Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman faces significant political and familial challenges in appointing his crown prince as King Salman’s health deteriorates, raising crucial questions about the future leadership within the House of Saud. As his aging father, King Salman, is nearing the end of his life and is receiving treatment
John Kirby, a spokesman for national security at the White House, said that the U.S. has almost reached a deal to sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The White House announced on Monday that there had been substantial progress in the talks between the U.S. national security adviser
To prevent tensions between Iran and Arab governments, US military bases are being deactivated in the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The cornerstone of US power projection in West Asia is its array of military sites, which are ideally situated in the Persian Gulf. The
According to the Jeddah Historic District Program, over 25,000 artifacts were unearthed in the historic Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. In the second-biggest Saudi city, archaeologists have found some 25,000 antiquities. According to the Jeddah Historic District Program (JHD), the discoveries include more than 11,400 ceramic fragments, more than 11,300
Saudi Crown Prince MBS Humiliates Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, by keeping Blinken waiting several hours for a meeting presumed to happen in the evening, but which the crown prince only showed up for the next morning. The harm Joe Biden’s administration is doing to America’s influence around the
According to Ibrahim Ajami of the Abu Dhabi State Fund, Mubadala, UAE, becomes a global ATM as the West goes bankrupt. Five Years ago, after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, virtue-signaling American finance executives withdrew from a Saudi Arabian event in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia is urging the UK, Japan, and Italy to let it join the important new fighter jet project they all agreed on in December. Five top officials from London, Tokyo, and Rome have confirmed this request. But it’s causing tension among the three countries. The UK and Italy are
According to Yazeed A. Al-Humied, deputy governor and head of MENA Investments at the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia is moving into the pharmaceuticals industry. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund on Sunday launched a commercial-scale contract development and manufacturing organization, Lifera, to help boost the local biopharmaceutical industry. The
In a significant development, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment signed a $5.6 billion deal with a Shanghai-based electric vehicle company to develop EVs (Electric Vehicles). At an Arab-China business conference in Riyadh over the weekend, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment signed a $5.6 billion deal with Shanghai-based electric vehicle (EV)