It is not for nothing that Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), a young and ambitious son of the Saudi King, is considered to be the most powerful, though controversial, leader in the Gulf region nowadays. Having become a crown prince, bin Salman set himself the seemingly unachievable task of transforming the international image of Saudi Arabia as an extremely conservative and religious country into the image of a modern state pursuing progressive agenda.

29-12-2019 admin 462 0

Rising tensions between the two active players in the Gulf - Saudi Arabia and the UAE - promise to become a significant factor that would alter the geopolitical landscape of the region. Both states, while officially praising their brotherhood ties and relations of mutual respect, have de-facto transformed into «frenemies», who divide the bordering countries into influence zones.

10-12-2019 admin 1607 0

The development of the situation in Saudi Arabia and around this Kingdom for the last time remains unstable. This is due to the differences within the Saudi political elite due to external, internal and military policy, questions of succession, the deterioration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the fall in oil prices. In General, it should be noted that the development and dynamics of socio-political situation in this country is under the influence of both internal and external factors the relationship of which determines trends in the formation of the situation one way or the other sides of the development.

14-11-2019 admin 2193 0

As reported earlier haqqin.az, the king of Saudi Arabia Salman al Saud has appointed his son, Abdul Aziz bin Salman, the Minister of energy. First this post is a member of the Royal family. He will be the main protagonist and visionary of the reduction of oil production on 12 September at the meeting of the monitoring Committee of the OPEC in Abu Dhabi.

12-09-2019 Pankratenko Igor N. 686 0

Drones carrying explosives attacked two pump stations on Saudi Aramco pipeline "East — West". Riyadh was forced to stop pumping.

14-05-2019 admin 923 0

The situation in the Persian Gulf was on the verge of military conflict. On the eve of the four tankers that were near the territorial waters of the UAE, has been attacked by unknown forces. A few days before this, the US warned of a possible Iranian attacks on commercial and military vessels. However, in Iran as in Arab countries of the region, expressed concern about the incident. Through the Strait of Hormuz, at the entrance to which was committed the attack, it takes about 30% of the marine oil trade. Against this background, oil prices have risen sharply.

14-05-2019 admin 937 0

The government of Saudi Arabia announced today, may 13, that two oil tankers Kingdom was among the vessels that have been "sabotage attack" on the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Riyadh called the incident "an attempt to undermine the security of global oil supplies," reports Reuters.

13-05-2019 admin 837 0

On Saturday evening, December 8, at the time of the negotiations under the auspices of the UN, the United States along with Russia and Saudi Arabia rejected the arguments of climatologists, triggering outrage delegates, who are convinced of the need to take urgent measures to rescue their countries.

25-12-2018 admin 1395 0

Sanctions against Iran, the negotiations over the Kuril Islands, "the Case of Khashoggi" and the Taliban negotiations with the Afghan government in the framework of the "Moscow format" discussed with the Russian political scientist, doctor of political Sciences, Deputy General Director of the Center for strategic estimates and projections by Igor Pankratenko.

28-11-2018 admin 1969 0

Young woman day 2 Oct waited patiently for her groom near the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. "An hour, and a half – he told her before stepping over carefully guarded, barbed wire and stuffed with systems of tracking the perimeter. And we'll go to our new apartment, tomorrow there will bring the furniture, it would be necessary again to figure out what and where we will fight."

22-10-2018 Pankratenko Igor N. 1098 0