Saudi Arabia

  • Oct 8, 2019
  • 2 min read

Downgrade will fail to deter Saudi Aramco IPO plans

Fitch has downgraded Saudi Aramco’s credit rating following last month's attacks on the company’s facilities

Saudi Arabia
  • Oct 2, 2019
  • 7 min read

Qatari litigation targets reputation, not resolution

Qatar’s response to its ongoing blockade by its Gulf neighbours has been to resort to international arbitration

Qatar
  • Sep 27, 2019
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Saudi tourism aims will likely prove overambitious

Riyadh will begin offering new tourist visas with the stated aim of increasing tourism's GDP contribution from 3% to 10%

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 26, 2019
  • 7 min read

Saudi shuffles will soften oil losses

Officials are presenting a bullish outlook for how quickly oil production can be restored after an attack on facilities

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 26, 2019
  • 2 min read

Iraqi meetings reflect concern for balanced diplomacy

The prime minister visited Riyadh on the same day that the president met Iran's president at the UN General Assembly

Iraq
  • Sep 24, 2019
  • 7 min read

Saudi attack will prompt a rethink of air defences

Riyadh and others have blamed Tehran for a combined drone and missile strike that damaged key Saudi oil facilities

Iran
  • Sep 23, 2019
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New doubts over Saudi oil revival may harm credibility

Crude futures rose as fresh doubts emerge over Aramco’s optimistic prognosis on recovery from a strike on its facilities

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

US and Saudi push for UN move against Iran will fail

The United States is reportedly planning action against Iran at the UN in response to attacks on Saudi oil facilities

United States