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High-Level Biden Administration Officials Plan Regional Trip to Gulf Allies in Diplomatic Push
- April 29,2021
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- SUSTG Team
The Biden administration is sending a team of senior officials to visit top regional allies in the Gulf including visits to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Jordan, according to reports from several news outlets.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Opens Sakaka Solar Plant; Announces 7 More Projects
- April 9,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the opening of the Sakaka solar power plant on Thursday, and said that agreements have been signed for seven more solar power projects throughout the Kingdom, according to reports.
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Photos Show Riyadh’s New Metro System, Set to Begin Operation This Year
- April 5,2021
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- SUSTG Team
New photos from the AFP published in Gulf News show Riyadh’s forthcoming new metro rail, set to connect the city long plagued by significant traffic woes and enable citizens to get around between the city’s districts.
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Princess Reema bint Bandar Headlines 2nd Day of Virtual U.S.-Saudi Business Forum; Calls for a ‘Restart’ in U.S.-Saudi Relations
- March 24,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, gave the keynote address this morning at the virtual U.S.-Saudi Business forum and discussed the path forward for U.S.-Saudi business and diplomatic relations, women empowerment, and rebounding from the effects of the pandemic on the global and local economy. The comments, delivered virtually […]
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Japanese Firm Eyes Saudi Arabia as Next Mega-Solar Project Destination – Report
- March 23,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Japanese trading house Marubeni is looking to open a megasolar plant in Saudi Arabia by June 2023, the company’s first solar project in the country and fourth in the Middle East, the Japanese news website Nikkei reports. Marubeni has formed a joint venture with Saudi utility Al Jomaih Energy and Water for the plant, which is […]
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‘Arab News’ Releases Impressive Graphical Feature on Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Sites
- March 17,2021
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- SUSTG Team
English-language daily news site Arab News has released a graphical feature item on its website detailing the five Saudi historic sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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OPEC+ Poised to Agree to Production Increase This Week as Oil Continues Climb
- March 3,2021
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- SUSTG Team
The OPEC+ group of oil producing nations is poised to agree to a production increase this week as it looks to add more supply as prices continue to recover from 2020 lows, according to reports. “There’s a widespread view within the group that the market can absorb additional barrels,” Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the […]
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Saudi Arabia to End Contracts with Foreign Companies Without a Regional HQ in the Kingdom After 2023
- February 16,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it will stop signing contracts with foreign companies from 2024 unless their regional headquarters are based in the Kingdom, part of a push to give more of the Kingdom’s economic opportunities to countries that will hire local talent and compete with neighboring cities in other Gulf nations.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Announces Significant New Reforms to Judicial System, Push Toward Codified Law
- February 9,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Monday plans to approve a set of new draft laws designed to enhance the efficiency and integrity of the kingdom’s judicial system, a step that would eventually lead to an entirely codified law.
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Saudi Arabia on Thursday Welcomed President Biden’s Commitment to help the Kingdom Defend Its people and Territory
- February 5,2021
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- SUSTG Team
U.S. President Joe Biden promised to bring an end to the war in Yemen, pulling back further U.S. support for operations within that country while simultaneously promising to boost the U.S.-Saudi relationship and offer U.S. security for the Kingdom and its people.
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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.
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Biden Inherits a Battered U.S. Image Abroad
Median approval across the 29 countries and areas stood at 18% in 2020, down from 22% for this same group in 2017. On its face, this decline is not good news for the next U.S. administration, but even worse news is the number of allies on the list of countries where approval dropped to historic lows: Ireland (20%), the United Kingdom (15%), Denmark (14%), Switzerland (10%), Germany (6%) and Iceland (5%). NATO ally Albania stands out as the only country of the 29 where the U.S. earns majority approval -- and it typically gives the U.S. some of its highest marks -- but the 56% of Albanians who approve of U.S. leadership is also a new low.
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Biden will keep using U.S. sanctions weapon but with sharper aim – sources
The revised strategy will be crafted with help from a broad review of sanctions programs that will begin soon after Biden’s inauguration, the sources said on condition of anonymity. But even before this assessment is complete, Biden is expected to make clear that sanctions will remain a central instrument of U.S. power - although it will no longer be deployed with the “America First” bravado that has driven Trump’s foreign policy
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Worried about “cracks” in “strong wall of opposition” to Iran, U.S. hopes for easing of Saudi-led blockade of Qatar
Concerted efforts to end a three-year standoff between major American allies in the Persian Gulf may soon pay off with an agreement that will ease U.S. concerns about emboldening Iran and straining a regional "wall of opposition" to the U.S. foe. There's little hope, however, for a full resolution of the crisis that has seen Qatar, a key ally that hosts thousands of American forces, blockaded by its neighbors Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
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U.S. set to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system – sources
The sanctions would target Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries and its head, Ismail Demir, sources have said. They would be damaging but narrower than the severe scenarios some analysts have outlined.
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U.S. flew two bombers from Louisiana over the Persian Gulf to deter Iran, says military
The two B-52H "Stratofortresses" flew from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on a roughly 36-hour mission that took them across Europe, through the northern Red Sea, across Saudi Arabia and into the Persian Gulf for a north to south transit.
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Saudi crown prince’s lawyer seeks dismissal of ex-spy chief case in U.S. court
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s lawyer has asked a U.S. court to dismiss a case filed by a former top-ranking Saudi intelligence official, claiming it has no jurisdiction over the prince, according to court documents viewed by Reuters.
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U.S. blacklists Iranian envoy, possibly to pressure Yemen’s Houthis
The U.S. Treasury described Hasan Irlu as an official of Iran’s elite Quds Force, the overseas arm of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a pillar of Iranian efforts to project its power in Yemen, Syria and elsewhere. Confirming a Reuters report, the Treasury also blacklisted Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University, alleging it uses its foreign branches as a Quds Force recruitment platform for intelligence collection and operations.
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U.S. gasoline demand during Thanksgiving week lowest since 1997: OPIS
During the week of the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 26, gasoline sales fell 8.4%, or about 185 million gallons, from the previous week, bringing demand for the fuel to its lowest level for the holiday week since 1997, OPIS said. The company warned that demand could still get worse by year-end.
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Hollywood stars and U.S. politicians pile pressure on Egypt over arrest of civil rights leaders
Egypt's government is coming under mounting pressure from Western politicians, human rights groups and some major celebrities over the arrest of civil rights campaigners. The Egyptian Public Prosecutor issued an order this week to freeze the financial assets of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the human rights organization said Monday, but it's the jailing of three of the group's leaders that has drawn the sharpest international rebuke.
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