Directly descended from the founder of modern Qatar, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ali al-Thani is the grandson, son and brother of previous Qatari rulers. An obscure Qatari sheikh has become in less than a week one of Arabia’s best-known figures. Sheikh Abdullah…
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Saudi Arabia’s no longer a country for old kings
Age wearied them: King Abdulaziz, (top left) was in a wheelchair when he met President Roosevelt in 1945; King Saudi (on right in top right photograph) was regularly absent due to to health problems. His successor King…
King Salman’s speech defines the challenge; details to come
For full coverage of business developments in the Middle East, see MEED Saudi Arabia will seek to diversify its sources of income and improve the efficiency of government spending as it strives to reduce its dependence on oil revenue,…
Foreign, finance and oil ministers stay in Saudi cabinet shake-up
Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman appointed deputy oil minister King Salman has retained long-serving foreign, finance and oil ministers in a cabinet and government reshuffle announced on 29 January. Sons of the late King Abdullah have been replaced as governors of…