Saudi Arabia

  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 2 min read

Riyadh signals intent to buy time in attack response

The foreign ministry says it will invite foreign experts to conduct an investigation into attacks on oil facilities

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 7 min read

Drone strike deals a blow to Saudi energy ambitions

An attack on an oil facility comes in the context of energy sector reforms aimed at facilitating a sale of Aramco shares

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Riyadh will likely respond cautiously to drone strike

Trump said the United States could retaliate over an attack on Saudi oil facilities, depending on Riyadh's assessment

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 13, 2019
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Saudi pressure may fail to curtail Iraqi oil output

Riyadh has urged OPEC members to abide by production cuts, which Baghdad (a chronic overproducer) has promised to do

Iraq
  • Sep 11, 2019
  • 7 min read

Yemen’s Huthis will use Saudi raids to push for a deal

Yemen’s Huthis and allied forces have stepped up the intensity of cross-border attacks on targets inside Saudi Arabia

Yemen
  • Sep 10, 2019
  • 2 min read

Riyadh may lean on investors to boost Aramco valuation

State-owned oil firm Aramco is planning a small IPO on the local stock market ahead of an international offering

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 9, 2019
  • 2 min read

Saudi reshuffle is a double-edged sword for Aramco IPO

Energy minister Khalid al-Falih has been replaced by Prince Abdelaziz as Riyadh pushes ahead with an Aramco share sale

Saudi Arabia
  • Sep 5, 2019
  • 2 min read

Despite talks, south Yemeni separatists are digging in

Indirect talks reportedly began in Jeddah between the internationally-recognised government and southern separatists

Yemen