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...One of Alvaruim’s shareholders is family office Dilmun, which is believed to be owned by Sheikh Jassim bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family....
...One of his close allies, Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, was given the crucial role of heading the National Guard, the elite unit responsible for protecting the ruling al-Saud family....
...As long ago as 1951, Dean Acheson, the US secretary of state, described the then King Abdul Aziz Ibn as “the best friend the United States has in the Middle East”....
...They may also reasonably ask what will happen to the deputy crown prince when his father, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, dies. The third problem is the oil price....
...Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysia’s police chief, said the men arrested in February who were suspected of links to militant groups including Isis, had plotted to attack King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud while...
...When King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, visited China in March, the Saudi monarch sealed deals worth $65bn, including schemes to develop refineries and petrochemicals plants....
...King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Prince Mohammed’s father, was one of the first leaders contacted by Mr Trump after his inauguration. “Both Washington and Riyadh hope this reset can benefit them....
...The agreement between Saudi Aramco and Petronas was signed on the second day of a visit by Saudi ruler King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud to Malaysia, who is on a multi-nation tour of the region....
...Saudi Aramco was scheduled to present a plan about its flotation, including bank appointments, to King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud for approval at the cabinet’s weekly meeting on Monday, said one banker...
...Advisers are fully aware the IPO plans are being driven by Prince Mohammed, the son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud....
...In February 1945 President Franklin Roosevelt, on his way home from the Yalta summit with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, met King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, anchored...
...When the career diplomat Adel al-Jubeir took over his post in a wider reshuffle carried out by King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in late April, Saud al-Faisal was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister...
...Bennett was acting as an agent for Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani, who is married to Sheikha Mayassa Al-Thani, sister of the emir and a keen art collector....
...Saudi Aramco’s push for a more balanced business model has been hastened by Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince and powerful son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud....
...Abdul Aziz Al-Thani, the husband of Sheikha Al-Mayassa, sister of the emir of Qatar....
...Mr Jubeir, along with Mohammed bin Nayef, the new crown prince, are seen as “well-liked” in Washington, analysts say....
...Saudi Arabia’s new leader King Salman bin Abdulaziz is rapidly re-energising his country’s stagnant foreign policy with the aim of making the kingdom once again the centre of decision-making in the Islamic...
...The Houthis accuse Mr Hadi of relying on support from al-Qaeda fighters, who operate across vast swathes of the south and east....
...“The silver lining is the potential for much needed reform,” said Abdul Aziz al-Yaqout, senior partner at Kuwaiti law firm Meysan Partners....
...Similar claims made by Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki last week were dismissed by Saudi Arabia as “malicious falsehood”....
...“Our hope is that Iran becomes a part of the effort to make the region as safe as possible,” Mr al-Faisal said....
...The US secretary of state has spent much of the past two days in Paris and London talking to Prince Saud al-Faisal, his Saudi counterpart, as the Americans try to reassure one of their closest regional allies...
...The Saudi support to Pakistan follows a mid-February visit by Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Saudi crown prince, amid suggestions that Saudi Arabia is seeking an expansion of its security ties with Pakistan...
...In 1945 Franklin Roosevelt, on his way home from the Yalta summit with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, met King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud on a US warship midway up the Suez Canal....
...“It is a full reform that will help to attract more foreign direct investment, more transparency and make it quicker to deal with the establishment of companies,” says Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout, regional managing...
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