2 October 2018: Canada-based research aggregate Citizen Lab uncovers that Saudi Arabia is utilizing Israeli programming to listen stealthily on 27-year-old Saudi nonconformist Omar Abdulaziz
01 October 2018: Saudi Arabia faces a $1 billion claim in the wake of being blamed for "rupturing worldwide law" in connection to the gushing of brandishing occasions possessed Qatari based media amass beIN.
30 September 2018: Saudi says it is hoping to run a deficiency of 128 billion riyals ($34.1 billion) in 2019
18 September 2018: Saudi Arabia has told travel agents not to accept visa applications from Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who do not hold Palestinian Authority passports
06 September 2018: Cracks appear to be appearing between King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman with the monarch stepping and reversing a number of his son’s policies and plans, media reports reveal
05 September 2018: It is revealed that the Tony Blair Institute received $12 million from Saudi Arabia in its work to ‘promote stability and reform in the Middle East’
03 September 2018: Spain announces that it has cancelled a contract which would see Saudi Arabia buy 400 high-precision bombs worth $10.6 million from Madrid because of its attacks on Yemen
19 July 2018: Saudi Arabia signs an agreement to build five warships with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, the last of the vessels will be delivered by 2022
10 July 2018: Saudi’s King Salman issues a a royal pardon for all military forces who took part in the country’s war on Yemen, the move comes at a time when there have been increased calls for the Kingdom to be held accountable for the crimes it has committed against the people of Yemen
12 July 2018: A defence ministry official is charged with bribery and abusing their position for self-benefit or accepting a bribe of one million riyals ($266,584)
11 June 2018: Saudi Arabia allows women to apply for the position of border guards
10 June 2018: Saudi Arabia has paid $4.2 billion to its citizens over seven months as part of the government’s Citizen Account Programme to support nationals in the face of rising energy prices and newly-imposed taxes
18 May 2018: Saudi Arabia arrests at least five people, mostly women who previously campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the Kingdom’s male guardianship system, rights activists say
21 April 2018: Fears of a possible coup attempt as gun shots are heard in a royal palace in Riyadh for nearly one hour
16 April 2018: Qatari armed forces participate in the conclusion of the Gulf Shield 1 military exercise in Saudi Arabia
18 November 2017: Saudi Arabia summons its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in Lebanon
17 April 2018: Saudi Arabia wants ‘no more Germany weapons’ due to Berlin’s support for Qatar
10 April 2018: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris
10 April 2018: Saudi and France sign $20 billion worth of deals during Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s visit to Paris
23 March 2018: The flow of foreign investment in to Saudi Arabia drops sharply due to concerns over political and economic reforms introduced by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
22 March 2018: The US agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $1 billion in arms including 6,700 US-built anti-tank missiles made by the same company whose munition has been found in Yemen following Saudi-led air strikes in the country
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr]
22 March 2018: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman brags that he has Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to US President Donald Trump, ‘in his pocket’
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