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  • U.S., Saudi Arabian Agribusiness Majors May Partner to Bid on Saudi Grains Milling Privatization
     

    Saudi Arabia’s largest private agriculture company, Almarai, and U.S. agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. are reportedly among companies eying Saudi Grains Organization’s (SAGO) milling operations, the kingdom’s sole supplier, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. The state-owned SAGO handles the Kingdom’s grains purchases, and is one of the world’s largest wheat and barley buyers. The company […]

     
  • ExxonMobil Announces $20 billion Investment in Manufacturing on U.S. Gulf Coast
     

    Exxon Mobil Corporation said in a press release that it is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the U.S. Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period “to take advantage of the American energy revolution.” The projects, at 11 proposed and existing sites, are expected to generate thousands of new high-paying jobs and […]

     
  • Aramco Taps Three Banks to Underwrite ‘Largest Ever’ IPO
     

    Saudi Aramco has asked JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to assist with its upcoming initial public offering and could call on another bank, HSBC, with access to Chinese investors, according to separate reports in Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources. The major U.S. banks join Moelis & Co., a […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Taps U.S.-Based Bechtel Corp to Run State Infrastructure Oversight Office
     

    Saudi Arabia’s new National Project Management Office (NPMO) is something you will hear a lot about in the coming years. The Kingdom has tasked U.S.-based Bechtel Corp to oversee its state infrastructure projects, known in Arabic as “Mashroat,” and ensure that projects are run at low costs and as efficiently as possible. The deal was awarded […]

     
  • Stability in Oil Price Attributable to Coordinated Action by OPEC, But Will U.S. Shale Spoil the Party?
     

    With Brent oil hovering around $55 for the past two months, actions by OPEC and non-OPEC members to keep 900,000 barrels per day off the market have had a stabilizing effect on prices, Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment said in a note released to investors. But despite the stable start to the year, Jadwa sees a likely return of […]

     
  • Photos Show Severe Floods Hitting Saudi Arabia’s Asir Region
     

    At least one person was killed and hundreds rescued on Wednesday after severe flooding in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region. Videos and photos emerging online of the floods show fast-moving currents sweeping away cars and motorists stranded in water. Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said that 10 others were injured and over 280 people were rescued while dealing with […]

     
  • Seven Saudi Soldiers Killed on Yemen’s Border Last Week
     

    At least seven Saudi soldiers have been killed in the past week in clashes with Yemeni rebels, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Mohammed al-Manjahi was the latest soldier to be killed on the kingdom’s southern borders in the fight against Houthi rebels. According to an AFP news agency tally compiling reports by the Saudi […]

     
  • Secretary of State Tillerson Calls Saudi King Salman, Applauds Saudi Role in Regional Stability
     

    U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Saudi Arabia’s King Salman by phone yesterday, and commended the Kingdom on its role in “promoting stability across the region,” the SPA reports. Tillerson also “stressed on the importance of working with the Kingdom, developing a comprehensive plan to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation both military and counter-terrorism […]

     
  • Raw Video Emerges of Houthi Attack on Saudi Frigate as U.S. Sends Destroyer to Red Sea
     

    Raw video has emerged online of a Houthi attack on a Saudi frigate that damaged the ship and drew the condemnation of Saudi Arabia and its allies. Suicide boats belonging to the Houthi militias from Yemen struck the Saudi frigate off Hodeida port in the Red Sea. Two crew members were killed and three were […]

     
  • Trump Turns Up Rhetoric, Threats Toward Iran
     

    The Trump administration says it is putting Iran “on notice” following two incidents in the region in the past week, including an attack on a Saudi navy ship by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The comments came from President Trump on Twitter as he blasted the agreement to disarm Iran’s nuclear program. “Iran was on its last legs […]

     

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  • U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part One

    Even before the United States had entered World War I, the United Kingdom and France had secretly agreed to divvy up the Middle East between themselves. With isolationist sentiments rising domestically after the war, the United States didn’t push back. As a result, the United Kingdom and France dominated the region for two decades, and when they began to leave after World War II, the United States replaced them, rarely enthusiastically, and often reluctantly. But as the United States plunged into the Cold War, the Middle East was too important to abandon.

  • U.S. calls on Saudi Arabia to lift travel bans on released women activists

    The United States urged its ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to lift travel bans and other restrictions imposed on previously released women's rights activists. Michele Taylor, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council, also called on the kingdom to resolve cases of 'prisoners of conscience' - a term commonly referring to political prisoners.

  • U.S. may act alone to ban Russian oil imports, sources say

    The United States is willing to move ahead with a ban on Russian oil imports without the participation of allies in Europe, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden held a video conference call with the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Monday as his administration continues to seek their support for a ban on Russian oil imports.

  • Bahrain signs agreements on industry, logistics, space sciences with U.S. -tweet

    The agreements included partnerships and memoranda of understanding between several government bodies and companies in both countries. The agreements included a partnership between the Gulf kingdom's Information & eGovernment Authority and Microsoft, and an agreement with Cisco concerning the government data network infrastructure.

  • Pandemic Outlook in U.S. Drastically Improved

    Two years after COVID-19 first forced widespread closures in the U.S., Americans are more optimistic about the trajectory of the pandemic than they have been since last June before the delta and omicron variants of the virus swept through the country. As COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline, Americans' concern about contracting the disease has dropped precipitously. Still, 55% of U.S. adults are worried about future variants, and two-thirds expect the pandemic will persist through the end of 2022 or beyond. With many Americans unvaccinated, half of the public is worried about those choosing not to get vaccinated.

  • Commentary: Why U.S. Pressure was Needed to Get Israel and Gulf States to Condemn Russia

    Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE – arguably the three most important and active partners of Washington in the region – all sought to say as little as possible, temper criticism of Russia, and, insofar as possible, stay out of the controversy. This powerful impulse, shared by three very different governments, and the U.S. pressure that was pivotal in inducing them to vote yes at the General Assembly, tell a complex and important story about the evolving U.S. role in the Middle East.

  • Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, China Viewed as Top U.S. Threats

    Specifically, 82% of U.S. adults identify cyberterrorism as a critical threat, while 71% say the same about international terrorism and 68% about domestic terrorism. More than three-quarters each believe Iran's and North Korea's development of nuclear weapons is a serious threat to the U.S. Two-thirds say the same about Chinese military power, while 57% identify China's economic power as a threat.

  • Inside the U.S. Race to Arm Ukraine Against Russia

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  • Ukraine War: Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and Syria Feel U.S.-Russia Squeeze

    It was precisely their interest in preserving the international and regional status quo that aligned these countries with U.S. in the first place. The alliance of Western powers and Asian democracies, and the international order it has defended, was useful to them in the 20th century. Its revitalization ought to be just as attractive in the 21st.