๐ธ๐ฆ๐พ๐ช Ansar Allah's strikes are threatening Saudi Arabia's flagship investment summit, the Future Investment Initiative, known as "Davos in the desert," which opens in two weeks, the Financial Times reported.
Scheduled speakers include BlackRock's Larry Fink, JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio. Organizers told participants Friday night that the summit would go ahead as planned, with "comprehensive security measures" at Riyadh's airports, venues and hotels. That was followed by Saturdayโs attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, the third this week, which killed 12 people and wounded 309.
"We have no idea what's going on," an executive at one firm scheduled to attend told the FT. "It's a very dicey situation." Italy's energy minister has pulled out of a ministerial energy meeting in Riyadh next week and will appear by video instead.