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  • Energy Secretary Rick Perry Confirms KSA One of 16 Countries Approved for Unclassified Civil Nuclear Technology
     

    The Trump administration has approved seven applications for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, but did not reveal the particular companies or specifics of those authorizations, the Energy Department said Thursday. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the seven applications approved were among 37 […]

     
  • Oil Notches Third Straight Week of Gains, but Global Economy Fears Still Weigh on Prices
     

    Concerns that a looming economic slowdown might soon impact fuel consumption around the world are weighing down oil prices after Saudi Arabia and the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations have successfully reversed a downward trend for oil since the start of 2019. Brent hit a four-month high of $68.69 per barrel on Thursday, up from $51 […]

     
  • Senate Passes Joint Resolution to End U.S. Military Support for Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen
     

    The U.S. Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to end American support for the Saudi-led, U.N.-backed coalition in Yemen, issuing a challenge to President Donald Trump to use his first veto of his Presidency. The bill, entitled “A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not […]

     
  • Saudi Top Buyer of Military Arms as Flow Increases to Middle East
     

    Saudi Arabia became the world’s largest arms importer between 2014–18, with an increase of 192 per cent compared with 2009–13, according to a new annual report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report also noted that U.S. and other Western weapons sales “are in high demand” in the Middle East, edging out Russia and […]

     
  • General Abizaid Faces Tough Questions from U.S. Senators in Confirmation Hearing
     

    President Trump’s choice for the next U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia faced tough questions from U.S. senators but defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday and said the United States needed “a strong and mature partnership with Saudi Arabia.” Retired General John Abizaid’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first of this session […]

     
  • Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Meet in Riyadh
     

    President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday in Riyadh, the first visit by Kushner since the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. “Building on previous conversations, they discussed increasing cooperation between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and the Trump Administration’s efforts to facilitate […]

     
  • Saudis ‘interested in market stability first and foremost’ despite Trump’s tweets
     

    President Trump’s attempts to restrain oil prices via Twitter have a reduced impact as Saudi Arabia says it will continue output cutbacks aimed at raising the price on global indices.. The President has used his Twitter account successfully in the past year to blast OPEC and Saudi Arabia while the price of crude rebounded from 2016 lows. […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Names New Ambassador to United States: Princess Reema bint Bandar
     

    Saudi Arabia has named Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the 11th Saudi Ambassador to the United States, making her the first woman ever to serve in the role. Princess Reema will take over the role from Prince Khalid bin Salman, who has been appointed as the country’s deputy defense […]

     
  • Fahad Nazer Named New Saudi Embassy Spokesperson in Washington
     

    The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington has appointed Fahad Nazer as official spokesperson, according to a press release and announcement made public yesterday. Nazer, who has been a contributor to SUSTG.com as well as Arab News and other publications in the region and United States, replaces Ms. Fatimah Baeshen, who served in the role since September 2017 […]

     
  • Reports: Potential Deal for New Saudi Investment in U.S. Energy Sector
     

    Saudi Arabia is reportedly eyeing an investment in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) in what would mark a “sea change in the energy flows between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia,” the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday citing unnamed sources. The WSJ reports the “landmark decision” would mark a shift for Saudi Arabia, which in the past has been an energy […]

     

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  • Inside a U.S. Navy Maritime Drone Operation Aimed at Iran

    By next summer, the Navy said, it expects to have 100 small surveillance drones—contributed by various countries—operating from the Suez Canal in Egypt to waters off the Iranian coast and feeding information to a command center in Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

  • Attacks on major Iraqi gasfield drive out U.S. contractors

    A series of rocket attacks on a gasfield in northern Iraq has sent the U.S. contractors working on its expansion packing, dealing a blow to the Kurdish region's hopes of boosting its revenues and offering a small alternative to Russian gas. The project to expand the Khor Mor field operated by Pearl Consortium, majority-owned by Abu Dhabi's Dana Gas (DANA.AD) and its affiliate Crescent Petroleum, was suspended at the end of June after three rocket attacks.

  • Honda Motor, LG Energy to build $4.4 bln U.S. EV battery plant

    Japan's Honda Motor Co (7267.T) will build a new $4.4 billion lithium-ion battery plant for electric vehicles in the United States with Korean battery supplier LG Energy Solution Ltd (373220.KS), the two companies said on Monday. Battery makers are looking to increase production in the U.S. where a shift toward electric vehicles (EV) could increase as the country implements stricter regulation and tightens tax credit eligibility.

  • Israelis press U.S. not to rejoin Iran nuclear deal

    Israeli national security adviser Eyal Hulata visited the White House on Tuesday, where he met with his U.S. counterpart, Jake Sullivan, to raise Israel’s concerns about the latest draft roadmap to a revival of the 2015 agreement. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz is due to see Sullivan in Washington on Friday.

  • 3 U.S. service members injured in Iran-backed rocket attacks in Syria

    Three U.S. service members were injured in rocket attacks in Syria carried out Wednesday by suspected Iran-backed militants, according to U.S. Central Command, the latest in a slew of attacks on American personnel that U.S. officials said were directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Rockets landed at two separate sites in northeastern Syria starting at roughly 7:30 p.m. local time, the command said late Wednesday in a press release. Several rockets struck inside the perimeter of Mission Support Site Conoco, followed by additional rockets that landed in the vicinity of Mission Support Site Green Village.

  • Facebook, Twitter and Others Remove Pro-U.S. Influence Campaign

    The accounts behind the operation often posed as news outlets or took on the personas of people who didn’t exist, posting content in at least seven languages, including Russian, Arabic and Urdu. The posts criticized countries like Russia for engaging in “imperialist wars” in Syria and Africa, while praising American aid efforts in Central Asia and Iraq.

  • Iran has dropped some demands for nuclear deal, U.S. official says

    Iran has dropped some of its main demands on resurrecting a deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear program, including its insistence that international inspectors close some probes of its atomic program, bringing the possibility of an agreement closer, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The United States aims to respond soon to a draft agreement proposed by the European Union that would bring back the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that former President Donald Trump abandoned and current President Joe Biden has sought to revive.

  • Opinion: U.S. must fight starvation and help those left behind in Afghanistan

    Ousted from their jobs and denied the right to speak, to attend high school or to move freely in public, Afghan women and girls have probably suffered even more than their male compatriots since the U.S.-supported government collapsed and the Taliban seized power a year ago this month. Yet they are hardly the only victims of Taliban repression: So are independent journalists, political opponents and alleged violators of the self-styled Islamic Emirate’s moral code.

  • Saudi Aramco Is Taking A Page Out Of The U.S. Shale Playbook

    While U.S. shale producers are raining wealth on their shareholders, in the form of stock buybacks and special dividends, KSA-94% owner of ARAMCO, has focused on paying down debt, and diversifying its energy portfolio. In some ways mimicking the actions of the mega oil producers like ExxonMobil, (NYSE:XOM) Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and BP (NYSE:BP), by delving into alternative energy forms.

  • U.S. studying 34-year sentence of activist Salma al-Shehab in Saudi Arabia -State Dept

    The United States is studying the case of women's rights activist Salma al-Shehab, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday. "Exercising freedom of expression to advocate for the rights of women should not be criminalized, it should never be criminalized," State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters.