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All articles - Saudi Arabia

Salman renews nuclear pact with ISI

According to our sources, a Pakistani delegation travelled secretly to Riyadh on February 3 to reaffirm the strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia after King Salman bin Adbulaziz's accession to the throne.

Subscribers only 25.02.2015

Washington relaxes drone export rules

The Department of State announced on February 17 that it was going to facilitate US drone exports, all the better to avoid its Middle Eastern allies procuring the technology from China.

Subscribers only 25.02.2015

Fustok fails to snag SANG contract

Defence intermediary Salah Fustok's privileged relationship with the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) may be coming to an end. In [...]

Free access Corporate Intel 25.02.2015

ISI and GIP in jihadist tangle

Recent operations against jihadist groups by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are having an impact on Saudia's own operations against Iran.

Free access 11.02.2015

The GIP

The GIP Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Presidency, cancelled the visit [...]

Subscribers only 11.02.2015

French ambassador Besancenot leaving Riyadh

Bertrand Besancenot is expected to step down as the French [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 11.02.2015

National Guard's future in doubt

While its troops are heavily deployed along the country's southern [...]

Subscribers only Defence 11.02.2015

Co-operation uncovered

Recent revelations of the death of an engineer working for [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 11.02.2015

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King Salman deploys security trio

Saudi Arabia's new King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud appointed his son Mohamed bin Salman as defence minister and director of the royal court on January 23, handing him responsibility for the security woes currently facing the kingdom.

Subscribers only Defence 11.02.2015

Behind the scenes of Salman's accession

Salman bin Abdulaziz's accession to the throne took place as planned but behind the scenes it was accompanied by an epic palace battle.

Subscribers only Agencies 28.01.2015

Cameron put in place by Salman

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is furious at having been [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 28.01.2015

King Salman will rely on Mohammed bin Salman and Mohamed bin Nayef

Following last night's death of King Abdullah, his successor Salman bin Abdelaziz has begun forming a smaller governing team which [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 23.01.2015

Paris, Washington's succession choices

Western capitals are speculating about the succession of King Abdullah, who was hospitalised on December 31.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 14.01.2015

Salman brings back Sudairis

If he becomes Saudi Arabia's next monarch (see p.3), Salman bin Abdelaziz, the current defence minister, is expected to shrink [...]

Subscribers only Defence 14.01.2015

Le Drian returns almost empty-handed from Riyadh

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a brief visit to Saudi Arabia on January 4 but was unable to make headway on a number of blocked bi-lateral export projects.

Subscribers only 14.01.2015

Pretenders to throne court Obama

Despite profound disagreement between Riyadh and Washington over the crisis in Iraq and Syria, (IOL 725), the race for the [...]

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 24.12.2014

Khaled al-Tuwaijri

Khaled al-Tuwaijri, the chief of the royal court of Saudi [...]

Subscribers only 24.12.2014

COS in Saudi desert

French special forces troops recently trained in Saudi Arabia with their Saudi counterparts from the ministries of defence and interior.

Subscribers only 10.12.2014

Munich prosecutor exposes Cassidian's contacts

A German probe into alleged corruption in the award of Saudi Arabian and Romanian border defence contracts to EADS has shed light on the former subsidiary Cassidian's network of contacts.

Subscribers only 10.12.2014

Qatar's Tamim saved by…parents

The reconciliation between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours in Riyadh on November 16 was negotiated on the sidelines by the ex-Emir of Qatar and Sheikha Mozah.

Subscribers only 26.11.2014

Saad Hariri

Saad Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister who has been [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 26.11.2014

The GID

The GID, Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate, is turning increasingly [...]

Subscribers only 26.11.2014

Khaled bin Bandar

Khaled bin Bandar, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence [...]

Subscribers only 12.11.2014

GID turns to ISI for support

According to our sources, Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) is pressing Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to step up its operations against Iran.

Subscribers only 29.10.2014

GCC aiming to become sea power

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) voted unanimously for the creation of a common naval force, dubbed the Maritime Security Group [...]

Subscribers only Defence 29.10.2014

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All articles - Saudi Arabia

Salman renews nuclear pact with ISI

Washington relaxes drone export rules

Fustok fails to snag SANG contract

ISI and GIP in jihadist tangle

The GIP

French ambassador Besancenot leaving Riyadh

National Guard's future in doubt

Co-operation uncovered

Spotlight
King Salman deploys security trio

Behind the scenes of Salman's accession

Cameron put in place by Salman

King Salman will rely on Mohammed bin Salman and Mohamed bin Nayef

Paris, Washington's succession choices

Salman brings back Sudairis

Le Drian returns almost empty-handed from Riyadh

Pretenders to throne court Obama

Khaled al-Tuwaijri

COS in Saudi desert

Munich prosecutor exposes Cassidian's contacts

Qatar's Tamim saved by…parents

Saad Hariri

The GID

Khaled bin Bandar

GID turns to ISI for support

GCC aiming to become sea power

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All articles - Saudi Arabia

Salman renews nuclear pact with ISI

Washington relaxes drone export rules

Fustok fails to snag SANG contract

ISI and GIP in jihadist tangle

The GIP

French ambassador Besancenot leaving Riyadh

National Guard's future in doubt

Co-operation uncovered

Spotlight King Salman deploys security trio

Behind the scenes of Salman's accession

Cameron put in place by Salman

King Salman will rely on Mohammed bin Salman and Mohamed bin Nayef

Paris, Washington's succession choices

Salman brings back Sudairis

Le Drian returns almost empty-handed from Riyadh

Pretenders to throne court Obama

Khaled al-Tuwaijri

COS in Saudi desert

Munich prosecutor exposes Cassidian's contacts

Qatar's Tamim saved by…parents

Saad Hariri

The GID

Khaled bin Bandar

GID turns to ISI for support

GCC aiming to become sea power

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King Salman deploys security trio