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رغم تصاعد التقلبات الاقتصادية العالمية والتوترات الجيوسياسية، تواصل السوق العقارية السعودية استقطاب الاستثمارات الدولية.

UK-listed Gulf Keystone Petroleum has signed a merger deal with Bermuda-based ShaMaran Petroleum to create one of the leading private oil producers in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The all-share deal is valued at $601 million, the company said in a statement.

سجلت أسواق الأسهم الخليجية أداءً متبايناً في التعاملات المبكرة الثلاثاء، بالتزامن مع ارتفاع أسعار النفط إلى أعلى مستوياتها منذ مايو.

Saudi Arabia has identified 100 promising trade and investment opportunities across international markets as it seeks to expand economic partnerships and strengthen the global presence of Saudi businesses.

Saudi Arabia’s real estate prices increased by 1.2 percent year-on-year in Q3 of 2026, driven by higher residential and agricultural property prices, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).

Oil prices advanced on Tuesday, with Brent hovering around a five-month high as traders priced in a geopolitical risk premium from Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure and reports of vessel attacks in the Gulf.
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UAE developer Arada is entering Saudi Arabia for the first time, launching a joint venture with local developer Xtopia to build a master-planned community in Riyadh. Arada is co-owned by princes from the Sharjah and Saudi royal families.


Qatar plans to construct two power plants in Lebanon over the next three years and sign a 20-year liquefied natural gas supply deal under a proposal to revive the ailing Lebanese power sector, a document seen by Reuters showed.

Crude prices rose in early trading on Tuesday as reports of fresh attacks on Saudi oil facilities and airports overshadowed efforts to ease pressure on global supplies.

Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Alfadley inaugurated on Monday the Saudi Agriculture Exhibition 2026, held at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center from October 19 to 22 under the theme "An Integrated…

Saudi Arabia has postponed the 10th edition of its flagship Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit after a series of missile attacks on the capital. In an announcement on Monday evening, FII gave no specific reason for the postponement.