
Saudi Aramco's IPO Will Not Save Kingdom
• https://www.zerohedge.comSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has staked his country's future on selling a 5% stake in Saudi Aramco, the most valuable asset it has.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has staked his country's future on selling a 5% stake in Saudi Aramco, the most valuable asset it has.
Crown Prince Mohamad bin Salman is once again making the rounds and unceremoniously shaking down his country's elite - this time by asking them to commit to anchor investments in the Aramco IPO, one of the largest offerings ever.
A section of Iran's sprawling Abadan oil refinery in the southwest of the country went up in flames Saturday, and state media sources reported the emergency was under control as of Sunday morning.
When a still-bewildered General Earl Charles Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to George Washington and to the Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown in 1781, according to legend...
A bear market is roaring in Saudi Arabia, as local stock indexes fell sharply on Tuesday, with energy, financials, and basic materials taking the brunt of the selling.
-as Russian President starts first visit for a decade amid rising tensions between kingdom and Moscow's ally Iran
Monday: Want to bring back US forces engaged in endless wars:
The U.S. military is significantly increasing troop deployments to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Friday, announcing that 3,000 American personnel...
The Saudis weren't alone in suffering this defeat, either. The Houthis reported that a number of Pakistanis, Iraqis, and Sudanese, who they labeled "mercenaries," were also captured in the operation. They also made mention of Yemenis who had
The Pentagon is sending about 2,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia, including squadrons of fighter jets and air defense missile batteries, Defense Department officials said Friday, according to Politico.
The Yemeni Shiites, the Houthis, immediately claimed credit for the attack, saying they sent some ten "suicide drones" to the major Saudi oilfields and processing center. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, immediately and without a shred of evid
The debate over what actually occurred on 9/11 and, more to the point, who might have been behind it, continues to preoccupy many observers worldwide.
Foreign influence and lobbying spending targeting the United States on behalf of Saudi Arabia's interests has grown precipitously in the year since the death of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.
Over the past two decades, Israel and Arab Gulf monarchies have forged a tacit partnership, increasingly aligning their interests and agendas, while hiding behind a public perception of being enemies.
The debate over what actually occurred on 9/11 and, more to the point, who might have been behind it, continues to preoccupy many observers worldwide.
Tensions have been rising since the attack of Saudi Arabia's oil field which has been blamed on Iran. Now, "cybersecurity experts have detected an uptick in Iranian movement – and they contend it aims to both guard their nation against retaliat
Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication.
3 Saudi brigades killed or captured, including armored vehicles
The Saudi military appears to have suffered an historic defeat with a Houthi trap capturing up to three Saudi brigades. Houthis claim 500 Saudi fighters killed and 2,000 Saudi fighters captured. Houthi footage appears to show Saudi jets bombing long
Something curious is happening in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Another Yemeni Houthi missile or drone attack, or a local accident?
Dr. Paul Begley was the first to report the start of the war between Saudi Arabia and Iran and it is not going well for Saudi Arabia. My military sources tell me that it won't be long until we are bombing Iran, likely with cruise missles to start. He
It's haunting how accurately our first president predicted our "foreign entanglements" with Riyadh.
Already helped by reports of a partial Saudi cease-fire with Yemen, oil prices have legged lower - erasing all the price gains since the Saudi-attack - on the back on a Reuters report saying that US offered to remove all Iranian sanctions in exchange
The U.S. is sending one Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Thursday, in what officials describe as the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself against Iranian attacks.
Now that I've had a week to process it, the attack on the Saudi Abqaiq oil processing facility was more than a brilliant operation, it was a trap.
President Trump deserves credit for resisting the war cries from neocons like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after last week's attack on two Saudi oil facilities.
In response to the attack on Saudi oil facilities Trump is sending US troops to defend Saudi Arabia. Is this a good use of the US military?
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: September 16 - Damage At Saudi Oil Plant Points To Well Targeted Swarm Attack September 19 - The Crisis Over The Attack On Saudi Oil Infrastructure Is Over - We Now Wait For the Next One September 21 - U.S. Sh
Assume Iran is responsible for the attack on Saudi Arabia. Was it justified?