https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/12/uk-report-calls-out-saudi-arabia-over-womens-rights-abuses Saudi Arabia has always taken legal action against women rights activists. But that might be about to change. A report released by a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords has called on the world’s leading economies to shun the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia this year unless jailed women’s rights activists are released. “These women are… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/12/un-expert-calls-for-immediate-lifting-of-sanctions-against-qatar 3 years ago in 2017, an air, land, and sea blockade was imposed on Qatar by four Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This caused them to cut all trade ties with Doha and they claimed that it supported terrosrism. They also said that their ties with Iran were a little too close…. Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/1/saudi-arabia-allows-foreign-pilgrims-to-enter-for-umrah Around 10,000 foreign pilgrims are able to visit Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah after being unable to attend for 7 months due to the corona virus. They have to isolate for three days after arriving before they may visit and perform Umrah due to the virus. Al-maddah said they will closely monitor the symptoms and actions of visitors that… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/g20-hold-saudi-arabia-accountable-for-abuses-hrw-says The G20, a group with 20 of the world’s largest economies, was recently asked to hold Saudi Arabia accountable of the abuses against the human rights council going on in their country. Saudi Arabia has been violating the rules for the council for quite some time and other countries want to hold them accountable as well as have them… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/10/saudi-arabias-economy-shrinks-for-5th-quarter-but-at-slower-pace Saudi Arabia is experiencing yet another decline of their economy coming into the 5th straight quarter. Although this being a big problem, therapid decline of their economy has significantly slowed down. In the third quarter their gross domestic product went down to 4.2%, after being at 7% in the second quarter. though their economy is still being great affected… Read more »
The Syrian government shelled the last rebel enclave in Syria’s northwest on November 4th, killing at least seven people, including four children. The attack was on Idlib city and two towns, Ariha to the south and Kefraya to the north. The shelling of Idlib killed four children, and at least 7 people in total. In the town of Ariha, a… Read more »
Lebanese customs boss Badri Daher was accused of illegally lifting a travel ban on a drug-smuggling Saudi prince. Daher was arrested after he allegedly accepted a bribe, wasted public funds and misused his position to allow a drug-smuggling Saudi prince to leave Lebanon without him paying his several million dollar fine. The Saudi prince, Prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin… Read more »
A Saudi Arabian state oil company named Aramco has reported sharp decreases in earnings as crude oil prices slip while countries once again impose international measures to slow the spread of coronavirus. Aramco recorded a 44.6 percent drop in profit in their 3rd quarter.Weaker refining and chemicals margins have also affected Aramco’s profits, bringing the company’s net profit from $21.29… Read more »
Article Link: Earlier in 2020, OPEC decided to cut the world oil supply due to the low demand during the pandemic, and planned to increase it in January of 2021. Now, in fear of a second wave of the pandemic, Algeria is supportive of maintaining the cuts and deferring the planned increase in output. Russia, on the other hand, wants… Read more »
Article Link: Oman, like all other countries around the world, was struck hard by the pandemic. Oman’s economy heavily relies on oil and gas production and tourism, all areas of profit that were impacted. COVID-19 resulted in the decline of oil and gas prices worldwide, and as a result, Oman hit a huge budget deficit. As a way to combat… Read more »
