Stephen Kalin
Senior Reuters Correspondent in Saudi Arabia. Formerly covering Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon.
Items by Stephen Kalin
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- December 16, 2018 Stephen Kalin
Western tourists trickle into Saudi Arabia as it tries to open up
Western tourists, a rarity in Saudi Arabia, visited this weekend under a new visa system, as one of the world’s most inaccessible countries tries to open up its society and diversify its economy away from oil. Thousands of fans flocked to Riyadh’s historic Diriyah district for Formula E, a...