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399		<a  alt="Tamim Meets MBS Privately Several Times a Year" title="Exclusive: Saudi Executes A Qatari Spy" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Tamim_MBS-279x220.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Tamim_MBS-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Tamim_MBS-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;Tamim_MBS-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;670&quot;:&quot;Tamim_MBS.jpg&quot;}}"				class="img-cont" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2025/05/27/exclusive-saudi-executes-a-qatari-spying/"></a>
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401			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2025/05/27/exclusive-saudi-executes-a-qatari-spying/" class="post-url post-title">
402				Exclusive: Saudi Executes A Qatari Spy			</a>
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410		<a  alt="Saudi Arabia Goes Atomic" title="Saudi Goes Nuclear with Trump’s Help" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Saudi-Goes-Nuclear-279x220.png" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Saudi-Goes-Nuclear-210x136.png&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Saudi-Goes-Nuclear-279x220.png&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;Saudi-Goes-Nuclear-357x210.png&quot;,&quot;750&quot;:&quot;Saudi-Goes-Nuclear-750x430.png&quot;,&quot;1897&quot;:&quot;Saudi-Goes-Nuclear.png&quot;}}"				class="img-cont" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2025/05/13/saudi-goes-nuclear-with-trumps-help/"></a>
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412			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2025/05/13/saudi-goes-nuclear-with-trumps-help/" class="post-url post-title">
413				Saudi Goes Nuclear with Trump’s Help			</a>
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435					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-27"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/issues/energy/">Energy</a></span></div>					<a  title="Report: Threats to the Saudi Oil Infrastructure" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Release-Picture1.png" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;962&quot;:&quot;Release-Picture1.png&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2013/11/20/report-threats-to-the-saudi-oil-infrastructure/"></a>
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437			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2013/11/20/report-threats-to-the-saudi-oil-infrastructure/" class="post-url post-title">
438				Report: Threats to the Saudi Oil Infrastructure			</a>
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440
441							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
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445						Gulf Institute					</i>
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447							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
448				                         datetime="2013-11-20T13:41:03-04:00">Nov 20, 2013</time></span>
449						</div>
450						<div class="post-summary">
451					Contact: Andrew Bond (202) 466-9500
452Wednesday 20 November 2013
453
454Washington DC -- The Institute for Gulf Affairs today released an in-depth comprehensive report on the security risks and potential threats facing Saudi Arabia’s oil&hellip;				</div>
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460					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-30"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/issues/human-rights/">Human Rights</a></span></div>					<a  alt="The Saudi Government Killed Handballer Mujtaba AlSwayket" title="FIFA Kicks off Saudi Human Rights Nightmare" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MujtabaSwaiket-210x136.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;MujtabaSwaiket-86x64.jpg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;MujtabaSwaiket-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;MujtabaSwaiket-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;MujtabaSwaiket-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;613&quot;:&quot;MujtabaSwaiket.jpg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2024/12/11/fifa-kicks-off-saudi-human-rights-nightmare/"></a>
461									</div>
462			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2024/12/11/fifa-kicks-off-saudi-human-rights-nightmare/" class="post-url post-title">
463				FIFA Kicks off Saudi Human Rights Nightmare			</a>
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465
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472							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
473				                         datetime="2024-12-11T12:19:37-04:00">Dec 11, 2024</time></span>
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476					December 10, 2024
477
478IGA
479Washington DC - The Institute for Gulf Affairs (IGA) is publishing part one of its exclusive series (FIFA Kicks off Saudi Human Rights Nightmare),  “Athletes Killed by the Saudi Government or facing death.” 
480The&hellip;				</div>
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486					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-48"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/latest-news/">Latest News</a></span></div>					<a  alt="Harris with Obama" title="Kamala Harris Killed Slavery Case Against a Saudi Princess" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MObama-WIth-KHemarris-210x136.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris-86x64.jpg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;750&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris-750x430.jpg&quot;,&quot;824&quot;:&quot;MObama-WIth-KHemarris.jpg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2024/11/05/kamala-harris-killed-slavery-case-against-a-saudi-princess/"></a>
487									</div>
488			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2024/11/05/kamala-harris-killed-slavery-case-against-a-saudi-princess/" class="post-url post-title">
489				Kamala Harris Killed Slavery Case Against a Saudi Princess			</a>
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491
492							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
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495					<i class="post-author author">
496						Gulf Institute					</i>
497				</a>
498							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
499				                         datetime="2024-11-05T00:41:27-04:00">Nov 5, 2024</time></span>
500						</div>
501						<div class="post-summary">
502					American Vice President Kamala Harris, who may end up the first woman elected as president of the United States, ignored a slavery case involving the Saudi ruling family and a black woman, when she served as California attorney general. 				</div>
503						</div>
504	</article>
505	<article class="post-1976 type-post format-standard has-post-thumbnail   listing-item listing-item-blog  listing-item-blog-1 main-term-22 bsw-8 ">
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508					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-22"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/events/">Events</a></span></div>					<a  alt="Saudi Arabia, Yemen &amp; The Truce: What Is Next?" title="Saudi Arabia, Yemen &#038; The Truce: What Is Next?" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Yemen-Event-April-210x136.png" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;Yemen-Event-April-86x64.png&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Yemen-Event-April-210x136.png&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Yemen-Event-April-279x220.png&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;
508Yemen-Event-April-357x210.png&quot;,&quot;750&quot;:&quot;Yemen-Event-April-750x430.png&quot;,&quot;1917&quot;:&quot;Yemen-Event-April.png&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/05/12/saudi-arabia-yemen-the-truce-what-is-next-2/"></a>
509									</div>
510			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/05/12/saudi-arabia-yemen-the-truce-what-is-next-2/" class="post-url post-title">
511				Saudi Arabia, Yemen &#038; The Truce: What Is Next?			</a>
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513
514							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
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518						Gulf Institute					</i>
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520							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
521				                         datetime="2022-05-12T13:49:56-04:00">May 12, 2022</time></span>
522						</div>
523						<div class="post-summary">
524					On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, the Institute for Gulf Affairs hosted a webinar discussing the UN-brokered two-month truce in Yemen. Speaking at the event were Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi, a Yemeni American assistant professor of education at&hellip;				</div>
525						</div>
526	</article>
527	<article class="post-1967 type-post format-standard has-post-thumbnail   listing-item listing-item-blog  listing-item-blog-1 main-term-22 bsw-8 ">
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530					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-4"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/news/">News</a></span></div>					<a  title="Saudi Arabia, Yemen &#038; The Truce: What Is Next?" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/iga-logo.png" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;763&quot;:&quot;iga-logo.png&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/04/07/saudi-arabia-yemen-the-truce-what-is-next/"></a>
531									</div>
532			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/04/07/saudi-arabia-yemen-the-truce-what-is-next/" class="post-url post-title">
533				Saudi Arabia, Yemen &#038; The Truce: What Is Next?			</a>
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535
536							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
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538				   class="post-author-a">
539					<i class="post-author author">
540						Gulf Institute					</i>
541				</a>
542							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
543				                         datetime="2022-04-07T16:30:42-04:00">Apr 7, 2022</time></span>
544						</div>
545						<div class="post-summary">
546					JOIN US FOR AN EVENT ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12!
547The Institute for Gulf Affairs is hosting a webinar on the truce in Yemen where Yemeni, Saudi Arabian, and American panelists will discuss their different perspectives on the truce and analyze the&hellip;				</div>
548						</div>
549	</article>
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553					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-33"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/publications/articles/">Articles</a></span></div>					<a  alt="Hussain Ahmed Al-Ojami" title="Does Biden Care About Middle Easterners’ Lives?" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami-210x136.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami-86x64.jpg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;640&quot;:&quot;Hussain-Ahmed-Al-Ojami.jpg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/04/06/does-biden-care-about-middle-easterners-l
553ives/"></a>
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555			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/04/06/does-biden-care-about-middle-easterners-lives/" class="post-url post-title">
556				Does Biden Care About Middle Easterners’ Lives?			</a>
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558
559							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
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563						Gulf Institute					</i>
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565							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
566				                         datetime="2022-04-06T16:17:34-04:00">Apr 6, 2022</time></span>
567						</div>
568						<div class="post-summary">
569					In spite of Saudi persistent abuse of human rights, the United States - the self-proclaimed standard for human rights globally - remains a close ally of the ruling family, turning a blind eye the family’s misconduct to maintain their&hellip;				</div>
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575					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-4"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/news/">News</a></span></div>					<a  title="Firm led by Crown Prince Leads Mass Jeddah Demolition, Expels Tens of Thousands" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Jeddah_drone-210x136.jpeg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone-86x64.jpeg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone-210x136.jpeg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone-279x220.jpeg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone-357x210.jpeg&quot;,&quot;750&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone-750x430.jpeg&quot;,&quot;2238&quot;:&quot;Jeddah_drone.jpeg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/02/03/firm-led-by-crown-prince-leads-mass-jeddah-demolition-expels-tens-of-thousands/"></a>
576									</div>
577			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2022/02/03/firm-led-by-crown-prince-leads-mass-jeddah-demolition-expels-tens-of-thousands/" class="post-url post-title">
578				Firm led by Crown Prince Leads Mass Jeddah Demolition, Expels Tens of Thousands			</a>
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580
581							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
582				   title="Browse Author Articles"
583				   class="post-author-a">
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585						Gulf Institute					</i>
586				</a>
587							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
588				                         datetime="2022-02-03T12:32:38-04:00">Feb 3, 2022</time></span>
589						</div>
590						<div class="post-summary">
591					The demolitions are being done by the Jeddah Central Development Company (JCDC). Large
592parts of Jeddah are facing an uncertain future after abrupt and large-scale demolitions left more
593than half a million people displaced over the past&hellip;				</div>
594						</div>
595	</article>
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599					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-30"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/issues/human-rights/">Human Rights</a></span></div>					<a  alt="Amer AlFaleh" title="Missing American Man Arrested by Saudi Security Agency" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Amer-210x136.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;Amer-86x64.jpg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;Amer-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;Amer-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;Amer-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;711&quot;:&quot;Amer.jpg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2021/11/26/missing-american-man-arrested-by-saudi-security-agency/"></a>
600									</div>
601			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2021/11/26/missing-american-man-arrested-by-saudi-security-agency/" class="post-url post-title">
602				Missing American Man Arrested by Saudi Security Agency			</a>
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604
605							<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/author/iga/"
606				   title="Browse Author Articles"
607				   class="post-author-a">
608					<i class="post-author author">
609						Gulf Institute					</i>
610				</a>
611							<span class="time"><time class="post-published updated"
612				                         datetime="2021-11-26T14:02:46-04:00">Nov 26, 2021</time></span>
613						</div>
614						<div class="post-summary">
615					Amer was arrested in the same day former American secretary of State Michael Pompeo was in Riyadh to meet Saudi officials.				</div>
616						</div>
617	</article>
618	<article class="post-1946 type-post format-standard has-post-thumbnail   listing-item listing-item-blog  listing-item-blog-1 main-term-30 bsw-8 ">
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621					<div class="term-badges floated"><span class="term-badge term-30"><a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/category/issues/human-rights/">Human Rights</a></span></div>
621					<a  alt="Ali Abu Lahoom at the White House in 2013" title="Saudi Court Convicts a Yemeni Journalist with Apostasy" data-src="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2-210x136.jpg" data-bs-srcset="{&quot;baseurl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gulfinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;86&quot;:&quot;AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2-86x64.jpg&quot;,&quot;210&quot;:&quot;AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2-210x136.jpg&quot;,&quot;279&quot;:&quot;AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2-279x220.jpg&quot;,&quot;357&quot;:&quot;AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2-357x210.jpg&quot;,&quot;701&quot;:&quot;AbuLahoom-by-the-WhiteHouse2013-2.jpg&quot;}}"							class="img-holder" href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2021/11/10/saudi-court-convicts-a-yemeni-journalist-with-apostasy/"></a>
622									</div>
623			<h2 class="title">			<a href="https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2021/11/10/saudi-court-convicts-a-yemeni-journalist-with-apostasy/" class="post-url post-title">
624				Saudi Court Convicts a Yemeni Journalist with Apostasy			</a>
625			</h2>		<div class="post-meta">
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637					The sentence was issued October 26 by a court presided over by Judge Abdullah Khalifa AlHassan and assisted by Judges Mohamed Ahmed AlQarni and Mohamed Mutlaq AlShihri. 				</div>
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659					Washington DC – As the U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk arrives in Riyadh to meet Saudi Strongman, Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman (MBS) alongside National Security Advisor Jake&hellip;				</div>
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 888
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889
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898
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