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Saudi Civil Aviation Authority Chief Replaced as Kingdom Set to Reopen International Flights on May 17
- March 12,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said the Kingdom will resume international flights on May 17 after they have been earlier suspended due to coronavirus travel restrictions, according to reports citing a circular.
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Saudi Arabia is Improving its Air Defenses Against Missile Attacks
- March 11,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s air defenses “appear to be coping better with long-range attacks on the kingdom,” defense and security publication IHS Jane’s said, as Saudi Arabia continues to fend off cross-border attacks from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.
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Saudi Arabia Now the ‘Top Theatrical Market in the Middle East’ and is now a ‘Major Driver for Arabic Film Production’ – Variety
- March 5,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s historic re-opening of cinemas three years ago was the start of a major cinema and film boom in the Kingdom, making the Kingdom “the top theatrical market in the Middle East and is turning into a major driver for Arabic film production,” a top Hollywood publication reports.
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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Saudi FM Discuss Yemen Cooperation by Phone; State Department Condemns Houthi Attacks
- February 11,2021
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- SUSTG Team
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen and bolstering Saudi Arabia’s defenses in a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said.
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Rare Rain Challenges Golfers on Second Day of Saudi International at KAEC
- February 5,2021
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- SUSTG Team
It only rains an average of 6 days a year at the King Abdullah Economic City near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but tour professionals visiting the Kingdom for the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers had to deal with on-and-off showers on day two in their battle to advance up the leaderboard.
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Report: U.S. Exploring New Bases, Access in Saudi Arabia to Counter Iran Threat
- January 26,2021
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- SUSTG Team
The U.S. military is “exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom” amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday, part of a preliminary agreement reached between the U.S. and Riyadh, according to several reports.
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Launches 5-Year Strategy, Including VRP Program for 2021-2025
- January 25,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced a new five-year investment strategy, including its own Vision Realization Program (VRP) 2021-2025, with the goal of doubling its assets to 4 trillion riyals ($1.07 trillion) by 2025, according to comments made by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a public appearance on Sunday.
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Saudi Arabia’s New Open Banking Policy to Turbocharge Digital Innovation
- January 15,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s central bank, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), is introducing an open banking policy to advance digital innovation in the financial services sector, the body announced this week.
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Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman: New Saudi Cut Is ‘Commercial Choice, Not Political’
- January 7,2021
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman called this week’s surprise oil output cut for February and March a “wonderful present” for the oil industry and will affect both domestic sales and exports, and said that the choice for a cut was commercial and not political.
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Saudi-led Coalition Strikes Targets in Yemen after Aden Airport Attacked
- December 31,2020
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck targets in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday in retaliation for attacks in the southern port city of Aden the previous day, including at the airport which killed at least 25, according to reports. The attacks at the Aden airport on Wednesday took place as officials in a government backed by […]
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Yemen famine could threaten opportunity for peace, U.N. warns
A massive famine could wipe out a new opportunity, created by renewed U.S. engagement, to end the war in Yemen, top U.N. officials told the Security Council on Thursday.
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Intense Fighting Reported Outside Yemen’s Marib
Intense fighting has been reported along several fronts outside the Yemeni city of Marib, controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government of President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi. Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control the nearby capital of Sanaa, have been trying to capture Marib and strategic points surrounding it, including oil and gas production facilities.
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US ‘energising’ talks to end Yemen war: Special envoy
“We’re working now to energise international diplomatic efforts with our Gulf partners, the United Nations and others to create the right conditions for a ceasefire to push the parties toward a negotiated settlement to end the war in Yemen,” Timothy Lenderking said at a State Department briefing on Tuesday.
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Yemen’s Houthis on Offensive in Bid to Gain Diplomatic Leverage
The Houthi offensive that began earlier this month to seize Marib province, some 120 kilometers east of the capital, Sana’a, has met stiff resistance from troops of Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Marib is its last stronghold. Observers say the Houthis, a Zaydi Shi’ite movement fighting the Sunni Muslim-majority government, want to wrest control of Marib and its oil fields as well as close off Saudi Arabia’s southern border to give them leverage in possible peace talks. But they are also suffering heavy casualties.
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Yemen donor conference expected in March, aid sources say
A fundraising event for Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is expected to take place in early March, hosted virtually by Sweden and Switzerland, four aid sources told Reuters on Sunday.
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Opinion: What Does Biden’s Yemen Policy Mean for Saudi Arabia?
Direct Saudi-led coalition attacks against the Houthis have decreased dramatically over the last several years. The number of air strikes in 2019 was estimated to be just under 1,200, while in the first year of the war was about 7,000. Although there was an uptick in strikes in 2020, they primarily targeted Yemeni-Saudi border areas instead of inland—reflecting a more defensive posture to protect Saudi borderlands. Riyadh’s long game is to strengthen its influence among all Yemeni factions, so it’s not surprising that it is now more actively pursuing negotiations with the Houthis.
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New U.S. Yemen envoy meets Yemen president amid fresh efforts to end war
The United States’ new special envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, met Yemen’s internationally-recognised president and his foreign minister in Riyadh on Thursday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity by the Biden administration aimed at ending the war. “Our primary objective is to bring the parties together in coordination with U.N. Special Envoy [Martin] Griffiths for a negotiated settlement that will end the war and the suffering of the Yemeni people,” the U.S. embassy to Yemen reported of Lenderking’s comments to Yemen’s foreign minister.
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U.S. Blinken, Saudi foreign minister discuss Yemen, defense
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen and bolstering Saudi Arabia’s defenses in a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said. Saudi state media and the state department said the two ministers also discussed the need to find a political solution to the war in Yemen.
- Reuters - U.S. Yemen envoy meets Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh - SPA
- Reuters - U.S. condemns Houthi attack on Saudi airport - State Department
- Twitter - @SaudiEmbassyUSA - Pictures of the wreckage from the explosive drone that tried to target Abha Int’l Airport
- Financial Times - US says it will not stand by while Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabia
- Axios - Saudi Arabia moves to ease tensions with Biden on Yemen, human rights
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US calls on Yemen’s Houthis to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia
“We call on the Houthis to immediately cease attacks impacting civilian areas inside Saudi Arabia and to halt any new military offensives inside Yemen, which only bring more suffering to the Yemeni people,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement on Sunday.
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UK declines to follow US in suspending Saudi arms sales over Yemen
On Monday, the UK Foreign Office minister, James Cleverly, said he had noted the US review, but said British arms sales licences were issued with great care to ensure they did not lead to any breach of humanitarian law.
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