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Opinion: An Iranian Canal From the Caspian Sea to the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 13, 2016 | Opinion

The news that a bridge will be built over the Red Sea connecting Saudi Arabia to Egypt and therefore the two continents of Asia and Africa has attracted the attention of many people because it is a historic step with political and economic implications. In the same...

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Opinion: Egypt is Strategically Important to the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 12, 2016 | Opinion

Egypt has undergone many changes; it used to be a monarchy in the eras of Kings Fouad and Farouk, turned into a revolutionary republic, then a communist one, was later ruled by Sadat, Mubarak and then the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi. Despite the changes in...

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King Salman Addresses Egyptians: Working Together Will Make Us Stronger

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

  The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz addressed an assembly of Egyptians yesterday in a historic speech in Egypt’s parliament. He said that “Experiences have proved that working together makes us much stronger and stressed that the task...

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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during negotiations held at the Heliopolis Palace in Cairo yesterday (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Historic Agreements Include the Demarcation of Sea Borders and a Bridge Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin AbdulAziz announced the inauguration of a bridge project linking north western Saudi Arabia to the Sinai Peninsula at a historic Saudi – Egyptian summit in Cairo yesterday. The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

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The King Fahd Causeway as seen from space. Source: NASA World Wind

Increased Traffic on King Fahd Causeway

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2013 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—As one of the highlights of the “megaprojects” of the Arabian Gulf, the King Fahd Causeway is some 16 miles (26 km) long. Unfortunately, queues and traffic jams can at times also reach this length, as Badr Al-Atishan, the director-general of...