Analysis

WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE

The Number of Women Employed in Saudi Arabia has Increased by 48% since 2010

• SUSTG Team
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• 8. 10. 2015

Saudi women are entering the workforce in greater numbers according to an encouraging report by Saudi Arabia's Central Department of Statistics.

• Suicide Attack: Abha

  

  Blast Hits Mosque in Asir Province, at Least 13 Confirmed Dead in Third Major Mosque Attack in 2015

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 6. 2015

  A suicide bomber attacked a mosque inside a local security force headquarters in Abha, the capital of Saudi Arabia's south western province of Asir, near the Yemeni border. The attack is the third such attack in Saudi Arabia on a mosque in 2015.

• War in Yemen: Video

  

  Footage from the Front Lines: Tanks to Al-Anad and the Battle for Aden Caught on Film

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 5. 2015

  Dramatic footage from RT and VICE news bring the war in Yemen to the screens in front of us.

• U.S. Middle East Policy

  

  Secretary Kerry Returns to the Region for Meetings with Egypt, Qatar

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 3. 2015

  US Secretary of State John Kerry departed late Friday to Egypt for cooperation talks and then to Qatar, where he hopes to ease Gulf countries' concerns about the Iran nuclear deal.

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  Islamic Scholars in Saudi Arabia Skeptical of Age of Birmingham University Quran

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 28. 2015

• Saudi-U.S.

  

  In Saudi Arabia, Carter Says Saudi Arabia Supports Iran Deal; King Salman to Visit U.S. in Fall

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 23. 2015

  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said King Salman and Defense Minister Mohammed Bin Salman expressed “their support for the Iranian nuclear deal, albeit with a couple reservations about how the deal would be implemented."

• Open Education Consortium

  

  Saudi Arabia Prepares Female Faculty Members For Online Education

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 21. 2015

  Joint Program with Open Education Consortium to Bring Saudi Women to the U.S.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to Visit Saudi Arabia Next Week to Push Benefits of Iran Deal

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 16. 2015

  U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to Saudi Arabia as part of the Obama administration's efforts to convince skeptical allies in the region about the benefits of the Iran nuclear deal, National Security Adviser Susan Rice told Reuters in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

• Economy

  

  Remittances from Gulf States Double in 5 Years to $100b

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 9. 2015

  Foreigners working in Arab Gulf states sent more than $100 billion in remittances to their home countries last year.

• Iran and the Middle East

  In Washington, A Saudi and an Israeli Share a Stage – and a Common Enemy

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 5. 2015

  Anwar Eshki, a retired major general in the Saudi armed forces, and Dore Gold, a former Ambassador and close to Israeli PM Netanyahu shared a stage at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. “We’re both allies of the United States,” Gold said, as he hoped for greater cooperation.