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Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Fabinho yesterday joined Saudi champions Al-Ittihad on a three-year deal. Al-Ittihad said on X, formerly Twitter, that the 29-year-old signed a contract until 2026 with the Jeddah club to join French stars Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante and Portuguese winger Jota. "Today I leave my home. It's been five years wearing this […]
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Liverpool midfielder Fabinho moves to Saudi’s Al-Ittihad
August 1st, 2023 
Awake Goy 
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No Comments »Saudi’s “New Oil” Change Pushing for Multipolarity With China
July 26th, 2023 Awake Goy Termed Saudi’s “new oil” industry, tourism ranks very high on Riyadh’s Vision 2030 strategic plan for the country’s economic transformation away from reliance on oil as the major source of revenue. According to the plan, the Saudis aim to raise about US$46 billion annually from tourism by the end of this decade, i.e., by 2030. […]
Posted in Middle East, saudi-arabia Tags: change, china, multipolarity, pushing, Saudi No Comments »Tunisia, Saudi Arabia sign $500m loan deal
July 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy The governments of Tunisia and Saudi Arabia signed a soft loan agreement worth $400 million and a financial grant of $100 million offered by Riyadh to help mitigate Tunis' budget deficit. This came at a time when Tunisia is facing a budget deficit crisis and a decline in foreign investments. The Tunisian radio reported that […]
Posted in Middle East, News, russia, saudi-arabia, ukraine Tags: arabia, s500m, Saudi, Tunisia No Comments »Israel and Saudi Arabia – Will it be against or for the agreement?
July 20th, 2023 Awake Goy Relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia remain far from being stable. Meanwhile, Riyadh and Tel Aviv, despite the Arab-Jewish confrontation, had in fact maintained informal relations until 1967. This conflict was marked by the presence of a common antagonist in Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who backed the Republicans in Yemen’s civil war against the […]
Minister: Saudi supplies Japan with 40% of its oil needs
July 17th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman said yesterday that since 2021, the kingdom has become the largest oil supplier to Japan, fulfilling 40 per cent of its total needs, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ahead of the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the kingdom yesterday, the minister said the kingdom […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia Tags: Japan, Minister, needs, Saudi, supplies No Comments »UK invites Saudi Crown Prince for official visit, in first since Khashoggi killing
July 16th, 2023 Awake Goy The United Kingdom has invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for an official visit to the country, in the latest move by Western states to bring the kingdom back into the diplomatic fold amid a series of human rights concerns. The invitation, first reported by the Financial Times, is likely to see the […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia, us Tags: crown, first, invites, official, prince, Saudi, visit No Comments »Saudi Arabia: Policies Appropriate for the 21st Century
July 15th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabia has recently gained popularity with many countries wanting to improve their political and financial status, ranging from Tehran and Washington to London, Paris, and Tel Aviv. And they are all inspired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s incredibly effective policy, which is gaining fame and recognition by the day. His policy […]
Posted in Middle East, saudi-arabia Tags: appropriate, arabia, century, policies, Saudi No Comments »Recent Saudi Arabian, Russian supply cuts reflect demand concerns
July 9th, 2023 Awake Goy The recent decision by Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend existing crude oil supply cuts did not have the expected effect on prices, but analysts said the limited increase in prices reflects demand-based worries by investors, reports Anadolu Agency. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, announced its intention Monday to unilaterally extend […]
Posted in Middle East, News, russia, saudi-arabia, us Tags: arabian, demand, recent, reflect, russian, Saudi, supply No Comments »Saudi Arabia refuses to allow Israel to attend UNESCO meeting
June 30th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabia has so far refused to sign a document committing to free access to all UNESCO members for the World Heritage Committee's meeting in September, with the issue of allowing Israeli officials to enter the country as the main sticking point, Axios quoted informed Israeli officials and Western diplomats as saying. According to the site, Western […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia, us Tags: allow, arabia, attend, israel, refuses, Saudi, unesco No Comments »Saudi: Playing Big Powers for Maximum Gains
June 29th, 2023 Awake Goy There is no doubt that today’s world is very different from what it was less than a decade ago, with the military conflict in Ukraine turning out to be a shock that has not only triggered changes in global geopolitics but also in geoeconomics most evident in the form of the way the global oil […]
US, Saudi Arabia hold joint military drill
June 11th, 2023 Awake Goy Air forces from Saudi Arabia and the United States held a joint military exercise on Saturday, according to the kingdom's defense ministry, Anadolu reports. A ministry statement said the drill, held at the King Faisal Air Base in northwestern Saudi Arabia, aims to raise the level of joint action and maintain security and stability in […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia, us Tags: arabia, drill, joint, military, Saudi No Comments »Saudi Arabia expects ‘exceptional, safe’ Hajj pilgrimage
June 11th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabia said Saturday it expects an "exceptional" and "safe" Hajj pilgrimage this year, Anadolu reports. "All preparations bode well. We are optimistic about this Hajj season," Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, told the state-run Al-Ekhbariya television channel. He said this year's Hajj pilgrimage […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia Tags: arabia, exceptional, expects, pilgrimage, Saudi 1 Comment »Qatar, Saudi discuss strengthening military ties
June 5th, 2023 Awake Goy Qatari Defence Minister, Khalid Al-Attiyah, yesterday discussed strengthening military relations with Saudi Arabia with the kingdom’s Assistant Defence Minister, Talal Al-Otaibi. The discussion came during a meeting that brought both officials together in Singapore. The Saudi Defence Ministry said in a statement that the two officials had discussed “topics of common interest, as well as ways to […]
Posted in Middle East, News, qatar, saudi-arabia Tags: discuss, military, Qatar, Saudi, strengthening No Comments »Saudi Arabia Is Slashing Oil Supply — And It Could Mean Higher Gas Prices For US Drivers
June 5th, 2023 Awake Goy FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher. The Saudi cut of 1 million barrels […]
Saudi Arabia cuts production to boost oil prices
June 5th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabia, an OPEC heavyweight, decided on Sunday to make a further cut in production in the hope of boosting slumping oil prices, against an economic backdrop overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. This voluntary reduction of around one million barrels a day applies from July and “may be extended”, Saudi Prince Abdelaziz ben Salmane […]
Saudi FM attends ‘BRICS Friends’ meeting in Cape Town
June 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy June 02 2023 (Photo Credit: AP) More than 20 nations, including Iran, Syria, and Venezuela, have expressed interest in joining the economic bloc By News Desk The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia took part in a ministerial meeting of the BRICS economic bloc in Cape Town, South Africa, on 1 June, for discussions that included […]
Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman to form joint naval force under China auspices: Report
June 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy Friday, 02 June 2023 10:37 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 02 June 2023 10:37 PM ] File photo of an Iranian destroyer in the Persian Gulf (Photo by Tasnim News Agency) A Qatari website has reported that Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman are to form a joint naval force under China’s auspices towards enhancing maritime […]
Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers meet in Cape Town
June 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia held talks on Friday on the sidelines of the “Friends of BRICS” meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian that that he will soon visit Iran, Tehran […]
Saudi executes fourth detainee in less than 24 hours
May 24th, 2023 Awake Goy The Saudi Interior Ministry yesterday announced that it had carried out the death penalty against Ahmed Al Badr, who is from the Shia minority in the east of the country, making him the fourth detainee to be executed in less than 24 hours. The ministry explained that Al Badr was found guilty of “communicating with […]
Posted in Middle East, News, saudi-arabia Tags: detainee, executes, fourth, hours, Saudi No Comments »Washington Wooing Saudi Against China’s Gulf Dominance
May 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy The recent China-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran has really shaken Washington’s understanding of the reach of China’s global geopolitical clout. China’s active diplomacy announced, yet again, a formal end of Beijing’s long-cherished policy of ‘non-interference.’ Beijing is now actively intervening, although diplomatically and not militarily, across the world to remove various geopolitical blockades […]
Why did Jake Sullivan fly to Saudi Arabia?
May 22nd, 2023 Awake Goy The unconditional further strengthening of Saudi Arabia’s authority and influence in the Middle East in the recent period has significantly increased the general interest in developing relations with the kingdom. This is especially true of the “beacon of democracy,” the United States, and its closest ally in the Middle East, Israel. Ten years ago, in […]
Yemen warns Saudi Arabia against ‘procrastinating’ ending war
May 16th, 2023 Awake Goy May 15 2023 The Yemeni official also lauded the resistance’s recent victory against Israel, and warned the coalition that Tel Aviv cannot protect it ByNews Desk During a march of solidarity with the Palestinian people on 14 May, a member of the Sanaa government’s Supreme Political Council, Muhammad Ali al-Houthi, accused the Saudi-led coalition of “procrastinating” with […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: against, arabia, ending, procrastinating, Saudi, warns, Yemen No Comments »No, Saudi Arabia did NOT do 9/11
April 27th, 2023 Awake Goy The bombshell 911 news this past week, is that a freshly-published court filing from Jul 2021, has revealed at least two of the 19 alleged “hijackers” may have been recruited by the CIA. Now this isn’t exactly “news”, after all it has long since been established that the CIA, FBI and/or any other … Source
Saudi Foreign Minister visits Assad, further easing Syria isolation
April 19th, 2023 Awake Goy Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, received Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported, in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria's decade-long regional isolation, Reuters reports. Bin Farhan landed earlier on Tuesday for the first visit of a top Saudi diplomat to Damascus since ties were ruptured […]
Posted in Iraq, jordan, Middle East, News, russia, saudi-arabia, Syria Tags: Assad, easing, foreign, further, Minister, Saudi, visits No Comments »SDSs from Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia may enter Iran
April 18th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management, has said new sources of sand and dust storms, originating from Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia may enter Iran. Source
Ramadan Deal Sees More Than 350 Yemenis Liberated from Saudi Prisons
April 16th, 2023 Awake Goy April 15, 2023 A flight carrying Yemeni detainees from Saudi Arabia on Saturday heading for Yemen’s capital Sanaa has arrived as part of a large-scale, multi-day exchange that comes as peace talks have raised hopes for an end to Yemen’s eight-year-old war. On Friday, 318 prisoners were transported on four flights between government-controlled Aden and the […]
Saudi Arabia in keeping with the Politics of a Multipolar World
April 14th, 2023 Awake Goy Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, who is effectively the kingdom’s leader due to his father the king’s late age, has pursued a strong foreign policy, both regionally and globally. China arranged an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, easing long-standing tensions between the two countries. The decision surely validates expectations […]
Posted in Middle East, saudi-arabia Tags: arabia, keeping, multipolar, politics, Saudi, world No Comments »Iranian Quran reciter Yunes Shahmoradi tops at Saudi Arabian competition
April 9th, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iranian Quran reciter Yunes Shahmoradi has taken first place in the recitation category at the Otr Elkalam International Competition, which is organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: arabian, iranian, quran, reciter, Saudi, shahmoradi, yunes No Comments »Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win
April 8th, 2023 Awake Goy April 07 2023 The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions. By Pepe Escobar The idea that History has an endpoint, as promoted by clueless neoconservatives in the unipolar 1990s, is flawed, as it is in an endless process of […]
Why Masks Depicting England’s Guy Fawkes Were Banned in Saudi Arabia
April 7th, 2023 Awake Goy With its highly-stylized moustache, the so-called Anonymous mask has featured in multiple protests across the globe. Described by the Fair Observer as “a staple of anti-authoritarian activist iconography,” the mask has been present at events in Moscow, London and Egypt’s Tahrir Square. Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Source
