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South al-Mutlaa (Arabic: جنوب المطلاع, romanized: Janub al-Mitlae) is a new city under construction in Jahra Governorate, northern Kuwait.It is the largest housing project in the Kuwaiti history, ultimately intended to provide homes for 400,000 people in 12 suburbs, together with schools, mosques, mini-markets and health-centres.
The project was supposed to have been implemented through a public-private partnership (PPP) under the management of the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), [1] [4] where the government would have owned 10% of the project and raised 50% of the funds through an initial public offer. [1]
Mubarak Al Kabir Tower (Arabic: برج مبارك الكبير, Romanized: Burj Mubarak Al Kabir) is a proposed skyscraper [1] making up part of the Kuwait Vision 2035 project that will be located in Madinat Al-Hareer, Kuwait. It is presumed to be the tallest building in Kuwait, with it being 1,001 m (3,284 ft).
The Gulf Railway project was approved by GCC member states at the 30th GCC summit in Kuwait City in December 2009. [6] [7] Saudi Arabia was the only GCC country to have any railway infrastructure at the time the project was proposed. [8]
The first phase of the Silk City project includes construction of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway [14] [15] In May 2019, the causeway was completed and inaugurated. [16] The causeway connects northern Kuwait to Kuwait City. It was one of the largest and most challenging infrastructure projects in the entire world. [17]
Kuwait: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway Project: Kuwait Bay: 2013: Completed: 2019: $3 billion: Launching point of Madinat Al-Hareer in Subiya. [citation needed] Kuwait International Airport Passenger Terminal 2: Kuwait City: 2017: In progress: 2025 (proj.) $4.3 billion: Construction was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [110] Malaysia
Kuwait City skyline seen from the Jaber Al-Ahmad Al Sabah Causeway in 2024. This list of tallest buildings in Kuwait ranks skyscrapers in Kuwait by height. The tallest building in Kuwait is currently the 80–story Al Hamra Tower, which rises 413 metres (1,355 ft) and was completed in 2011, it is also the world's fifteenth-tallest building.
4 May – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) bans Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah from all positions within the committee for 15 years over ethics breaches. . He was previously banned by the IOC for three years in 2023 over his interference in the Olympic Council of Asia elections, and a criminal conviction in Switzerland related to forgery and the orchestration of a counterfeit ...