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Riyadh threatens Moscow in Sochi

Bandar bin Sultan, the head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Department (GID), will cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics [...]

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 05.02.2014

Lebanon: Paris plays down Saudi gift

Since Saudi Arabia announced that it was going to fund French equipment for the Lebanese army to the tune of $3 billion, Paris has been trying to reassure Hezbollah, which opposes the arrangement.

Subscribers only 22.01.2014

Bandar bin Sultan

Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's very Syria-implicated head of intelligence, [...]

Subscribers only 22.01.2014

The GID

The GID, Saudi Arabia's external intelligence service, is increasingly dependant [...]

Subscribers only 22.01.2014

Hollande returns empty-handed from Riyadh

The spectacular rapprochement between France's Socialist government and Saudi Arabia (IOL 695) has yet to translate into actual business deals.

Subscribers only 08.01.2014

Mohamed Bin Laden

Mohamed Bin Laden, the Saudi business lawyer who was awarded [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.01.2014

Saad Hariri

Saad Hariri, the head of Lebanon's Future Movement, was invited [...]

Subscribers only 08.01.2014

Nayefs win face-off with king

Interior Minister Mohamed bin Nayef managed to have his way [...]

Subscribers only Defence 08.01.2014

Mujtahidd, our reader in Riyadh

The anonymous online opposition figure who attacks Saudi Arabia's ruling [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.01.2014

Saudi Arabia boxed into corner

Not only are Riyadh's relations with its Western partners increasingly distant - with the singular exception of France- the country is also becoming more isolated from its neighbours.

Subscribers only 18.12.2013

The General Security Service

The General Security Service, the Saudi Arabian interior ministry's intelligence [...]

Subscribers only 18.12.2013

Shi'ite attacks claimed

Following a first round of bombing on November 21, the [...]

Subscribers only Defence 18.12.2013

Riyadh's man heads Pakistan military

General Raheel Sharif, who took over as head of Pakistan's armed forces on November 27, was Saudi Arabia's choice for [...]

Subscribers only Defence 04.12.2013

Al-Thomad, private ambassador to the Saudi court

Owned by the brothers of King Abdullah's influential chief of staff Khaled Al-Tuwaijri, the Saudi conglomerate Al-Thomad is a favourite partner for foreign groups.

Subscribers only 04.12.2013

Brennan snubs Bandar

At odds over Syria, the communication lines are severed between the heads of U.S. and Saudi foreign intelligence.

Subscribers only 20.11.2013

New golden age for bodyguards

The revival of close ties between Saudi Arabia and France has prompted members of the royal family to start visiting [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 20.11.2013

Washington plays Nayef off against Bandar

In open conflict with prince Bandar bin Sultan concerning Syria [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 20.11.2013

Spotlight | Persian Gulf
Discreet race for drones

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are going all-out to equip themselves with armed drones, in case the US and Iran reconcile, to their cost (IOL 696). Tehran's own drone programmes are fairly well advanced and the Gulf monarchies [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 20.11.2013

GID's secret war in Sistan, Iran

Now embarking on its own clandestine operations without consulting the US, Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) is egging on Sunni militants in eastern Iran.

Subscribers only 06.11.2013

Painful times for Cassidian

Strained for some years, relations between Saudi Arabia's Interior ministry [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.11.2013

EDF's ill-timed fight in Saudi Arabia

On the eve of a bid for nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, French energy giant EDF finds itself in arbitration with its former partner in the kingdom.

Subscribers only 23.10.2013

Saudis leave bodyguards in lurch

Ronange, the private security agency founded in 2005 by Frenchman Marc Le Loeuff which specializes in close protection for Middle [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 23.10.2013

Abdallah bin Abdulaziz

Abdallah bin Abdulaziz is critically ill. In any event, that [...]

Subscribers only 23.10.2013

Bandar bin Sultan

Bandar bin Sultan, chief of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate [...]

Subscribers only 23.10.2013

Abdullah makes peace with Sultan clan

The Saudi king has made peace with the descendants of the late Sultan bin Abdulaziz, after six months of bitter feuding.

Subscribers only 25.09.2013

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All articles - Saudi Arabia

Riyadh threatens Moscow in Sochi

Lebanon: Paris plays down Saudi gift

Bandar bin Sultan

The GID

Hollande returns empty-handed from Riyadh

Mohamed Bin Laden

Saad Hariri

Nayefs win face-off with king

Mujtahidd, our reader in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia boxed into corner

The General Security Service

Shi'ite attacks claimed

Riyadh's man heads Pakistan military

Al-Thomad, private ambassador to the Saudi court

Brennan snubs Bandar

New golden age for bodyguards

Washington plays Nayef off against Bandar

Spotlight | Persian Gulf
Discreet race for drones

GID's secret war in Sistan, Iran

Painful times for Cassidian

EDF's ill-timed fight in Saudi Arabia

Saudis leave bodyguards in lurch

Abdallah bin Abdulaziz

Bandar bin Sultan

Abdullah makes peace with Sultan clan

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Riyadh threatens Moscow in Sochi

Lebanon: Paris plays down Saudi gift

Bandar bin Sultan

The GID

Hollande returns empty-handed from Riyadh

Mohamed Bin Laden

Saad Hariri

Nayefs win face-off with king

Mujtahidd, our reader in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia boxed into corner

The General Security Service

Shi'ite attacks claimed

Riyadh's man heads Pakistan military

Al-Thomad, private ambassador to the Saudi court

Brennan snubs Bandar

New golden age for bodyguards

Washington plays Nayef off against Bandar

Spotlight | Persian Gulf Discreet race for drones

GID's secret war in Sistan, Iran

Painful times for Cassidian

EDF's ill-timed fight in Saudi Arabia

Saudis leave bodyguards in lurch

Abdallah bin Abdulaziz

Bandar bin Sultan

Abdullah makes peace with Sultan clan

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Discreet race for drones