Tag: Saudi
Anti Iran Coalition: Arab countries talking with US for a military...
AFP| Arab countries are in talks with the United States for a new security agreement to protect the Middle East from "external aggression", Saudi Foreign...
Saudi terror case highlights Indian links to Daesh
News Analysis | The suicide bomber who attacked the US Consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah two years ago was an Indian national, confirmed...
The first ever ‘Arab Fashion Week’ in Saudi Arabia
News Desk | Saudi Arabia is hosting its first fashion week in Riyadh, as designers from across the region are participating in the four-day event...
Saudis in search of energy alternatives
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Saudi Arabia has been exploring various options to sustain and endure its energy security. Recently, it announced to improve its...
Saudi Fashion Week part of reform agenda to lure investors
News Analysis | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced to host its first ever Arab fashion week in the country as it seeks to...
Saudi Crown Prince’s limitations on putting the genie back in the...
James M Dorsey | Valentine’s Day in Riyadh and Islamabad as well as parts of Indonesia and Malaysia puts into sharp relief Saudi Arabia’s ability...
Saudi women to start own business without male permission
AFP | Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their own businesses without the consent of a husband or male relative, as the kingdom pushes...
Saudi cleric endorses Valentine’s Day as ‘positive event’
AFP | A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine's Day, long forbidden in the ultra-conservative kingdom, calling it a "positive social event" that was...
Saudi government to tighten fundraising laws to promote moderate Islam
James M Dorsey | A Saudi draft law could constitute a first indication that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to return the kingdom to...
Gulf crisis continues to fuel the fire in Syria and Iran
James M Dorsey | Turkish allegations of Saudi, Emirati and Egyptian support for the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) threaten to turn Turkey’s military offensive...
Pakistan demands more work visas from Saudi Arabia
News Analysis | The concluding session of the 11th Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) was held in Islamabad from January 16-17th and co-chaired by...
Is the Saudi Crown Prince really promoting moderate Islam?
James M. Dorsey | Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raise...
UN report finds Iran in violation of Yemen arms embargo
AFP | Iran has violated a UN arms embargo by failing to block supplies to Yemen's Huthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired at...
Iran protests expose leadership flaws in Muslim world
James M Dorsey | If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated economic and political problems, they also laid bare Saudi Arabia’s...
Saudi women attend first public event with their families
James M Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer fans this week attend...
Saudi boosts citizen benefits as taxes bite
AFP | Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it had boosted stipends and benefits for citizens to cushion the impact of economic reforms including the kingdom's first...
Protests in Iran posing threats to Saudi and US policymakers
James M. Dorsey | If Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s chequered foreign policy track record is anything to go by, Iran could tempt him...
Nawaz Sharif’s departure to Saudi Arabia fuels speculation
News Analysis | Dec 31, 2017 - Ex-Pakistani premier, Nawaz Sharif 's Spokesperson has finally spoken; he has categorically denied that any NRO or deal...
Sharif brother’s Saudi trip highlights extensive foreign influence on Pakistan
Junaid Ali Malik | On many occasions in the history of Pakistan, the foreign stakeholders, more properly international establishment, tried to influence the politics of...
What’s behind the Sharifs’ trip to Saudi?
News Desk | Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in the midst of corruption allegations and political turmoil. He is...
Saudi air raid kills 68 civilians in one day in Yemen:...
AFP | Sixty-eight Yemeni civilians were killed in two separate air raids by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in one day, the UN humanitarian Coordinator in...
Over 60 killed in fresh Saudi backed airstrikes in Yemen
AFP | Fresh air strikes and clashes in Yemen have killed over 60 fighters as Saudi-backed pro-government forces push an offensive against Huthi rebels, security...
How Pakistan & Saudi Arabia had defeated Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan
News Desk | GVS: In our part of the world you are still remembered as the person who headed Saudi Intelligence for 24 long years....
Everything points to an imminent Collapse of Saudi Monarchy
Junaid Jhandad | Christopher Davidson aptly pointed out, in his treatise “After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies”, the root causes due...
Why Prince Al-Waleed is refusing to kow tow to Mohammad bin...
James M Dorsey | Incarcerated for almost two months in a gilded cage in Riyadh’s luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel, Saudi billionaire businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal appears...
Powers in Lebanon determined to end Saudi Iran interference
Reuters | Major powers will try to shore up Lebanon's stability on Friday by pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in its politics,...
Saudi-Emirati chest thumping proves that their alliance is a paper tiger
Andrew Korybko | An Emirati official called for the Saudi-led anti-terrorist coalition to bomb Al Jazeera. Dubai’s security chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan said that the...
What is the difference between Qatari and Saudi Wahhabism?
James M Dorsey | A multi-domed, sand-colored, architectural marvel, Doha’s biggest and national mosque, symbolizes Qatar’s complex and troubled relationship with Saudi Arabia. Its naming...
Saudi Crown Prince’s sale of the century stutters
Reuters | Saudi Arabia's $300-billion privatisation programme was billed as the sale of the century when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his plan to...
Selfie of Jewish man in Masjid-Nabwi sparks outrage
News Desk Russian-born Jewish man Ben Tzion 31, sparked outrage on the Internet when his selfie in the sacred mosque of Masjid-e-Nabwi in Medina, Saudi...
Qatar claims Saudi involvement in Lebanon similar to Gulf Crisis
AFP | Qatar's foreign minister on Friday compared Saudi Arabia's political maneuvers in Lebanon to its boycott of his country and accused Riyadh of a...
Unprecedented power grab could come to haunt Mohammed bin Salman
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has won the first round of what could prove to be an unprecedented power grab...
Saudi Anti-corruption move affects investors negatively
News Analysis | Investors hope the sweeping anti-graft probe ensnaring some of Saudi Arabia's top politicians and businessmen is a sign of reform but those...
Saudi Helicopter Carrying 8 High-Ranking Officials Crashed Near Yemen Border |...
A helicopter carrying several Saudi officials, including a high-ranking prince, has crashed in the kingdom's southwest near the border with Yemen. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin Al...
Will ultra-conservatives accept the change in Saudi politics?
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology had a master’s voice quality to it. His words...
Robot Sophia speaks at Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative
Saudi Arabia just made a non-human woman a citizen, making it the first country to grant a robot the right to citizenship, at least...