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  • Qatar Airways to reroute some flights through Saudi airspace

    “This evening Qatar Airways began to reroute some flights through Saudi airspace with the first scheduled flight expected to be QR 1365, Doha to Johannesburg at 20.45 this evening, 7 January,” the company said.

  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s latest initiatives to boost space activities

    It has signed a significant number of international joint cooperation agreements related to space with Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

  • Qatar Says Bahrain Violated Airspace as Summit Approaches

    Qatar informed the United Nations that Bahraini fighter jets violated its airspace, less than two weeks before a meeting of Gulf leaders aimed at strengthening ties in the region.

  • Saudi Arabia’s king Salman and U.S. President Trump discuss developments in the region -SPA

    Saudi Arabia’s king Salman called U.S. President Donald trump on Thursday and discussed developments in the region, the state news agency SPA reported.

  • Saudi registers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for import, use – SPA

    Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have registered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for import and use in the country, state news agency SPA said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia’s Food and Drug Agency registered the vaccine. Procedures necessary for its import and use will begin, the statement said.

  • Saudi Arabia agrees to allow Israeli commercial planes to cross its airspace: senior Trump official

    Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, a senior Trump administration official said. Kushner and Middle East envoys Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook raised the issue shortly after they arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks. “We were able to reconcile the issue,” the official told Reuters.

  • Saudi Arabia Goes Sour on Turkish Goods Amid Spat: Chart

    Turkey’s exports to Saudi Arabia fell 15% in September versus the same period last year, the third straight month of declines, amid an unofficial boycott of Turkish goods by authorities in the kingdom. Preliminary data from the Turkey Exporters’ Assembly suggests October’s drop in shipments was even bigger. A late November phone call between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman signaled a possible thaw in ties, and interviews in Riyadh suggest curbs on the sale of products made in Turkey are being eased.

  • A ‘Missing’ President Is Sparking Deja Vu in Rudderless Algeria

    The prolonged absence of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is now the hot topic of political debate, supplanting a vote on constitutional reform and the rumblings of war near the country’s western border. But it’s also stirring uncomfortable echoes of veteran predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who spent months in the hospital abroad before his bid for re-election sparked mass unrest and his downfall last year.

  • Sizing Up Little Sparta: Understanding UAE Military Effectiveness

    In recent years, the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have earned the reputation as the best in the Arab world. Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis went so far as to bestow on them the sobriquet “Little Sparta.” Two questions linger, however: How good are the Emirati armed forces, and why are they more competent than other Arab militaries?

  • Saudi Arabia plans $2 billion boost for space program by 2030

    Saudi Arabia is planning an 8 billion riyals ($2.1 billion) boost for its space programme by 2030 under an economic diversification plan that aims to attract foreign investment and create thousands of jobs for young Saudis. The Saudi Space Commission (SSC), set up by a royal decree in late 2018 to stimulate space-related research and industrial activities, has finalised a plan for the government, expected to be revealed later this year, under which the sector's budget would receive an initial boost of 2 billion riyals.