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April 3, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/world/middleeast/no-more-blank-checks-saudi-arabia-clamps-down-on-regional-aid.html

Saudi Arabia Clamps Down on Regional Aid

(New York Times) Vivian Nereim - From 2013 to 2020, Saudi Arabia sent $46 billion in aid to Egypt. But Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is increasingly attaching conditions to such aid - insisting on economic overhauls like cutting subsidies and privatizing state-owned companies. Saudi officials say they are tired of doling out endless aid to Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon, only to watch it evaporate.

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