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  • Sudan
    Sudan’s ‘Civil Disobedience Campaign’ Brings Capital To a Standstill

    A civil disobedience campaign in Sudan has brought the country's capital to a standstill, closing down restaurants, banks and other businesses and turning streets desolate on Sunday, the latest escalation by protesters demanding an end to military rule.

  • Yemen Civil War
    Fighting grips south Yemen as Saudi coalition bombs capital

    Yemen’s human rights minister says heavy fighting is underway in the country’s south as rebel Houthis push to gain more territory from government forces and their allies. The clashes come as the Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, earlier on Thursday, targeting the Houthis and killing at least three civilians.

  • Syria
    Syrian troops capture 2 villages in last rebel stronghold

    Syrian pro-government media say their troops have captured two villages and a nearby hill in the last rebel stronghold in the country’s northwest — Idlib province. The development is part of the latest push by government forces against the enclave that was launched last month. So far, dozens have been killed and more than 150,000 have been displaced.

  • U.S. Foreign Policy
    Commentary: The U.S. Can’t Escape the Middle East

    The continued focus on Iran despite the department’s stated pivot to Russia and China has frustrated many observers and former officials. Wasser pointed out that the Defense Department ranks Iran as a fourth-tier threat in the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the Pentagon’s latest guiding document.

  • Saudi Oil Policy
    The Saudi Plan To Boost Spare Oil Production Capacity

    Even as Saudi Arabia’s oil production reached record levels, with total output hitting 11.1m barrels per day (bpd) in November 2018, the country is boosting levels of investment to ensure there is spare capacity to meet a global supply shock and subsequent increase in prices.

  • Riyadh Art
    Riyadh Art Will Bring 1,000 Works of Art to the Saudi Capital in 2023

    Of course, you’ll need a fair bit of work to properly cover Saudi Arabia’s most populous city—which is why the project aims to cover Riyadh with 1,000 discrete works from both local and international artists.

  • Crypto Currency
    U.A.E. Token Sales Make It a Global Crypto Capital, Passing U.S.

    Coming from way behind, the United Arab Emirates has just emerged as the world’s capital for sales of digital tokens, accounting for more than a fourth of all funds raised in offerings this year through early April, according to CoinSchedule.

  • Venture Capital
    Saudi General Investment Authority Launches Venture Capital Platform

    The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) launched on Wednesday VENTURE by Invest Saudi, a new initiative aimed at attracting global venture capital firms to the Kingdom, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

  • Stars in Arabia
    Stunning Timelapse Captures Majestic Moonset in North-Western Saudi Arabia

    Awad Alharbi, a Saudi photographer, filmed the timelapse footage describing it as showing the Milky Way spinning above the Sharaan mountains, east of al-Ula city, during moonset.

  • SABB-Alawwal
    Saudi CMA approves SABB’s capital raise request to merge with Alawwal Bank

    Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved Saudi British Bank’s (SABB) request for raising its capital to SAR 20.55 billion from SAR 15 billion. SABB will carry out the capital raise through issuing 554.79 million ordinary shares to merge with Alawwal Bank and transfer all of Alawwal Bank’s assets and liabilities to SABB through a securities exchange offer, CMA said in a statement on Monday.