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Bahrain: Raising Fuel Prices 60% Saves $250 million for Public Treasury

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Jan 12, 2016 | Business

Bahrain’s Cabinet approved Monday to raise prices of fuel by 60 percent. The super fuel will be sold at 160 Bahraini fils per liter from 100 fils and regular fuel at 125 fils per liter from 90 fils. The new prices will come into effect as of Tuesday, Jan.12....

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Artist’s impression of a station on the Haramain high-speed line. (Courtesy of Arab News)

Saudi Transport Minister: Haramain rail stations 75% completed

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Jun 6, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Significant progress has been made on the much-delayed Haramain high-speed rail project and the stations along the line are 75 percent complete, according to Saudi Transport Minister Dr. Jabara Al-Suraisari. The minister’s comments came in a...

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A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western Saudi city of Makkah on November 2, 2010. (AFP)

GCC moves closer to railway project implementation

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Oct 10, 2013 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior Bahraini official informed Asharq Al-Awsat that plans are underway for the construction of a second causeway between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, parallel to the King Fahd Causeway. This causeway would serve as a railway link between the...

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Protesters holding Bahraini flags march during an anti-government rally organized by Bahrain’s main opposition group Al Wefaq, in Budaiya, west of Manama, July 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed)

Bahrain: National Consensus Dialogue to resume

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Aug 28, 2013 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain’s National Consensus Dialogue is set to resume after a two-month break. In a press conference held in Manama on Tuesday, Bahraini political opposition societies announced that they would return to the dialogue process, and...

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Construction of the Jubail III combined electricity-water desalination plant, which will be the world’s largest when complete (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia: The Desalination Nation

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Jul 2, 2013 | Features

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is facing a water crisis. Despite the kingdom’s massive investments in desalination plants, demand is growing at a rate that threatens to outstrip supply, leading to the formulation of ambitious plans for the expansion of its...