NEOM: Saudi Arabia's Trillion-Dollar Vision Complicated by Missteps and Thousands of Missing Workers
As the clock ticks closer to the end of the decade, it seems that Saudi Arabia might not become the Middle East's futuristic powerhouse anytime soon
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As the clock ticks closer to the end of the decade, it seems that Saudi Arabia might not become the Middle East's futuristic powerhouse anytime soon
The US and UK had sought to seize the frozen sovereign funds.
Saudi Arabia says at least 1,301 people have died during the Hajj pilgrimage so far this year, blaming the vast majority of the deaths on extreme heat.
Recent rumors about the expiration of a 50-year-old "petrodollar" agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia, though false, highlight the system's gradual decline.
Saudi Arabia has appointed its first ambassador to Syria since the kingdom closed its embassy in Damascus in 2012 after widespread foreign-backed terrorism and violence in the country.