Analysis

More Airstrikes in Saudi Arabia as Soldiers Said to be Captured by Houthis

• SUSTG Team
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• 9. 22. 2015

• Mecca Crane Tragedy

  

  Report: Crane collapse and subsequent action against Binladin Group ‘deeply troubled Saudi King Salman’

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 21. 2015

  Analysts citied by an AFP report say the collapse deeply troubled Saudi King Salman and prompted surprisingly swift action against the group.

• Syrian Refugee Crisis

  

  The Middle East’s Migration Crisis Brings Regional Challenge Home to Europe, Gulf States

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 15. 2015

  As a global crisis emerges on how and even if it is possible to accommodate the displaced from Syria's chaos, a once-distant conflict for many in Western nations and in Gulf states is now a real and visible problem that cannot be ignored.

• Crisis in Yemen

  

  Yemen Surge: 10k Coalition Troops Pour into Yemen as Airstrikes Continue to Pound Houthi Targets

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 9. 2015

  A Saudi-led alliance launched more air strikes on Yemen's capital and more foreign troops were reported to be moving into the country, Reuters reports.

• U.S.-Saudi Business

  

  King Salman’s Visit to Washington and Strengthening U.S.-Saudi Business Ties

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 3. 2015

  Patrick Ryan of SUSRIS writes an excellent in-depth analysis in Al Arabiya about the historic business relationship between the kingdom and the United States.

• Global Oil Markets

  

  Oil in Downward Spiral as Global Markets Push Prices to Fresh Lows

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 25. 2015

  The price of oil has dropped by 6% since Friday.

• Women: Municipal Voting

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Women are Registering to Vote for the First Time Ever

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 20. 2015

  "Saudi Arabia took a significant step forward this week by allowing women for the first time to both register to vote and to run for office in the municipal elections due to take place in December," writes Adam Coogle of Amnesty International.

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  Saudi Oil Exports Boosted to Record Numbers as IMF Urges Fiscal Policy Changes and Greater Economic Diversification

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 19. 2015

• King's Cup

  

  Saudi Super Cup in London Brings Saudi Football Fans a Taste of Home Sport in the United Kingdom

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 14. 2015

  Saudi Arabian football clubs Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal squared off in the King's Cup, the championship of the Saudi Professional League, in the United Kingdom to the delight of Saudi nationals in the UK.

• Counter-Terrorism

  

  Crown Prince Naif Visits Site of ISIS Attack as Leadership Vows Action Against ‘Criminals’

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 11. 2015

  “The terrorist bombing revealed the extent of hatred of these criminals as well as their disregard for the sanctity of God’s houses and the lives of innocent people, as they have a deviant thought and are stripped of all religious, moral and human values and their work has no relevance to Islam.”