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andrewmleber
Dec 21, 20224 min read
الأخبار: نوفيمبر و ديسيمبر 2022
بعض الملاحظات من الصحف الأمريكية حول الشأن السعودي وقضايا ذات الصلة السياسات والسياس Save translation فيضان جدة هرع عمال البلدية في مدينة...
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andrewmleber
Jan 6, 202114 min read
43 Months of Qatar Crisis Op-eds
Looking back at 43 months of articles on the Qatar Crisis from Al-Sharq al-Aawsat‘s Abdelrahman al-Rashed, a few quick takeaways (and, if...
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andrewmleber
Oct 21, 202011 min read
Popular Boycott of Turkish Goods
Symbol used for the “Boycott Turkish Goods” campaign on Twitter This all kicked off with a speech from Turkey’s President Erdogan to the...
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andrewmleber
Oct 12, 202010 min read
Bandar bin Sultan Interview (10/2020)
Bandar bin Sultan with George W Bush, 2002 (White House photo) A recent media interview by Prince Bandar bin Sultan has attracted...
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andrewmleber
May 8, 20208 min read
Workers, Finance woes, and Israel (May 1-7)
Foreign workers Saudi papers and media outlets have seen an uptick in discussions of foreign workers – probably concerns over Saudi...
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andrewmleber
Mar 9, 202011 min read
Coronavirus
COVID-19 (U.S. Department of State) Government Reactions and Commentary [Update] The government has announced a wave of flight...
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andrewmleber
Jan 30, 20209 min read
The Deal of the Century
The Palestinian Issue Through the (Very Recent) Ages First, check out Ian Black’s excellent review of GCC-Israel ties. Now, a look back...
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andrewmleber
Jan 4, 20207 min read
Qassem Suleimani
[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement,...
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andrewmleber
Dec 17, 20194 min read
Aramco, Pensacola, Etc.
” Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, US Army Central deputy commanding and Gen. Dhafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Royal Saudi Land Forces northwest...
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andrewmleber
Nov 9, 20194 min read
Riyadh Agreement and Aramco IPO (11/4 to 11/11)
Riyadh Agreement One of the top stories for local media and commentary was the signing of the Riyadh Agreement, which “ended a...
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andrewmleber
Oct 14, 20195 min read
Russia, Turkey, L. Paul Bremer III
President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, 2018. Source. Saudi-Russia Ties A fair bit of commentary in Okaz on the...
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andrewmleber
Sep 20, 20195 min read
The Eye of the Storm – Abqaiq and Khurais
Kurais oil facility, one of two sites hit by attacks last weekend, in 2017 (Source: Planet Labs, Inc.) Given the demands of other work I...
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andrewmleber
Aug 30, 20199 min read
Bridging the Gap(s)? (Updated 9/1)
UAE pilot, US-UAE joint exercises, 2012: Air Combat Command The anti-Houthi coalition has witnessed layers of recriminations over the...
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andrewmleber
Aug 27, 20194 min read
The UAE and its leadership are a red line, yet…
The latest flare-up of KSA-UAE tensions regarding Yemen appears to have come to something of a close with Dubai police chief Dhahi...
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andrewmleber
Aug 24, 201911 min read
KSA-UAE: Yemen, Hadi and the STC (8/23-25)
Saudi Arabia and the UAE A range of reporting and analysis (Tim Lister for CNN, Alex Stark at FP, Taylor Luck for CSM) has focused on the...
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