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Report: MbS threatened to place UAE under blockade

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had threatened to place sanctions on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a private conversation with journalists last year, the Wall Street Journal reported. The threat had come amid a growing rift between bin Salman and the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan due to differences over regional policies and OPEC limits.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia and Turkey ink agreements on energy, defence fields

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Saudi Arabia and Turkey have signed a number of memorandums of understanding in various fields including energy, direct investments and defence, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.
Middle East

Saudi minister says Riyadh and Moscow show unity with oil output cuts

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Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has stated that the latest move to extend oil production cuts by the world’s biggest exporters, Saudi Arabia and Russia, is evidence of strong teamwork between the two countries.
Middle East

Two dead in shooting outside US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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A shooting incident outside the US Consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah has left two people dead — a Nepalese security guard and the gunman who initially opened fire. US and Saudi officials have confirmed the incident as investigations continue into the attack.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes youth over terror charges

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Riyadh has executed a young man from the Shia-populated Qatif region over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities. Critics see the move as part of a heavy-handed crackdown led by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince against political dissidents.
Middle East

Major suspect in Khashoggi case seen in public for first time since murder

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Saud al-Qahtani, a former senior aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a prime suspect in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, has been seen in public in the city of Jeddah, using a walking stick, for the first time since the Saudi journalist's 2018 assassination.
Middle East

Hajj pilgrims leave Yemen for Saudi Arabia in first direct flight since 2016

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The first commercial flight from Yemen's capital Sana'a to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying Hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia announces huge investment deals at Arab-China summit

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Saudi Arabia has announced billions of dollars in investment deals between Beijing and the Arab world on the first day of the China-Arab business conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes three over officer death, ‘terror charges’

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Saudi Arabia put to death three of its citizens convicted of having killed a security officer and creating a "terrorist cell", the interior ministry has confirmed.
Americas

Document reveals MbS threatened to damage US economy

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A classified document has disclosed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) threatened to impose significant economic costs on Washington after US President Joe Biden warned Riyadh over its decision to slash oil production last fall.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia rebuffs US push on normalization with Israel

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During a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Saudi Arabia snubbed Washington's push for Riyadh’s normalization of relations with Tel Aviv and its bid to win further concessions on oil prices and the Kingdom’s recent resumption of ties with Syria and Iran.
Europe

Putin, MbS discuss trade ties, cooperation within OPEC

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed cooperation within the OPEC+ during a phone call on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Kremlin.
Middle East

Blinken meets with MbS in Jeddah, Saudi-Israel normalization on agenda

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, a State Department spokesperson has confirmed, the latest step toward “rapprochement between the Biden administration and Saudi’s de facto leader.”
Middle East

Saudi Crown Prince meets Venezuelan president, discusses bilateral ties

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Tuesday. The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and explored various ways of enhancing cooperation in all fields.
Middle East

Venezuela’s Maduro begins official visit to Saudi Arabia

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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Saudi Arabia for an official visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties with Riyadh.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says to slash oil output by 1 million barrels a day from July

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Saudi Arabia announced the decision to expand voluntary cuts to its crude oil output from July in a bid to help efforts to reinforce global oil prices. The rest of the OPEC+ oil producers have already agreed to extend earlier cuts in supply through the end of 2024.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes 3 men over terror charges

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Saudi Arabia announced the execution of three men in the Shia-populated Eastern Region for “joining a terrorist cell, possessing weapons and armed assault on security centers and security men."
Americas

Top US diplomat Blinken due in Saudi Arabia within days

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia next week, his first trip to the kingdom since Tehran and Riyadh agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
Middle East

Young Saudi woman sentenced to more than 30 years in prison over tweets on human rights

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A Saudi woman has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison for anonymously tweeting about political prisoners, women's rights and unemployment in the kingdom, the UK-based rights group Alqst has told Middle East Eye.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahrainis over terror charges

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Saudi Arabia has executed  two Bahrainis convicted of "plotting terrorist operations", the Saudi Interior Ministry has announced, raising the number of similar executions to nine this month.
Middle East

FT: Saudi Arabia in talks to join BRICS bank

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The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group of major emerging economies is currently in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the kingdom as its tenth member, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
Middle East

Saudi team in Syria to discuss reopening of embassy

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A Saudi technical team arrived in Syria on Saturday to discuss the reopening of Riyadh’s embassy in Damascus, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Asia

Saudi Arabia and Egypt looking to purchase Chinese weapons

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Beijing is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia and Egypt to sell the two Arab states a variety of new arms, including the Chengdu J-10C, the fighter jet that forms the backbone of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Middle East

Houthi chief: Saudi Arabia can ensure peace for itself by stopping hostilities against Yemen

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Leader of Yemen's Houthi movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says Saudi Arabia can only secure peace for itself by stopping its hostilities against Yemen and lifting a blockade that it has been exercising alongside its allies against the war-torn country.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia executes 3 Shia youths

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Saudi authorities have executed three young men from the Shia-populated Qatif region on charges of involvement in sabotage activities.
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