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  • The Return of Dhari

    This holiday week saw the effective return, or at least rehabilitation, of Saud al-Qahtani, once deemed “the loudest and most visible Saudi official” online or off. This came as part of a round of verdicts announced in the trial of those accused of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs made […]

    Andrew Leber

    December 26, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Khashoggi, MBS, Qahtani, Saudi Arabia, Twitter
  • بينساكولا وعزل الرئيس الأمريكي ألخ

    بينساكولا اشتباك سعودي مع مدرب. تواصل هيئة التحقيقات الفدرالية إجراء المقابلات مع الجميع في قاعدة بنساكولا البحرية الجوية التي ربما تكون ذات الصلة… بالملازم الثاني محمد الشمراني، وقد ظهر تقرير جديد أن المتدرب السعودي قدم شكوى رسمية في وقت سابق من هذا العام ضد أحد مدربيه، الذي سبب “غضبًا” في محمد الشمراني باستخدام المدرب لقب […]

    Andrew Leber

    December 23, 2019
    Uncategorized
  • Aramco, Pensacola, Etc.

    Pensacola Shooting After a Saudi graduate student opened fired on a U.S. Naval base Pensacola, with a handgun purchased inside Florida, condemnations rolled in across Twitter and the Kingdom’s op-ed pages. The unanimity of the Saudi people, government, and King in condemning this cowardly criminal act, committed by a citizen of the Kingdom against a […]

    Andrew Leber

    December 17, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Aramco, IPO, KSA, Pensacola, Saudi Arabia
  • Iran, Aramco, and Other Things

    Iran Iran has been a consistent topic of discussion in recent weeks, owing to the framing of uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq as anti-Iranian revolts, protests within Iran itself, and lengthy investigations involving leaked documents that ran in the NYT and the Intercept this past week. The protests within Iran were a “Red Card for […]

    Andrew Leber

    November 23, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Aramco, IPO, Iran, Qatar, Saudi
  • Riyadh Agreement and Aramco IPO (11/4 to 11/11)

    Riyadh Agreement One of the top stories for local media and commentary was the signing of the Riyadh Agreement, which “ended a three-month standoff that threatened to split the anti-Huthi bloc.” (Peter Salisbury, ICG). A wide range of commentary presented this is a major diplomatic triumph for the Kingdom: Yemen could have been tossed into […]

    Andrew Leber

    November 9, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Aramco, KSA, Riyadh Agreement, Saudi Arabia, STC, Yemen
  • الرئيس ترامب وموقع تويتر

    لم أقدم شيئا باللغة العربية منذ فترة ولكني ظننت أن السلسلة التحقيقة المقدمة من صحيفة النيو يورك تايمز حول استخدام الرئيس ترامب لموقع تتويتر قد يهم البعض. وهي تتكون من 3 أجزاء أترجم اقتباسات منها واحد تلو الاخر في الايام القادمة 1 – في حساب ترامب لتويتر: مؤامرات والعنصريين والجواسيس قام السيد ترامب بإعادة تغريد […]

    Andrew Leber

    November 4, 2019
    Uncategorized
    تويتر, ترامب
  • Lebanon, al-Baghdadi, Other Items

    Protests in Lebanon A number of Saudi op-eds over the past two weeks have focused on the ongoing protests in Lebanon – mainly focused on the complete lack of credibility of Lebanon’s political class with protesters, but with much commentary also highlighting (to various degrees) the implications for Hizbullah and its relationship with Iran. Okaz […]

    Andrew Leber

    November 1, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Baghdadi, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
  • Russia, Turkey, L. Paul Bremer III

    Saudi-Russia Ties A fair bit of commentary in Okaz on the Kingdom diversifying its relationships by strengthening ties to Russia – to be updated as more comes in. Update [10/17/2019]: Key Themes of Commentary: The Kingdom pursues a flexible foreign policy that balances old relationships with new, pragmatic engagements – explicitly mentioning the U.S. relationship […]

    Andrew Leber

    October 14, 2019
    Uncategorized
    KSA, MBS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
  • CBS, MBS and Un-aired Excerpts

    Much of the domestic media/social media scene has been abuzz with anticipation of, and then coverage of, the Crown Prince’s appearance on CBS for an extended interview with Norah O’Donnell – Al-Watan provided a full run-down of topics raised in past interviews with Western media outlets. Of the three main topics covered (Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, […]

    Andrew Leber

    October 4, 2019
    Uncategorized
    CBS, Crown Prince, MBS, Saudi Arabia
  • Attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais, Continued

    There has been a lot of back-and-forth in the Saudi press about what’s happening with respect to Abqaiq and Iran, although coverage has understandably focused more on Aramco claims of swiftly restoring production than concerns that it will take considerable time to fully repair the severe damage to facilities. This in turn has led some […]

    Andrew Leber

    September 27, 2019
    Uncategorized
    Abqaiq, Aramco, Saudi Arabia, United States
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