Al-Ula: Saudi Arabia's archaeological legacy - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Last year marked Saudi Arabia's entrance on the international heritage scene, and the kingdom can now boast of having several groundbreaking projects across the country. Nowhere is their investment in history more apparent than in pre-Islamic city of al-Ula.

Saudi Arabia seeks to entice visitors with pre-Islamic sites

Rebecca Bradshaw

Rebecca Bradshaw

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends the Moldova support conference at the Foreign Ministry, Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2022.

Le Drian says France keen to help Saudi Arabia transition away from oil

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Iran offers to help Iraq reconstruct damaged archaeological masterpiece

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Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud (R) and Secretray General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf, hold a press conferece at the end of the GCC's 41st summit, in the city of al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia on January 5, 2021. - Gulf leaders signed a "solidarity and stability" deal after the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Qatar publicly embraced, bringing Doha back into the regional fold after a three-year rift. (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AF

Egypt, Bahrain adopt 'wait and see' approach to reconciliation with Qatar

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt