Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabia government has made booster doses mandatory for its citizens who want to travel abroad. "Starting February 9, Saudis will be required to be fully vaccinated," ministry stated. However, before entry into the kingdom, the visitors need to present a negative RT PCR. The kids under 16 years and some people in exempted category on the Tawakkalna app do not need a have a booster dose to travel.

Saudi Arabia banned Tablighi Jamat calling it "One of the gates of terrorism". Dr Abdullatif Al Alsheikh, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, directed mosque preacher to inform people about the ban on next Friday prayer. Reportedly, the ban can be a major issue for Tablighi as maximum funds are raised from Saudi Arabia's charities. It is expected that following Saudi Arabia, other countries could also ban the group. 

Reliance Industries' stock dropped 4.2 percent on November 22 after the company postponed a share sale to Saudi Arabia's Aramco. According to reports, the company planned to sell 20 percent of its share to the world's largest oil exporter for $15 billion. "Deal cancellation may not hurt the conglomerate's balance sheet but will lose a chance to set a benchmark of $75 billion valuations for the oil business", said analysts. 

In a surprising development among Gulf Countries, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait ordered Lebanon's ambassadors to leave their countries on October 30. Reportedly, the order came after Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi passed ''insulting'' comments about the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, which is going on for seven years. ''We'll continue to work to solve what needs to be solved,'' said Prime Minister Najib Mikati of… read-more

Following the Eighteen months since the pandemic, Saudi Arabia is now set to pump 9.8 million barrels a day that will almost be equal to the pre-Covid levels of production. Reportedly, Riyadh slashed its production several times in 18 months. The decision will also help the country to revive its economy soon. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman even revived crude prices to $80 a barrel.