Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan has left the country for medical treatment. The king has also relieved a key prince from this duties as head of the prime-minister’s court....
Saudi Arabia has passed new labour laws aimed at increasing local employment and restricting expatriate employment....
The killing of Saudi terrorist Osama Bin Laden will likely have implications for Yemen and the GCC, including Saudi Arabia....
Saudi Arabia passed harsh media laws that are seen as a direct threat to the country’s reformist journalists....
The Eastern Province has seen increasing tensions and with the events deteriorating in Bahrain, it is expected that the Eastern Province will witness greater unrest in the coming days....
Saudi Arabian King Abdullah has announced a massive aid package in an apparent bid to mitigate risks of growing unrest....
Unprecedented demonstrations were reported in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jeddah after deaths were reported as a result of flooding....
Stock markets across the GCC have tumbled as a result of the demonstrations in Egypt....
The increase of oil price to over US$ 90 per barrel is a positive development for all GCC states and Yemen....
The US diplomatic cables published by wikileaks is likely to increase the risk of Iranian or Shiite attacks against some GCC states, who are claimed to have pushed the US to bomb Iran....
Saudi Arabia is bracing for a period of power struggle between and within the first and second generation princes....
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah’s health has exposed the issue of power succession....
An edict by Saudi King Abdullah to control the issue of fatwas in the country will be an important step to regularizing the issuance of fatwas, many of which used by Al Qaeda terrorists....
Saudi’s announced five-year development plan is a very good step in helping diversify the economy and address the growing concern of an increasingly impoverished local population....
The call by an Al Qaeda Saudi leader reaffirms the organization’s position calling their supporters to kill Christians and Saudi royals....
The Saudi determination to reform and modernize the judicial system through the codification of Sharia law is a very positive step in reforming the country....
Allegations in the Iranian and Israeli press that Saudi Arabia is cooperating with Israel on possible attack against Iran will raise tensions between the Saudi government and Shiites....
News that Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran will threaten the internal stability of the Kingdom, even though Saudi Arabia has denied the reports....
The resignation of prominent Saudi reform writer Jamal Khashoggi confirms recent indications that the Saudi authorities are slowing down the reforms they have started....
Saudi Arabia has indicated that it plans to move to allowing indirect foreign investment in its stock market, Tadawul....