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In Boost to Corruption Reforms, King Salman Signs Order Protecting Whistleblowers
- May 7,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered protection for employees who report financial and administrative corruption, according to reports, an indication that the Kingdom is taking seriously its efforts to combat graft. King Salman’s order is an “interim measure while more detailed legislation is finalized,” according to Faisal bin Farhan, the top advisor to the Royal Embassy […]
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Milestone Achieved in Launch of Saudi Arabia’s National Privatization Program and Center
- April 27,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of “Delivery Plan 2020,” a privatization program headed by a newly created office, Saudi Arabia’s National Centre for Privatization (NCP), in a major milestone for the Kingdom as it looks to advance its Vision 2030 economic and social reform goals. The plan sets out the country privatization agenda for […]
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Catholic Cardinal meets Saudi king in Historic Visit to Riyadh
- April 19,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has met French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran during the first visit to the Kingdom by such a senior Catholic authority, according to the SPA. The move follows other overtures by Saudi Arabia’s leadership in recent weeks to other faiths, and a visit by Lebanon’s Christian Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai in November. Interfaith dialogue has been […]
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Will Saudi Arabia Send Troops to Syria? Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir Says Talks with U.S. Ongoing
- April 18,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said it is “in discussions with the United States about sending troops to Syria,” according to the Washington Post, as President Trump seeks a way out for the U.S. military there. In comments to reporters in Riyadh, Al-Jubeir said the deliberations on what type of force needs to remain in […]
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Saudi, Qatar Bond Issues Get Cozy; Both Oversubscribed
- April 12,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia beat out regional rival Qatar’s first bond issuance since the Gulf crisis began with its own “surprise” $11 billion raise, which drew $52 billion of orders this week, according to reports. Saudi Arabia denies that the timing of the quick-fire raise was not aimed at damaging Qatar’s issuance. The Saudi debt management office told the […]
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Saudi Crown Prince Wraps Up U.S. Tour in Houston with Big Gulf Investments Eyed
- April 9,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wrapped up his unprecedented whirlwind tour of the United States with a stop in Houston to talk investments in the Gulf region. The Crown Prince visited Motiva Enterprises LLC, a wholly-owned downstream oil and gas subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, to witness the signing of MoUs worth between $8 billion to $10 billion with US […]
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U.S. State Department Approves $1.31 Billion in Artillery Sales to Saudi Arabia
- April 6,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The State Department approved a sale of $1.31 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia, giving “a vote of confidence to the Saudi military as young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman concludes a marathon tour of the United States,” the Washington Post reports. The possible sale is for “155mm M109A5/A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer structures for conversion to M109A6 […]
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With Entertainment Opportunities in Focus, Saudi Pitches to 250 Hollywood Elite
- April 5,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi officials on Wednesday pitched ambitious entertainment industry plans to about 250 representatives from major Hollywood financiers and players in Los Angeles. The event, organized by the Saudi General Entertainment Authority at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, featured Saudi investment and private-sector leaders who “promised a cadre of services to facilitate U.S. investment and partnerships […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Attends High-Powered Dinner in Los Angeles with Studio Brass, Stars
- April 3,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and members of his entourage were welcomed to Hollywood last night with a high-powered dinner hosted by the Entertainment industry’s elite, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. An intimate dinner was held at Rupert Murdoch’s estate with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Morgan Freeman, James Cameron, Michael Douglas, Disney CEO […]
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Now West, Crown Prince Salman Meets with Tech Elite in Seattle
- April 2,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with some of the world’s most prominent technology executives in Seattle this weekend as part of his three-week long official visit to the United States. The powerful millennial has prioritized technology as part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 social and economic reform blueprint, and has used the newly-empowered Public […]
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The Jerusalem U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration
The United States further affirms the commitment to work together with other partners to confront Iran’s aggression and destabilizing activities, whether advanced directly or through proxies and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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U.S., Israeli leaders jointly pledge to deny Iran nuclear weaponry
The undertaking, part of a "Jerusalem Declaration" crowning Biden's first visit to Israel as president, followed his telling a local TV station that he was open to "last resort" use of force against Iran - an apparent move toward accommodating Israel's calls for a "credible military threat" by world powers.
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U.S. weighs possible resumption of offensive arms sales to Saudis
Senior Saudi officials pressed their U.S. counterparts to scrap a policy of selling only defensive arms to its top Gulf partner in several meetings in Riyadh and Washington in recent months, three of the sources said ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom this week.
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Binance served crypto traders in Iran despite U.S. sanctions, clients say
The world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, continued to process trades by clients in Iran despite U.S. sanctions and a company ban on doing business there, a Reuters investigation has found. In 2018, the United States reimposed sanctions that had been suspended three years earlier as part of Iran's nuclear deal with major world powers. That November, Binance informed traders in Iran it would no longer serve them, telling them to liquidate their accounts.
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U.S. Army conduct medical training with Royal Saudi Land Force partners
U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and Royal Saudi Land Force Soldiers conduct a nine-line medical evacuation onto a U.S. Army HH-60M MedEvac Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Task Force Longhorn, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 25, 2022. Tactical combat casualty care and medical evacuation training are essential skills for the U.S. Army and our allies in order to maintain joint mission readiness and interoperability.
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U.S. envoy discusses hostility towards Jews with Saudi officials
"There have been good parts of the history and bad parts of the history but there's a history of Jews in this region. There's a history of Jews and Muslims living together", said Lipstadt, who headed to Saudi Arabia on June 26 to start the 11-day regional tour.
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Opinion: Joe Biden Discovers the Realist Case for the U.S.-Saudi Alliance
Now a year and a half into his tenure, Biden's lofty campaign rhetoric decrying Riyadh, intended to woo devotees of the Obama-era effort to "realign" America's Middle East involvement away from our traditional regional allies and toward Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, has met an immovable object: reality.
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U.S. pressed Lebanon to criticize Hezbollah for launching drones
The Biden administration pressed the Lebanese government to criticize Hezbollah’s attempt to send drones to an Israeli natural gas rig in the Mediterranean and to commit to resolving the maritime border dispute with Israel only through negotiations, sources briefed on the issue told Axios.
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U.S. wrestles with Russian, Iranian provocations in the Middle East
The Biden administration is presiding over a unique moment, as familiar threats like those posed by Iran and its proxies have, in ways, been overshadowed by Russia’s aggressive posture toward Europe and China’s quest for regional dominance in the Pacific. As the U.S. government looks to reprioritize, key Middle Eastern allies — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel — are growing impatient, acutely aware that Washington’s attention and war capital are being drawn elsewhere.
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U.S. says Israel gunfire killed Shireen Abu Akleh but not “intentional”
An American-led analysis of forensic and ballistic evidence, as well as the separate Israeli and Palestinian investigations, found that the bullet that killed Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh likely originated from an Israeli soldier, but added that there was “no reason to believe this was intentional,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said Monday.
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