Analysis

MERS

Turning the Corner on MERS

• Lucien Zeigler
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• 8. 5. 2014

International concern began to mount in the Spring that the Saudi government wasn't doing enough to contain the virus, but since then, Saudi Arabia seems to have turned the corner on the spread of MERS.

• Natural Gas

  

  Over 43% of the World’s Natural Gas is in the Middle East, According to BP

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 30. 2014

  The BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2014 found that 80.3 trillion cu/m of natural gas sits under countries in the Middle East.

• ISIL

  

  For One Journalist, Dangers of Getting Too Close to Extremists Proves Costly

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 23. 2014

  Aymenn Al Tamimi's links to known jihadis — including members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), arguably the most ruthless...

• ISIL

  

  Theodore Karasik on ISIL in Iraq and the Implications for Saudi Arabia

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 7. 2014

  "ISIL is continuing to look to expand in other directions, and one of those directions includes Saudi Arabia," Dr. Theodore Karasik told SUSRIS in the interview.

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  30k Saudi Troops Deployed to Iraq’s Border after Iraqi Troops Vacate

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 7. 2014

• Steve Clemons

  

  An Exclusive Interview with Steve Clemons from the Atlantic on ISIL, Iraq, and Syria

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 2. 2014

  Steve Clemons (The Atlantic) joins Saudi-US Trade Group president Richard Wilson to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and the challenges facing the United States and Saudi Arabia.

• Aid

  

  Uptick in US-Saudi Diplomacy including Secretary Kerry’s Praise for Saudi ‘Compassion’ for its $500m Humanitarian Pledge to Iraq

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 2. 2014

  Saudi Arabia contributes $500 million in support of Iraqi refugees. US applauds move.

• FocusKSA

  

  Ambassador Chas Freeman on US-Saudi Relations, Obama Visit

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 30. 2014

  A discussion with Chas Freeman, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and President of the Middle East Policy Council about US-Saudi relations on the occasion of a meeting between President Barack Obama and King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Mar 28-29, 2014).

• FocusKSA

  

  Richard Wilson and the Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG) [Video]

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 30. 2014

  SUSTG's Richard Wilson interviewed by SUSRIS editor-in-chief Patrick Ryan, the first in a new series called FocusKSA.

• Ramadan

  

  ‘Observe Ramadan in the true spirit of Islam’

  admin  |  6. 28. 2014

  Imams in mosques throughout the Kingdom, including those in Makkah and Madinah, welcomed on Friday the holy month of Ramadan with an immense sense of piety and requested their respective congregation to strictly follow the teachings of the Holy Qur’an during the fasting period. The Supreme Court in