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...Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, told a Middle East conference in November that Washington was “significantly enhancing Saudi Arabia’s ability to defend itself”....
...The imminent release of a US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi will serve as the first big test of the Biden administration’s promise to recalibrate relations...
...Last week Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, spoke to Prince Mohammed, who is among other things the Saudi minister of defence....
...AZB & Partners has promoted Qais Jamal to partnership and added Aditya Periwal as a partner in the general corporate and infrastructure practice. Periwal was formerly at L&L Partners....
...Sidley Austin elected 30 new partners. See the list here. US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice named Gregory Laï as a partner based in London....
...Saudi officials have said they will take the “necessary measures” if peace efforts — led by Jamal Benomar, UN envoy, in Sana’a — fail....
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