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  • Algeria
    Algeria’s Sonatrach inks $3.7bn deal to build oil refining plant

    The EPC contract for the project, which will cost $3.7bn (DZ440bn), is expected to be executed within 52 months. The refinery, which will have a total production capacity of 5 million barrels per year once completed, is part of Sonatrach’s programme to strengthen national production of fuels and lubricants to meet the internal medium- and long-term demand.

  • Camel Racing
    Young Saudis take the reins in Kingdom’s camel racing culture

    Smaller races take place during the summer months, but Qader rests his camels for three months in preparation for bigger and more exciting races.

  • Disinformation
    Iranians Seen Holding Back on Disinformation Campaigns

    Many accounts on both sides had been newly created, according to Karan, and had alphanumeric names—hallmarks of automated bot accounts. It is unclear precisely how many of these posts have been driven by automated accounts, and researchers caution that it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between real and fake users.

  • U.S. Military
    Report: B-52s deploy to Diego Garcia amid Iran tensions

    In a Tuesday interview, retired Gen. Hawk Carlisle — former head of Air Combat Command and head of the National Defense Industrial Association — said there would be several advantages to stationing B-52s at Diego Garcia. It would free up space at bases inside the Middle East to station other aircraft, such as fighters or ISR aircraft, that don’t have the B-52’s 8,800-mile range or might have to quickly respond to an emergency.

  • Russia in the Region
    Putin meets with Syria’s Assad with the Middle East on edge

    Putin’s trip — which was not announced in advance — marked his first visit since 2017 to Syria, Moscow’s main Middle East ally. Syria also has close ties with Iran, which supported Assad as Syria splintered into warring factions after pro-democracy protests were crushed in 2011.

  • Trump Administration
    White House skewered for failing to disclose meeting Trump had with Saudi crown prince

    The White House faced sharp criticism from journalists on Tuesday after they learned that an Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Saudi Vice Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman had not been publicly disclosed.

  • Sports
    American golfers remain committed to events in Middle East despite rising tensions with Iran

    The United States issued a security alert last week to all Americans living in Iran to leave the country following the death of Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran's Quds military force, after he was killed Thursday by a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad. Additionally, the U.S. state department advised caution when traveling to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates—site of the Euro Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisors, all held in January—and encouraged citizens to "maintain a high level of vigilance" due to the conflict in the area.

  • Tourism
    Saudi Arabia’s international tourism market

    Seven new airports are being built in Saudi Arabia, and its two largest are being expanded – Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (aiming to host 80 million passengers by 2035) and Riyadh’s King Khaled International Airport (aiming to accommodate 25 million passengers).

  • Locusts
    Locust outbreak expected to worsen in Saudi, poses ‘serious threat’

    “A potentially threatening situation is developing along both sides of the Red Sea where ongoing breeding is causing locust numbers to increase on the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Yemen,” the FAO Locust Watch said in a statement on Monday.

  • Afghanistan
    As Iran and U.S. Trade Blows, Afghanistan Sweats Between the 2 Powers

    In the days after a United States drone strike killed Iran’s top intelligence and military operative, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan scrambled to keep his country out of a cycle of escalation between the two powers.