhibition, entitled “Epicenter X: Saudi Contemporary Art,” opens July 8 and runs for about three months at the Arab American National Museum in […]
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GCC Population grows 7.3% to 57.6 million
- July 23,2024
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- SUSTG Team
According to recent statistics released by the GCC Statistical Centre, the total population of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries witnessed a significant increase of 7.3% in 2023 compared to 2021, reaching 57.6 million.
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Saudi Arabia was The Second-Largest Arms Importer in the World from 2019 to 2023 — SIPRI DATA
- March 12,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia was the second-largest arms importer in the world from 2019 to 2023, accounting for 8.4% of all imports, according to recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI).
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Report Says Saudi Arabia Seeing a Surge in Demand for Cybersecurity Specialists
- March 1,2024
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has seen a surge in demand for cybersecurity specialists amid growing concerns about cyber threats within the Kingdom, according to a recent report by security software company Qrator Labs.
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United States Breaks Ground on New Embassy Compound on 27.5-Acre Site in Riyadh
- December 14,2023
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- SUSTG Team
The United States has officially broken ground on its new embassy project in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, a sprawling new building blending traditional and modern architecture on a 27.5 acre site. When completed, it will be the largest embassy in Riyadh.
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Wamda: MENA Startups Raised $95 Million in July 2023, a Bounce-Back from June’s Total but Deal Volume Falls
- August 3,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) raised $95 million across 31 deals in July 2023, a slight dip from the $105 million recorded in the same month last year, according to Wamda, the leading website tracking the development of the startup ecosystem in the region.
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Saudi Arabia’s SEVEN Breaks Ground on BUJV, a $347 Million Entertainment Project in Madinah
- August 1,2023
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has announced its construction work on BUJV, its new entertainment destination in Madina, according to a report in Construction Week Online and a press release from SEVEN.
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Saudi - TurkeyFrustrated Turkey Turns to Onetime Ally Saudi Arabia
Turkish-Saudi cooperation suffered a blow, however, when the two countries found themselves on opposing sides in Egypt in the summer of 2013. While the Saudis became ardent supporters of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and branded Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group a terrorist organization, Turkey welcomed Brotherhood figures seeking refuge. Turkey’s criticism of the Gulf countries for supporting the removal of the Egyptian Brotherhood drove a wedge between Ankara and Riyadh. Riyadh then played a key role in the campaign against Turkey’s bid for a Security Council seat at the United Nations in October 2014.
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TurkeyKobani, Turkey’s Kurds, and the 2015 Turkish Parliamentary Elections
Ethnic relations in Turkey have historically been fraught with tension, particularly since the emergence of the aggressive state-driven nationalism that animated the early Turkish republic in the 1920s and 1930s. This approach to state building was an outgrowth of the ideology that came to be known as “Kemalism,” which sought to build a secular nation-state with little room for religious or ethnic diversity.
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Saudi-TurkeyAre Turkey, Saudi Arabia working together against Iran?
Turkish and Saudi views on regional issues do not always coincide, both Ankara and Riyadh have kept their bilateral relations away from regional squabbles.
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Saudi - TurkeyKingdom, Turkey enter ‘a new era of cooperation’
The visit “will open a new era of relations between the Kingdom and Turkey,” said Mirdad. The gathering marks a thaw in diplomatic ties between the two countries, several Saudi and Turkish officials said, but did not divulge more details.
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U.S. - TurkeyQuestions remain over Turkey’s training of Syrian opposition
Whatever its merits or demerits, signing the agreement to train and equip moderate members of the Syrian opposition, and then claiming this also targets the Syrian regime — when that is not the intention of the US-led coalition — only reinforces the impression that the government’s Syrian policies, not to mention policies on other regional issues, are in a daze.
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Turkey and SyriaTurkey relocates historic tomb in Syria over jihadist threat
Turkey has evacuated its military personnel protecting the Tomb of Süleyman Şah in northern Syria as well as the artifacts in the mausoleum in an operation jointly conducted by the intelligence organization and the Turkish army, a few days after reports suggested that the tomb was besieged by jihadists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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U.S. - TurkeySyria conflict: US and Turkey near Syrian rebels deal
Turkey and the US have reached a tentative agreement to train and arm moderate Syrian opposition forces taking on Islamic State (IS) militants.
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IslamTurkey, Saudi await response to demand for mosque in Cuba, President Erdoğan says
Turkey has applied to Cuban officials to build a mosque in the Caribbean country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.
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TurkeyOpinion: Playing It Straight With Turkey
In the interest of good analysis, it is important to understand the issues about which the Turks can be fairly criticized and those where assailing them does not make a lot of sense.
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U.S. - TurkeyPlan to expand bombing campaign in Syria stalls amid U.S.-Turkey disagreements
A plan to expand the U.S.-led coalition bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, along the Turkish border west of the besieged town of Kobane, has been put on hold because Turkey and the Obama administration have failed to agree on its parameters.
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