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  • Trump Turns Up Rhetoric, Threats Toward Iran
     

    The Trump administration says it is putting Iran “on notice” following two incidents in the region in the past week, including an attack on a Saudi navy ship by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The comments came from President Trump on Twitter as he blasted the agreement to disarm Iran’s nuclear program. “Iran was on its last legs […]

     
  • U.S.-Saudi Arabia Continue Strong Defense Ties in Trump Administration’s Early Days
     

    Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke by phone with Secretary of Defense James Mattis today to discuss mutual cooperation on security issues, according to the SPA and the Saudi Gazette. The Deputy Crown Prince also serves as minister of defense and chair of the powerful Council on Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA). The U.S.-Saudi relationship is […]

     
  • First Jets from Record-Setting U.S.-Saudi Military Sale Delivered, Showcased in Riyadh
     

    Saudi Arabia showcased its newest F-15SA fighter jet at an airshow in Riyadh on Wednesday, in a demonstration that the Kingdom has begun receiving items purchased six years ago in the most expensive U.S. arms sale to a foreign country, Reuters reports. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman commissioned the F15-SA fighter aircraft during […]

     
  • Four of Seven Saudi Bodies are Returned Home as Kingdom Reels from Lost Youth in Istanbul Terrorist Attack
     

    The bodies of four Saudis who were slain in the attack on an Istanbul nightclub were returned home as the Kingdom reels from the loss of its citizens at the hands of Daesh terrorists abroad. The attack killed seven Saudis and 39 total from 14 countries. Included in the four dead returning to the Kingdom today […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia’s New Currency Offers Security Upgrades, Phases Out Small Notes
     

    Saudi Arabia has unveiled newly designed banknotes and coins with added security features that make forgery difficult. The new issuance is the first step to addressing the preponderance of one-Riyal bills currently in circulation. Half of all Saudi paper notes are one-Riyal notes, which is worth a little more than a quarter U.S. dollar. A […]

     
  • Major U.S. $7.9 Billion Weapon Sales Plans Include $3.51b in Chinooks to Saudi Arabia
     

    The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved five notifications of weapon sales to Congress, including 48 Chinook Cargo Helicopters for Saudi Arabia, Apache helicopters for the United Arab Emirates and TOW missiles for Morocco, according to reports. The estimated cost for the Saudi purchase is $3.51 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required […]

     
  • ‘Shamoon’ Comeback: Several Saudi Government Agencies Attacked by Malware from Iranian State-Sponsored Hack
     

    State-sponsored hackers have reportedly conducted a series of destructive malware attacks on Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks, including erasing data and wreaking havoc in the computer banks of the agency running the country’s airports and hitting five additional targets, Bloomberg reports. U.S. security firms said that a version of Shamoon, the computer virus […]

     
  • Three New Ventures by MiSK to Boost Innovation, Training and Investment
     

    Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s MiSK Foundation launched three new strategic ventures in Riyadh aimed “at comprehensively building the skills, knowledge and capability for economic growth within the Saudi Arabian tech sector,” Reuters and the Saudi Gazette reports. MiSK Academy, MiSK Technovation and MiSK Booster mark a significant new development in the foundation’s work to empower, […]

     
  • Saudi King Salman Congratulates Trump
     

    Saudi King Salman on Wednesday congratulated Republican Donald Trump on winning the US presidency. King Salman said both Saudi Arabia’s government and its people “offer their best wishes for the new US leader” and also “wished more progress for the US government and its people, and more ease for the new Trump administration to be […]

     
  • Halt in Saudi Oil Shipments to Egypt Latest Indication of Worsening Relations
     

    State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco halted shipments of oil products to Egypt indefinitely, the latest indication that Egypt-Saudi relations are worsening since a visit by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to the country in March. Aramco informed the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. in early October that it would halt supplies of refined oil products, forcing Egypt to […]

     

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