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  • $6.9 billion in Tourist Projects Approved under Saudi NTP
     

    Saudi Arabia approved more than SR26 billion ($6.9 billion) of tourism projects under the Kingdom’s National Transformation Program (NTP) on Sunday, according to reports. The funding will go to existing development projects in the pipeline as well as new efforts to preserve Saudi Arabia’s heritage sites, of which many are seen as underdeveloped and inadequately protected. Previously, […]

     
  • Fahad Nazer: ‘What I learned from attending a round table with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia’
     

    Last month, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir hosted a private round table discussion at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington with a very small group of Washington-based political analysts and Middle East scholars. Fahad Nazer, Senior Political Analyst at JTG Inc., shared his reaction from the meeting on JTG’s blog. “In this small, less formal setting, […]

     
  • SABIC, Exxon Affiliate Studying JV Petrochemicals Complex on U.S. Gulf Coast
     

    Saudi Arabia’s SABIC said Monday it is studying launching a jointly-owned petrochemicals complex with an affiliate of U.S. Exxon Mobil. fIf developed, the project would be “located in Texas or Louisiana near natural gas feedstock and include a world-scale steam cracker and derivative units,” the company said. Before making final investment decisions, the companies will “conduct necessary […]

     
  • U.S. Warns Of ‘Potential, Imminent Threat’ Against Americans In Jeddah
     

    The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia posted a notice to its website yesterday warning of “potential, imminent threat against U.S. citizens in areas of Jeddah frequented by Westerners, such as markets, restaurants, and shopping malls, among others.” State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington that the notice is “a security message, not a […]

     
  • Pokemon GO Banned in Saudi Arabia; 3 Arrested at Jeddah Airport – Report
     

    Pokemon GO, the viral video game phenomenon that has taken the U.S. and other markets around the world by storm, has been banned in Saudi Arabia, according to a report in the Evening Standard which cited the Arabic-language newspaper Almowaten. Pokemon GO is a game available on smartphones that allows users to catch different characters […]

     
  • Construction Begins on ‘World’s Largest’ Gas Complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia
     

    Construction has begun on a $2.1 billion industrial gas complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, which is slated to become the largest such facility in the world. The industrial gas complex will serve Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery and terminal when complete, and will require 600MW to operate, according to a report in Gulf Business. The contract for the […]

     
  • WTO launches new World Trade Outlook Indicator
     

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has launched a new World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) designed to provide “real time” information on trends in global trade, the organization said on its website. The WTOI was unveiled in Shanghai, China on July 8th ahead of a meeting of G20 trade ministers. “Combining a variety of trade-related indices, the […]

     
  • Ramadan Must-Watch TV: ‘Selfie 2’
     

    Ramadan in Saudi Arabia is more than a month of fasting and personal reflection.  It is a communal up-ending of one’s normal schedule with work, school and every facet of daily life rearranged in order to fulfill one of the five main pillars of Islam while also coming through this trial healthy and whole. Saudi […]

     
  • Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Meets U.S. and Saudi Business Leaders in New York
     

    Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with business leaders and others in New York yesterday as his 13-day, packed-schedule visit across the United States comes to a close. Prince Mohammed was photographed meeting with top U.S. business leaders and “pioneers of innovation” in New York for a panel discussion, according to the twitter account […]

     
  • King Salman, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Announce Inclusion of More Than 2,600 U.S. Students Into Scholarship Program on Arrival in Washington
     

    Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman used the occasion of his arrival to the United States this week to include an additional 2,600 Saudi students into the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship program, the visionary educational initiative created by the late King Abdullah that enables young Saudis to receive education and experiences abroad. […]

     

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