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• Saudi-Turkey
  Saudi jets to arrive in Turkey to strike IS: Ankara

  Saudi jets are due to arrive at a Turkish base this week take part in the air campaign against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

• Haramain Train
  Haramain train test run in Jeddah mid-year

  The 447-meter track passes through a number of cities and towns. The train runs between Makkah and Madinah, passing through Jeddah and Rabigh crossing wide suburban areas and farms.

• Saudi-EU
  European Parliament calls for Saudi arms embargo

  The European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia Thursday, saying Britain, France and other EU governments should no longer sell weapons to a country accused of targeting civilians in Yemen.

• Adel Fakeih
  Saudi pointman for reform has troubleshooter reputation

  A supercommittee on the economy led by Prince Mohammed is working with Fakieh's Economy and Planning Ministry to develop a national transformation plan that may face opposition from business and bureaucracy when it is released, probably in May.

  • Bloomberg - McKinsey Scores as Saudis Call in Consultants for Economy Reboot
• Sudan
  Saudi Arabia gives Sudan $5 billion in military aid

  The military aid to Sudan was announced to President Omer al-Bashir by the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, during a two-hour visit to the Sudanese capital Khartoum, seemingly in return to his total political and military support to Saudi Arabia in the regional confrontation against Iran.

• National Transformation Plan
  McKinsey Scores as Saudis Call in Consultants for Economy Reboot

  Consultancies are set to earn 12 percent more in commissions in Saudi Arabia this year, the fastest growth among the world’s largest advisory markets, according to estimates from London-based Source Global Research, which tracks the management consulting industry. At $1.3 billion, the Saudi fee pool in 2016 will probably be 60 percent higher than it was four years ago, the data show.

  • Reuters - Saudi pointman for reform has troubleshooter reputation
• Women in the Workforce
  Perspective: The oil crisis makes a compelling case for women’s equality in Saudi Arabia

  But women make up only 16% of the Saudi workforce, standing much in line with the 14% of the UAE and 19% in Bahrain. How can a country deprived of 55% of its workforce compete with nations that are more than happy to pool all of their human resources?

• ISIS Banking Network
  Why ISIS’s secret banking network prospers despite air strikes

  The money-exchange financiers know the liquidity of their trading partners and won’t enter into transactions that can’t be honoured. And cheating is rare, as are robberies. In such a tight-knit profession, exchange operators know their families would be responsible for unpaid debts, and their tribe would suffer for any dishonesty.

• U.S. Energy Exports
  The Trickle of U.S. Oil Exports Is Already Shifting Global Power

  “If you’re a buyer in, say, South Korea, and you’re offered the same price from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the U.S., you’re going to make the obvious choice: the U.S.,” Mills said. “It’s the one supplier you know is never going to threaten you or cut off supplies, which is certainly not the case with Saudi Arabia, Russia or Iran.”

• Al-Khabeer Capital
  Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector remains resilient

  It also revealed Saudi's white land tax would add up to $13bn in government revenues. Growth performance in non-oil sectors has been impacted but remains resilient due to ongoing diversification initiatives.

  • Al-Khabeer - Alkhabeer Capital Releases 2016 Global Outlook Report
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