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  • Saudis Back Syria Rebels, Mindful of Past
     

    Overcome by the suffering of civilians in warring Syria, a professor in Saudi Arabia’s capital strips off his watch on live television to give as aid. A Saudi bride on her wedding night offers up her entire dowry of $13,000. Parents bring their children to donation centers set up around the Saudi kingdom, watching proudly […]

     
  • Seasonality and the Saudi Stock Market
     

    A recently released note by Jadwa Investment discusses the effect that seasonal trends have on the Saudi economy, noting that while all economies have seasonal trends, “for Saudi Arabia these trends are more pronounced than for most other global economies…The slowdown in activity in the third quarter due to the long hot summer is a key driver […]

     
  • Saudi Athletes in London
     

    London 2012 was historic for both Saudi Arabia and the Olympic games. Saudi Arabia sent its first female athletes ever to the Olympics, completing a strong talking point for the games’ organizers: London 2012 was the first time every country competing in the Olympics sent at least one woman. Sarah Attar (800m) and Wojdan Shahrkhani (Judo) […]

     
  • Wealth Management in the Middle East: Boon or Bust?
     

    Middle Eastern policymakers and bankers will develop an indigenous wealth management industry which keeps the super-wealthy’s investments at home. Developing a local national wealth management industry requires letting in foreign competition, changing banking and securities laws, and growing local companies whose shares are worth buying. The first part of the article reviews trends in wealth […]

     
  • The Saudi Cultural Mission’s New Headquarters
     

    The new SACM headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia provides a modern hub for Saudi Students in the United States, and stands as a symbol of the strong cultural relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Until recently, the future of the iconic Watergate hotel and office complex in Washington DC, which was the site of […]

     
  • Study finds ’80 more years of Saudi oil at current production levels’
     

    Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world with a proven reserve of 264 billion barrels, could continue oil supplies for the next 80 years at the current production levels, the Kuwait-based Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies (DCSS) said in a study. Saudi Arabia retains 38.7 percent of world oil reserves whereas the shares […]

     
  • Why Saudi Arabia’s Travel and Tourism Sector Is Ripe for Growth
     

    Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is poised for rapid growth in the next decade and beyond, and both Saudi and international corporations are looking to cash in on the opportunities ahead. A product of the changing economic and social landscape in Saudi Arabia, the coming tourism boom is likely to contribute to the Kingdom’s […]

     
  • The Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh is Arguably the World’s Nicest Hotel
     

    If you look at pictures of the new Ritz Carlton, it might not look like it belongs in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Not because the arguably world’s nicest hotel isn’t worthy for the Kingdom, but because the style of the hotel makes it look like a king’s palace in old Europe, with a […]

     
  • The problem with taxing foreign-earned income
     

    Eritrea is one of only two countries in the world that applies citizenship-based taxation in addition to residence-based taxation.  The other? The United States of America. In fact, the US is the ONLY industrialized country in the world to impose citizenship-based taxation. The immediate result for American expatriates is a blizzard of confusing and complex […]

     
  • In Major Shift, Saudi Aramco Dabbles in Oil Trading
     

    Saudi Arabia has long been a dominant force in global oil markets, “but has never been an oil trader.” That changed on January 1st, 2012, when Saudi Aramco began operations at Aramco Trading, a wholly owned company subsidiary. The new Aramco Trading marks an expansion in Aramco’s downstream investment portfolio in the Kingdom and overseas, […]

     

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  • UN experts call on Saudi Arabia to halt imminent executions amid sharp rise

    United Nations human rights experts have called on Saudi Arabia to halt the planned executions of three foreign nationals, amid a significant spike in the Kingdom’s use of the death penalty in recent years. According to two UN Special Rapporteurs – Morris Tidball-Binz, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Alice Jill Edwards, the Special Rapporteur on torture – three Egyptians were executed by Saudi authorities on Tuesday this week, with two more Egyptian nationals and a Jordanian national due to be executed imminently. The reported upcoming death sentences come as the Kingdom’s executions this year have risen to over 300 people, a record increase in the penalty amid a general rise in the practice in recent years.

  • Saudi Arabia launches Milaf Cola, world’s first date-based soft drink

    Saudi Arabia recently launched a rather unusual cola, crafted not from corn syrup or cane sugar but from the nation’s most prized fruit—dates. Named Milaf Cola, the drink was developed by Thurath Al-Madina, a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and launched at the Riyadh Date Festival by the company’s CEO, Bander Al-Qahtani, and the Saudi agriculture minister Abdulrahman Al-Fadley. The cola’s star ingredient are premium dates which are packed with fiber, antioxidants, and essential minerals such as magnesium and potassium, and are revered in the Middle East for their health benefits. Milaf Cola claims it contains no added sugar and is able to harness the superfood’s health benefits, positioning itself as a healthier alternative to conventional sodas without compromising on flavour.  

  • Aramco to develop CCS in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Aramco has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Linde and SLB for development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in Jubail, the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Phase one of the new CCS hub is expected to capture and store up to 9 million metric tons/year of CO2 from three Aramco gas plants and other industrial sources. The captured CO2 will be transported through a pipeline network and stored below ground in a saline aquifer sink, the operator said in a release Dec. 4. Construction is expected to be completed by end-2027. Later phases could further expand capacity. The overall project is aimed at supporting Aramco's ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and gas emissions across its wholly owned operated assets by 2050.

  • Saudi Arabia extends term of $3 bln deposit with Pakistan for another year

    Saudi Arabia has extended the term of a $3 billion deposit placed with Pakistan to support its economy for another year, Pakistan's central bank said on Thursday. The term of the deposit, which was maturing on Thursday, was initially signed with State Bank of Pakistan in 2021, and was subsequently rolled over in 2022 and 2023, the bank said.

  • Why Assad’s regime is collapsing so quickly

    A coalition of armed opposition factions has gone on the offensive in northern Syria, capturing some 250 cities, towns, and villages and more than doubling the territory under its control. Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo was captured in 24 hours, as Syrian regime front lines collapsed one after the other. After nearly five years of territorial lines of control being frozen across the country, these are dramatic, game-changing developments.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron visits Saudi Arabia’s historic AlUla Valley

    French President Emmanuel Macron visited the historic AlUla Valley on Wednesday as part of his state visit to Saudi Arabia. Accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Macron began his tour at Hegra, the ancient Nabataean city known for its spectacular stone-carved landmarks, Saudi Press Agency reported. Hegra, also known as Mada’in Salih, was Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Macron was guided through the most prominent monuments and archaeological sites in the area.

  • The new ‘rivers’ of Saudi Arabia

    The giant pipelines that criss-cross the country to distribute the desalinated water have been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest water distribution system – with a total length of more than 14,000km. Indeed, so vast is the network that if all these giant pipelines were laid one after the other, they would roughly stretch from Saudi capital Riyadh, which lies in the centre of the country, to Guadalajara, in western Mexico. The total distribution network is more than 130,000km long, while the collection network stretches to over 50,000km in length, said Mr Al Abdulkarim.

  • Two-time Major champion Dustin Johnson announced as latest Golf Saudi ambassador

    Two-time PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers champion Dustin Johnson has today been announced as Golf Saudi’s newest high-profile ambassador – as the sixth edition of the $5million tournament entered its second day at Riyadh Golf Club. In his ambassadorial role, American Johnson – who won Golf Saudi’s landmark men’s event in both 2019 and 2021 and is competing in Riyadh this week – will help further drive the growth of golf within Saudi Arabia, working closely with country’s National Teams to deliver year-round lessons and coaching.

  • Cynthia Erivo, Will Smith, Michelle Yeoh, Emily Blunt Help Open Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

    The Red Sea International Film Festival has officially kicked off its fourth edition as A-listers and international auteurs converged in Jeddah’s old town of Al-Balad in Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city for a decidedly glamorous opening ceremony. Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, Eva Longoria, Michelle Yeo, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a flowing blue sky gown and cape, Squid Game breakout Hoyeon, Michelle Rodriguez, Bollywood star Aamir Khan, competition jury president Spike Lee, action stars Will Smith and Vin Diesel, Kareena Kapoor, Saudi actor Khaled Yeslam and Daniel Dae Kim were among the global stars in lavish outfits at the opening gala on Thursday night. The glamorous event saw the stars converge on the main building of the city’s new Culture Square that mixes traditional architecture and modern technology. The site is being touted as “the new home of film” in Jeddah and Saudi Arabia.

  • Saudi trades in US equities reach 2-year high at $23.88B

    Saudi investors executed sell and buy transactions on US equities totaling SAR 89.7 billion, reflecting an increase of approximately SAR 47.1 billion, or 111% year-on-year (YoY), the highest level in two years. Trading by Saudis in US stocks jumped by 53%, or SAR 31.1 billion, compared to SAR 58.6 billion in Q2 2024. The CMA report on the trading value of local authorized brokers in the global markets does not include either details of the number of Saudi portfolios abroad, the number of investors trading directly through foreign brokers, or their trading volumes.