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  • Saudi FM urges Security Council to act to contain Mideast crisis

    Speaking at a Security Council meeting in New York, Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat lamented that despite the successive resolutions passed by the General Assembly, there is no end in sight to the “catastrophic  humanitarian situation” the people of Gaza are facing. Prince Faisal made the plea as fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah continued to escalate, with Israel expanding its air strikes to the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, while Hezbollah targeting key Israeli facilities with missiles.

  • Saudi Arabia arrests over 22,000 in week of nationwide security raids, crackdowns

    Those arrested were apprehended for a variety of alleged violations of the Saudi legal system, including 14,216 for violating the Residency Law, 4,943 for breaching the Border Security Law and 3,214 for infringement upon the Labour Law. A further 1,507 individuals were arrested while reportedly attempting to cross the border into Saudi Arabia, with a majority of them being Ethiopian nationals numbering 53 per cent and Yemenis numbering 46 per cent.

  • Saudi Arabia: Former Public Security Chief Jailed 20 Years Over Forgery, Bribery And Embezzlement

    The court issued an irrevocable ruling and jailed Lt. Gen. Khalid bin Qarar Al-Harbi for an initial 10 years for forgery and bribery. His SR1 million fine and seized embezzled funds will be deposited in the government’s treasury. Al-Harbi was also handed an additional 10 years’ imprisonment after the court convicted him of misusing authority for personal gains, exploiting government contracts and embezzling public funds.

  • Commentary: The Limits of a U.S.-Saudi Security Deal

    At a time when many countries are hedging their bets amid the emerging great-power competition among China, Russia, and the United States, why would the Saudis double down on their historic reliance on Washington? In short, they want what neither China nor Russia can provide: security.

  • Turkish-Saudi Normalization Grows Under Security Umbrella

    Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning political and defense cooperation with Turkey has attracted significant attention, especially following visits by these top Saudi officials, which have paved the way for the signing of key cooperation agreements. Turkish policymakers have hailed the pace of advancements in relations with Saudi Arabia, stating that 2024 could be a “golden year” in Turkish-Saudi economic ties. Beyond the aspirations of policymakers from both countries, evolving regional dynamics are providing critical support for the development of closer Turkish-Saudi relations.

  • Staggering 68 pct of Saudi firms plan to use GenAI for enhanced security: Study

    Some 68 percent of organizations in Saudi Arabia plan to use generative AI (GenAI) within the next 12 months to enhance security measures, a new study by exposure management company Tenable found. The data for the study was commissioned in October 2023 by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Tenable.

  • Saudi Arabia rejects, condemns Israeli security minister’s visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

    Saudi Arabia condemned and rejected in the strongest terms on Thursday a visit made by Israel’s far-right national security minister to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the Jerusalem hilltop compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray for the return of Israeli hostages on Thursday. The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry also condemned an Israeli parliament vote to oppose a Palestinian state.

  • Is Saudi Arabia replacing the US with China in its security partner mix?

    The visit fuelled speculation that Riyadh could be looking to Beijing to ease pressure from Washington on issues such as human rights and its stand on the Israel-Gaza war. Defence specialists said the conflict and tensions in the broader Middle East would undoubtedly have been on the agenda – along with Saudi Arabia’s rising arms purchases from China. But Saudi Arabia still saw the United States as its key security partner – even as it increases rapport with and arms purchases from China.

  • Saudi Arabia arrests over 16,000 residency, work, and border security violators

    Joint field campaigns to follow up and arrest violators of residency, work, and border security regulations, which took place in all regions of Saudi Arabia from June 27 to July 3, 2024, revealed a total of 16,565 violators. This included 9,969 violators of the residency system, 4,676 violators of the border security system, and 1,920 violators of the labor system.

  • Difficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement

    Aligning Israeli and Saudi interests is hard enough without having to balance them against the domestic political buy-in that the Biden (or Trump) administration would need for every element of a normalization agreement to move toward implementation. The lack of any significant support from the current Israeli government makes it harder still to imagine that the bilateral aspects of a US-Saudi deal could go forward, albeit that a civilian nuclear agreement might be reached without requiring congressional approval and could function as a sequential step in a longer and more-drawn-out process.