Saudi Aramco said Tuesday that the company would increase its crude output to 12.3 million barrels per day in April. The new production level will be ”an increase of 300,000 barrels per day over the company’s maximum sustained capacity of 12 MMBD,” Aramco said in a statement to the Saudi stock exchange. The Company has […]
Can Saudi Arabia Survive the Oil Price War It Started?…
As the world watches an oil price war unfold between Russia, OPEC, and US shale, another major crisis is looming in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is facing multiple existential threats as a renewed oil price slump threatens to not only hit the country’s revenues and economic diversification programs but also the already fragile position […]
Saudi Arabia’s Powerful Crown Prince Orders Arrests of Senior Royal Family Members…
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has detained three senior members of the kingdom’s royal family, clearing away once-formidable rivals to the throne, people familiar with the matter have said. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported that Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, King Salman’s younger brother, and Prince Mohammed […]
Yemen Separatists, Government Troops Pull Back from Key City…
Yemeni separatists and forces loyal to the country’s U.N.-recognized government whose deadly infighting erupted last summer in the war-torn Arab country are pulling back from a key southern city, military officials said Thursday. The pullout, envisaged under a Saudi-brokered peace deal, began this week, the Yemeni officials told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition […]
Saudi’s Strike Deal Between Government and Separatists in Yemen…
A Saudi-led military committee tasked with enforcing the arrangements of the Riyadh Agreement made a significant breakthrough on Monday, convincing Yemeni military commanders to reposition their forces in the south of Yemen, officials said on Tuesday. The committee visited military bases in Aden, Lahi and Abyan, meeting with commanders from both the government and the […]
UNM Student from Saudi Arabia Charged with Illegally Possessing Handgun…
Hassan Alqahtani had plans to walk across the stage and collect his diploma from the University of New Mexico on Saturday, and then he and his parents were going to Disneyland to celebrate the accomplishment.Instead, the 27-year-old Saudi Arabian mechanical engineering student will be spending the weekend behind bars, charged in federal court with being […]
The Next Freakout: Foreign Spies in Surveillance Valley!…
I’m back in New York for now and am working on a longer letter about my recent trip to Israel and Palestine. In the meantime, I want to flag a piece of news that sits at the intersection of a few issues that are close to my heart: immigrants, xenophobic national security panics, and Silicon […]
UN Envoy Says Yemeni Parties Ready to Move on ‘Process to End the War’…
The warring parties in Yemen are ready to move to a formal process to end the war, according to the United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths. Griffiths, in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat, added that the peace efforts advanced following recent developments in the south of the Yemen after southern separatists and the Yemeni government […]
Saudi Tycoon Used Middleman to Funnel Money to Obama’s Inaugural Celebration…
When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the U.S. to help pay for the inaugural celebration and get a picture with the president, according to court documents and an analysis of campaign finance records by The Associated Press. U.S. election […]
Trump Administration Provides New Evidence for a Saudi Connection to 9/11…
The debate over what actually occurred on 9/11 and, more to the point, who might have been behind it, continues to preoccupy many observers worldwide. There is considerable legitimate concern that the commission that reviewed the incident engaged in a cover-up designed either to excuse a catastrophic failure on the part of the United States’ […]
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