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Afghanistan welcomes Saudi Arabia’s decision to reopen its embassy in Kabul.
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Qatar will stop EU gas sales if fined under due diligence law.
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Saudi Arabia to play in 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Gold Cups. Qatar did the same before hosting the World Cup.
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US health care is “a system in which taxpayers bear the cost of major medical care, but this taxpayer money flows through private companies that take a cut, spend a lot on administration, and do their best to deny care to people who need it.”
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🚨 Saudi Arabia condemns Israel’s decision to expand settlements in the Golan Heights and its continued sabotage of Syria’s chances to restore security and stability —foreign ministry statement
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My latest on COP16: Saudi-hosted UN summit secures more than $12 billion in new pledges but fails to agree on how to tackle drought.
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Veterans of Arab uprisings warn Syrians of perils ahead.
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🚨 Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrives in Aqaba for Syria talks
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Bashar al-Assad didn’t even inform his younger brother, Maher, commander of the Army’s elite 4th Armoured Division, about his exit plan. Maher flew a helicopter to Iraq and then to Russia.
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🚨 Fifa confirms Saudi Arabia as host of 2034 World Cup.
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12 books that help explain what is happening in Syria.
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Samsung Pay launches in Saudi Arabia after receiving approval from the central bank. Google Pay still not available in the kingdom.
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Apple to finally sell directly to consumers in Saudi Arabia online next year, will open its first physical retail store in the kingdom in 2026.
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Front pages of Saudi newspapers today leading with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
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🚨 Saudi Arabia welcomes the “positive steps” taken to provide security for the Syrian people, avoid bloodshed and preserve the institutions of the Syrian state —foreign ministry statement.
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🚨 South Korea’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia named defence minister as President Yoon Suk Yeol and his ruling party try to stave off an impeachment bid following his failed attempt to impose martial law.
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YouTube has passed the competition to become the most popular service for podcasts in the US, with 31% of weekly podcast listeners saying it’s now the platform they use the most. Saudi Arabia was an early pioneer of this trend.
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Chinese exports and investment are pouring into Saudi Arabia as the kingdom’s demand for green tech deepens a relationship once defined by oil.
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The UK is “willing to consider” allowing Saudi Arabia to join the trilateral fighter jet programme; PM Starmer expected to discuss this when he visits Riyadh later this month.
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Saudi Arabia has lifted a moratorium on drug-related executions as the kingdom dials up its “war on drugs”.
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🚨 My latest story: Drug smugglers target Saudi Arabia as social change increases youth’s exposure to prohibited substances. The kingdom is pushing back with “war on drugs” and new private rehab centres.
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At last, Riyadh Metro will open to the public on December 1. Here’s a fun little story I wrote about the metro when construction began on the $22 billion project more than ten years ago.
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The term “sugar daddy” appears on the front page of Saudi daily Okaz. Probably a first?
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“A mistake many analysts make, particularly Americans, is viewing the U.S. as the only agent of change in the world…”
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Arab states are banking on Saudi Arabia to use its relationship with Trump and political heft in the region to act as a check on his Middle East policies amid fears that he will pursue a staunchly pro-Israel agenda.
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