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                                <title><![CDATA[ US-Saudi defence pact tied to Israel deal, Palestinian demands put aside ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A pact might fall short of the cast-iron, Nato-style defence guarantees the kingdom initially sought when the issue was first discussed in July 2022. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UN conference sees 'first public trip to Saudi Arabia by Israeli minister' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This comes as Saudi Arabia pursues a possible US-brokered deal that would forge formal relations with Israel, whose sovereignty it has never officially recognised. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Saudi delegation expected to visit West Bank ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 01:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in 2014 and relations between the two sides have plummeted amid a tide of violence. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Israel on cusp of region-reshaping peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Expectations that Israel might normalise relations with Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam's two holiest shrines, have been ratcheted up this week. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia considering Chinese bid for nuclear plant, report says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ China and Saudi Arabia have extensive trade relations in the energy field, given the former is the world's biggest importer of crude oil and the latter the biggest exporter. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ethiopia says it will investigate alleged migrant killings with Saudi Arabia ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ UN officials in 2022 alleged that Saudi border guards were systematically killing migrants last year; an accusation that Saudi authorities strongly denied. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, reports say ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The migration route from the Horn of Africa, across the Gulf of Aden, through Yemen and into Saudi Arabia - one of the richest countries in the Arab world - is a well-established corridor for Ethiopian migrants. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Saudi crown prince meets Iran's foreign minister as relations thaw ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 01:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Saudi crown prince has pushed to reorient Saudi foreign policy in recent years amid troubles in its historically close relationship with the US. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Iran foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia broke ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters attacked its embassy in Tehran in retaliation for Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No Palestinian concessions to secure deal on Saudi ties ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ US-Israel ties have been strained by the government's expansion of Jewish settlements on land that the Palestinians seek for a state and by contentious judicial changes pursued by Netanyahu's coalition. ]]></description>
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