In early June 2017, Saudi Arabia was one of four countries ... been estimated at SR2.8bn ($747m). The canal will be dug 1km inland from the Saudi-Qatar border, with the zone between the new ...

In a move that has caught global attention, Saudi Arabia has proposed constructing a massive canal to physically separate ...

Saudi Arabia is considering plans to construct a canal all the way along the border ... According to al-Riyadh, the Saudi-Qatar border post has been cleared of customs and immigration personnel ...

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If local news reports are to be believed, Saudi Arabia plans to cut a canal along its 38-mile border with Qatar — and transform the tiny emirate from a peninsula into an island. It is an ...

Saudi Arabia appears to be further distancing itself from Qatar, this time literally. The country appears to be moving forward with plans to dig a canal along its 38-mile (61 kilometer ...

Saudi Arabia could consider a proposal to dig a maritime canal along the kingdom's border with Qatar. This would turn Qatar into an island. The project has not been given official approval and ...

Saudi Arabia could consider a proposal to dig a maritime canal along the kingdom’s border with Qatar, turning the peninsula-nation into an island and transforming its only land border into a ...

After Saudi Arabia cut ties with and blockaded the adjacent peninsula of Qatar in May 2017 ... to dig a 38-mile-long canal on the Saudi side of the border. Saudi Arabia will choose its winning ...

Watch: Military deployment may signify work on Salwa Canal could start earlier ... waterway alongside the 60km border between Saudi Arabia and Qatar could start earlier than predicted.

Qatar – which shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia – rejected the accusations, calling them “unjustified” and “baseless.” But Saudi Arabia and Qatar have recently worked to ...

Saudi Arabia has opened its land border with Qatar, and according to Kuwait’s foreign minister, is set to reopen its airspace and sea border. The breakthrough announcement on Monday came on the ...