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King Abdullah cancels Paris trip
A cluster of new financing facilities has raised well over $10bn, boosting the GCC’s project finance market
King Abdullah left Saudi Arabia on 19 June for trips – including key talks with political leaders – to Morocco, Canada, the US and France. He travelled first to Casablanca – Morocco is a favourite of Saudi royals – and then to Toronto on 25 June to attend the G20 summit. He is being accompanied by a large delegation, said to number some 200.
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The recruitment and fundraising activities of Hayla Al-Qusayir, who was captured with 113 AQAP members in March, has highlighted the vital work of women in supporting terrorist cells
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There is always something new and surprising to learn about militancy in Saudi Arabia, and Al-Qaeda’s pledge to kidnap royals and foreigners has revealed interesting features of the evolving threat
A big Saudi deal will help breathe life into the Gulf Co-operation Council project finance market, when commercial debt and export credit agency money are finalised for the $2.3bn PP11 power project in Riyadh.
King Abdullah has appointed Major General Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Ayish as commander
The US State Department’s tenth annual Trafficking in Persons report has been released. It details countries’ progress in combating trafficking
French defence minister Hervé Morin was in the Kingdom for a two-day visit in early June. He said
Lawyers believe the long fight for the release of human rights activist Sheikh Suleiman Ibrahim Al-Reshoudi is putting down markers for change and liberalisation in the Kingdom
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Recent tensions between Manama and Doha are forecast to cool following reported mediation efforts by the Saudis. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad on 27 May rang Saudi King Abdullah to thank him for helping to appoint a new Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) head, a rotating post. Sheikh Hamad also rang Bahrain’s King Hamad to praise him for accepting the Saudi initiative. Qatari premier and foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani was in Riyadh for talks with King Abdullah on 21 May.
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