Saudi Arabia’s Shattered Hollywood Dreams: Will the Warner Bros. and Paramount Merger and a Shift in Strategy Help the Kingdom Rebound?

In 2018, Saudi Arabia removed its religious ban on cinema and revealed its intentions to transform itself from an oil-based economy into an entertainment powerhouse. The goal was to use the country’s wealth to not only invest in media companies, but to lure studios to the kingdom through a combination of tax incentives and state-of-the […]

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Inside Saudi Arabia’s first direct strike on Iran: How a secret ‘tit-for-tat’ operation forced a shaky peace

Saudi airstrikes targeted militias in Iraq during war with Iran

Saudi warplanes reportedly struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq, targeting key sites as tensions escalated in the Gulf region during the ongoing conflict.

Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened, sources say

Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said. The Saudi attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the kingdom is known to have directly carried out military […]

Iran faced covert Saudi Arabia attacks during wider Mideast war

Saudi Arabia carried out multiple undisclosed strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks inside the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter...