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  • Saudi Arabia ‘not building The Line’ but AI is, says NEOM executive

    Saudi Arabia will not directly build the futuristic city The Line at NEOM, but instead use “a lot of artificial intelligence to design through a digital twin backbone,” NEOM’s executive director Giles Pendleton said in an internal interview. “We’ve got to build quite a lot of real estate in a short space of time. Well, we’re not actually building THE LINE. We’re assembling it from a series of modular pieces that are pre-engineered and predetermined as to what they do,” Pendleton said when asked about building a new city of nine million inhabitants in a short period of time.

  • Turkish Airstrikes Have Slowed the Fight Against ISIS, Officials Say

    Turkish airstrikes and the threat of another incursion are distracting Kurdish forces from fighting ISIS, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday. “Our joint work alongside international coalition forces here have been…temporarily paused against ISIS because of the recent airstrikes,” Gen. Mazloum Abdi said through a translator during a virtual press conference. A Pentagon spokesman said that U.S. forces are doing fewer anti-ISIS patrols with the Kurdish militia group.

  • Yemen’s Government Calls for Support Against Houthis

    On Sunday, November 27, Yemeni Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak publicly announced the Yemeni government’s intent to categorize the Houthis as a terrorist organization. The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council further asserted the government’s will to instate strong punitive measures against Houthi militias. This diplomatic action against the Houthis comes in response to last week’s Houthi attack in southern provinces of Yemen. The international and regional communities have explored a variety of responses to the Houthis attacks, and many Middle Eastern Countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, have directly spoken out against the operations.

  • Gulf Countries Should Maintain Reform Momentum, Despite Oil Boom

    Throughout its history, the GCC region has experienced distinct periods of rising oil revenues. During those periods, countries deepened their dependency on oil and gas, increased wages and hirings in the public sector, expanded social safety nets, and ramped up capital expenditure. During 2002-08 and 2010-14 for example, the public sector wage bill increased by 51 and 40 percent respectively.

  • Saudi Arabia in talks to open military airspace

    "There are multiple projects ongoing to redesign the air capacity and air corridors. We are trying to resolve restrictions as well as applying the latest technologies and radar information systems to shorten the trip time, open new corridors, and increase capacity. We will announce the outcome once it's completed," GACA Vice-President (Strategy and Business Intelligence) Mohammed Alkhuraisi said.

  • Dubai-based Careem completes 1 billion rides

    Dubai-headquartered Careem has successfully completed over one billion rides, with the platform’s one billionth ride taking place in Qatar during the FIFA World Cup. The company, which started as a ride service provider in 2012, is now the region’s leading multi-service platform.

  • Saudi Arabia first Gulf state to chair UNWTO Executive Council

    Saudi Arabia has been elected Chair of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at the UNWTO’s 117th Executive Council meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco. The Kingdom’s minister of tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb said: “Saudi Arabia is honoured to have been elected Chair of the UNWTO Executive Council.

  • Saudi Arabia first Gulf state to chair UNWTO Executive Council

    Saudi Arabia has been elected Chair of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at the UNWTO’s 117th Executive Council meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco. The Kingdom’s minister of tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb said: “Saudi Arabia is honoured to have been elected Chair of the UNWTO Executive Council.

  • Saudi Arabia Plans New Airport in Riyadh to Fulfill Tourism Ambitions

    The King Salman International Airport will cover an area of about 57 square kilometers (22.008 square miles) with six parallel runways and will be owned by the Public Investment Fund, the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, according to a statement. The facility, which will include the existing terminals named after King Khalid, will aim to accommodate up to 120 million travelers by 2030 and 185 million by 2050.

  • Saudi Power Firm Inks $7B Green Hydrogen Thailand Deal

    Saudi Arabian renewables developer ACWA Power signed a $7 billion agreement with two Thai state-owned companies to develop green hydrogen in Thailand. ACWA Power is a leading Saudi developer, operator, and investor of power generation worldwide. It signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with these state-owned firms in Thailand: