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  • Significant Step Taken in U.S.-Saudi THAAD Missile Deal
     

    A personal call between President Donald Trump and King Salman Saudi Arabia helped to finalize an agreement in which the Kingdom will buy Lockheed Martin’s $15 billion THAAD missile defense system, according to reports. The U.S. State Department said the Saudis and U.S. officials signed letters of offer and acceptance documents on Monday, formalizing terms for Saudi’s […]

     
  • Yemen’s Government to Join Peace Talks with Houthis, CNN Reports
     

    Yemen’s Saudi-backed government confirmed it will participate in United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Sweden, according to CNN, which cited the Saudi Press Agency. The announcement came shortly before the United Kingdom introduced a draft resolution on Yemen at the UN Security Council on Monday in which it calls for a ceasefire in Yemen and a two-week […]

     
  • Sec. Mattis, Saudi FM Al-Jubeir Meet; U.S. Calls for ‘Transparent Investigation’
     

    U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday that he has met with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, and called for a “transparent investigation” into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, according to reports. Mattis said he met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a conference in Bahrain on Saturday and discussed […]

     
  • Crown prince chairs first meeting on reform of Saudi intelligence services
     

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired the first meeting on Thursday of a special committee to reform Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services. The restructuring was ordered by King Salman after the murder in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to Arab News, the committee “assessed the General Intelligence Presidency’s current organizational structure and identified […]

     
  • FII Kicks Off in Riyadh
     

    The Future Investment Initiative (FII) kicked off today at the Ritz Carlton, Riyadh with a standing room only crowd despite an exodus of CEOs and other top executives in recent weeks. The PIF-organized event went forward as planned despite questions regarding the event’s timing, and saw a large crowd at the start of the event. The event […]

     
  • Video: Bloomberg Interview with Head of the Saudi Stock Market Sarah Al-Suhaimi
     

    Saudi Arabia’s head of its stock exchange, Sarah Al-Suhaimi, gave an interview with Bloomberg outlining her plans for the Tadawul at the Bloomberg Invest Summit in London. Al-Suhaimi is the first Saudi woman to chair the Saudi Arabian stock exchange, which is the largest stock market in the Middle East. [Click here to watch the interview on Bloomberg.com]

     
  • Russia, Saudi Arabia Planned Rise in Production Before OPEC Meeting
     

    Russia and Saudi Arabia have struck a deal to raise oil output from September through December to cool rising prices, according to Reuters. The deal, struck in private in September, was then shared with the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, according to four sources familiar with the plan cited by Reuters. The […]

     
  • PIF Says WSJ Report that Kingdom Has Shelved Solar Projects is ‘Completely Inaccurate’
     

    A spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) said via the Kingdom’s state-run news agency, the Saudi Press Agency, that media articles claiming that work has been shelved with respect to SoftBank and Solar Projects are “completely inaccurate.” The unnamed spokesperson said that the PIF “continues to work with the SoftBank Vision Fund, and other parties, on a number of large-scale, […]

     
  • Saudi Crown Prince to Visit Kuwait on Saturday for Qatar Talks – Reports
     

    Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman will visit Kuwait on Saturday to discuss the Kingdom’s ongoing conflict with Qatar, according to reports. During the visit, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will hold talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, according to the Kuwaiti News Agency via Twitter. Kuwaiti mediation efforts have failed so far to end the crisis […]

     
  • Saudi Embassy to Celebrate 88th Saudi National Day with Event at National Harbor
     

    On Sunday, September 23, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington will host a celebratory event to mark the Kingdom’s 88th national day at the National Harbor, the Embassy said on Twitter. The event begins at 3pm at the Pier at National Harbor and will showcase Saudi folklore and culture and is free for […]

     

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