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“Things can become very messy if the Israelis try to retaliate over Jordanian airspace.” Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former official in the Palestinian Authority, An uneasy alliance of Arab states helped defend Israel from Iran. Their resolve may soon be tested. [NBC News]
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Saudi Arabia is moving closer to a potential deal to acquire a minority stake in a Pakistan mine controlled by Barrick Gold Corp., people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. [more]
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Via Beatrice Farhat in al-monitor.com: “We are already in an unstable region, and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is already inflaming the region,” Prince Faisal told a press conference with his Pakistani counterpart in Islamabad. “We do not need more conflict in our region; we do not need more confrontation in our region, so it is our position that the de-escalation must be everybody’s priority.”
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Via Yara Abi Farraj in economymiddleeast.com: Saudi Arabia’s mining sector is undergoing a significant transformation and is gearing up to become one of the key pillars of economic diversification efforts outlined in Vision 2030. The latest report from the National Industrial and Mining Information Center reveals that Saudi Arabia issued 152 industrial licenses in January alone, bringing the total number of operating and under-construction factories in the Kingdom to 11,672. These factories represent a combined investment of SAR1.539 trillion ($410.4 billion).
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Via Gillian Dohrn in nature.com: A first-of-its-kind study in northwestern Saudi Arabia suggests that humans and their livestock have been using a cave for shelter sporadically for up to 10,000 years. The finding1 offers insight into the region’s history and ecology. In the past decade, satellite data and fossil finds have suggested that the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid desert. Periods when the region contained lakes and lush greenery might have drawn people and animals there from Africa, according to the study’s authors.
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The world’s largest asset management company is hosting the event alongside the Saudi Ministry of Finance, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked...[via bloomberg.com]
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Most people would struggle to imagine the height of a 2-kilometre skyscraper, so instead picture a map of Manhattan. The huge strip of green...[By Ian Parkin via theb1m.com]
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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said on Monday that bilateral agreements with the United States were “very, very close” as Riyadh seeks to secure...[By Beatrice Farhat via al-monitor.com]
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“Today the economy in the kingdom is growing faster, but we don’t want to overheat it. We don’t want to deliver these projects at...[By Natasha Turak via cnbc.com]
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In a significant move to facilitate religious tourism, Saudi Arabia has announced that holders of any type of visa are now eligible to perform Umrah,...[via travelandtourworld.com]
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Then she took a deep breath. “We see that the Saudis, now they are very into the sport. They want to develop the sport, and...[via theathletic.com]
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The Crown Prince participated on Sunday in a Special Dialogue session at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh, attended by global leaders from...[via saudigazette.com]
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Addressing a session entitled “Advancing Carbon Capture Innovations and Its Uses in Global Partnerships” on the sidelines of the special meeting of the World Economic...[via argaam.com]
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Secretary Blinken underscored the need to avoid...[via state.gov]
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Saudi Arabia's state-oil giant Aramco (2223.SE), opens new tab is looking at investments right now in new...[By Nadine Awadalla Nayera Abdallah via reuters.com]
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman led a Special Dialogue session at the World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh on Sunday where prominent figures...[via alarabiya.net]
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Saudi authorities warned residents that most parts of the Kingdom will experience severe weather until Friday.
The National Center of Meteorology on Monday forecast moderate-to-heavy rain...[via arabnews.com]
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Saudi Aramco is spearheading the innovations by embracing cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, both within its core operations and beyond, which places the company ahead...[via cio.com]
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It was revealed in investigations that a female citizen started a commercial entity to collect debts and handed it over to her husband, who in...[via saudigazette.com]
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Similarly, in a year such as 2022, when oil production and oil export revenue are high, the economy can look less diversified even if the...[By Tim Callen via agsiw.org]
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The World Economic Forum has signed an agreement with the Saudi Space Agency to establish a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR)...[via weforum.org]
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Aides quickly alerted Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser; Jon Finer, the deputy national security adviser; Brett McGurk, Mr. Biden’s Middle East...[By Ronen Bergman, Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt, Adam Entous and Richard Pérez-Peña via nytimes.com]
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The main non sequitur at issue concerned Biden’s dual message to Israel following this weekend’s massive barrage of drones and missiles from Iran....[By Andreas Kluth via bloomberg.com]
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Iran and Israel are now officially out of the shadow war, which was becoming more and more open, especially as the Houthis increased their ability...[By Abhiram Rajendran & Karen E. Young via energypolicy.columbia]
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Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...[By James Mackenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi via reuters.com]
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Iran has renewed a push to impose the mandatory Islamic dress code. The move follows a call by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for hijab...[via amwaj.media]
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Amid anticipation of Israeli reprisals for Iran’s Apr. 14 attack on military sites in Israel, Iranian media is rife with speculations about possible scenarios ahead....[via amwaj.media]
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Although Iraq is the second-largest oil producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia, it is a net natural gas importer because lack of infrastructure investment has...[By Kate Dourian via agsiw.org]
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Hiba Husseini is a Ramallah-based lawyer who lives in Jerusalem. She served as a legal advisor to Palestinian peace negotiators for 30 years. About a...[via csis.org]
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Emergency workers tried to clear waterclogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses on...[By Alexander Cornwell, Federico Maccioni and Yousef Saba via reuters.com]
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The UAE weather bureau has denied claims that its cloud seeding program was responsible for the recent heavy rainfall that caused widespread...[via arabianbusiness.com]
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