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  • Riyadh Metro
    Riyadh Metro tunneling work begins on six lines

    Construction of the Riyadh metro started in April 2014 and is expected to be completed by 2018. The metro project will be owned and operated by the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA). The project will have an execution period of five years and an optional maintenance service period for the next ten years. It is expected to create about 15,000 jobs in Saudi Arabia.

  • Nursing
    Saudi Students’ Perceptions of the Nursing Profession

    While school students had a respect for the nursing profession, they indicated a lack of awareness in the community about nursing. Students concerns about nursing were around potential of marriage, the risk of infection and the lower financial remuneration compared to other professions.

  • Cybersecurity
    Defense chief’s Stanford speech, decoded: More funding for Silicon Valley

    When people today talk about the government's role in building Silicon Valley, they usually mention the Internet, which grew from a military-funded project. That short-changes the long-term role played by the military in developing U.S. technology.

  • Iranian Missiles
    Why the Iranian Purchase of the S-300 Worries the Gulf States

    Should the Russia complete the sale of its S-300 system to Iran, this would likely result in a number of procedures quickly being put into place. The Gulf States would be looking for immediate reassurance that Iran would not be able to use this cover to dominate the Gulf.

  • Healthcare
    Saudi Arabia focuses on training of doctors in US

    Samar Al-Saggaf, medical program director at Saudi Arabia’s cultural mission in the US, has said that the embassy intends to increase the number of doctors who receive training in the US in order to place the Kingdom among the top 5 medical training countries worldwide.

  • Saud Al-Faisal
    Kerry bids fond farewell to Saudi counterpart

    “He worked with 12 of my predecessors as US secretaries of state, and was universally admired,” he added.

  • Iran and the Middle East
    Opinion: Beware of Iran

    Iran does not want Saudi Arabia to emerge victorious in Yemen, even if this leads to a civil war in Yemen and the destruction of the country as well as its Houthi allies. The kingdom must therefore be vigilant as it receives Iran’s messages and proposals via mediators to achieve peace in Yemen.

  • Red Sea Security
    Saudi Arabia, Eritrea Agree to Boost Red Sea Security

    Saudi Arabia and Eritrea have reached a security and military agreement on fighting terrorism, illegal trade and piracy in the Red Sea, Eritrean diplomatic sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the agreement, reached during a visit by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to Saudi Arabia, also calls for preventing any foreign interference in Yemeni affairs.

  • Jordan
    Jordan’s overland trade paralyzed by Iraq, Syria border woes

    Jordan's overland trade has largely been paralyzed by recent border attacks from insurgents in neighboring Syria and Iraq — a spillover of regional turmoil threatening a close Western ally that has thus far succeeded in fending off militants.

  • Insurance
    Saudi cbank ‘would welcome insurance mergers’

    Saudi Arabia's central bank would welcome mergers among local insurance companies as long as they were positive for all parties, central bank governor Fahad Al-Mubarak said on Thursday.