Tag: KSA
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الأخبار: نوفيمبر و ديسيمبر 2022
بعض الملاحظات من الصحف الأمريكية حول الشأن السعودي وقضايا ذات الصلة السياسات والسياس Save translation فيضان جدة هرع عمال البلدية في مدينة جدة لضخ المياه وإزالة الأضرار يوم الجمعة بعد الفيضانات الناجمة عن الأمطار الغزيرة التي قتلت شخصين على الأقل وأثارت غضبًا معلنًا نادرًا من الحكومة. وفي عام 2017 ، أطلق ولي العهد السعودي الأمير…
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43 Months of Qatar Crisis Op-eds
Looking back at 43 months of articles on the Qatar Crisis from Al-Sharq al-Aawsat‘s Abdelrahman al-Rashed, a few quick takeaways (and, if you scroll down, all the articles in question – see previous post on the Deal of the Century for a similar review). As I find the time, I’ll try to add a few…
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Popular Boycott of Turkish Goods
This all kicked off with a speech from Turkey’s President Erdogan to the Turkish parliament on October 1, which included reference to: The rulers of some countries in the region [who] pursued, in self-denial, policies that do not comply with wisdom, logic, and conscience, are further deepening the crisis. Some of these countries target us…
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Bandar bin Sultan Interview (10/2020)
A recent media interview by Prince Bandar bin Sultan has attracted considerable media attention and commentary, not the least from analysts seeking to read the tea leaves about when, exactly, Saudi Arabia might normalize relations with Israel. Bandar appeared on Al-Arabiya, a station run by the MBC Group, which is in turn now controlled by…
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Workers, Finance woes, and Israel (May 1-7)
Foreign workers Saudi papers and media outlets have seen an uptick in discussions of foreign workers – probably concerns over Saudi citizens’ employment once the economy starts to open up again + reported COVID-19 cases being disproportionately among expatriate workers in the Kingdom. These have ranged from fairly neutral discussions of statistics and labor markets…
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Coronavirus
Government Reactions and Commentary [Update] The government has announced a wave of flight cancellations, although airlines have been left to fill in the details for many cases: First, several MENA destinations along with South Korea and Italy: Then several European destinations, including Germany and France as well as Turkey – cutting off 3 major routes…
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The Deal of the Century
The Palestinian Issue Through the (Very Recent) Ages First, check out Ian Black’s excellent review of GCC-Israel ties. Now, a look back at the past 5 years or so of prominent commentator Abdelrahman al-Rashed’s main articles related to Palestine and the Palestinians. From 2014 – “The Secret of Palestine’s Negotiations” I doubt that Kerry’s plan…
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Qassem Suleimani
[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement, despite implicitly referencing past Iran-associated actions as justification and motivation for the act. The Kingdom “calls for the importance of self-restraint” to avoid “aggravating the situation, with unbearable consequences.” Adel Jubeir (Minister of State for Foreign…
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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…
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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…
The Bitter Lake 