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Saudi Arabia names seven new Shoura members
Saudi King Salman on Saturday appointed seven new members to the current session of the Shoura Council, according to a Royal Decree carried by the Saudi Press Agency. The new members are: Dr. Khalid Al-Sabti, Dr. Muhammad Al-Hiaza, Walid Al-Khuraiji, Mohammed Al-Sager, Dr. Saad Al-Huraiqi, Dr. Nasser Al-Daoud and Abbas Muhammad Hadi.
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Saudi jobless rate down to 11.7%: Nitaqat pays off
The Nitaqat nationalization program was successful in bringing down the Kingdom’s unemployment rate to 11.7 percent — 5.9 percent among men and 32.5 percent among women, said the Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI).
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The anatomy of a failed hostage rescue deep into Islamic State territory
“Hostage rescues are the hardest thing we do,” the senior Pentagon official said. “It’s twice as hard as capturing a prisoner” in a hostile environment overseas, as Special Operations forces have done successfully on a number of occasions during the Obama administration.
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Boots on the Ground: The Realities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria
The Obama administration and its strongest opponents in Congress may not have all that much in common, but one thing they do share is the constant misuse of the word “strategy.” Strategy does not consist of stating a broad policy goal and empty rhetoric. It consist of stating an actual plan with clearly defined goals, specific means to achieve, milestones for action, estimates of the necessary resources and their availability, estimates of cost-benefits and risks, and metrics to measure success. A sound bite that fits in Twitter or a fortunate cookie is not a strategy.
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‘We’re all one’: Chapel Hill shooting victim’s heartbreaking StoryCorps interview
Tuesday’s shooting in Chapel Hill, which killed Mohammad, 21, her husband Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and her sister Razan, 19, changed all that. As soon as the victims’ names were reported, speculation swirled that the three had been slain because of their religion. Chapel Hill police said the shooting was motivated by a clash about parking, an explanation many disputed. The murders sparked a national debate about hate crimes and the treatment of Muslims in the United States.
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ISIS, Terrorism Seen as Graver Threats Than Russia, Ukraine
Despite the intensifying fighting between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists before the cease-fire agreement Thursday, Americans place the conflict low on the list of critical threats to U.S. interests in the next decade. Islamic extremists, commonly known as the Islamic State or ISIS, along with international terrorism in general, loom much larger in Americans' minds as a critical threat.
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Saudi evacuates embassy staff from Yemen
Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff due to the deteriorating situation in the capital Sanaa, controlled by a Shiite militia, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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Senate Confirms Carter as Defense Secretary
After a weeks-long delay while he recovered from back surgery, Carter's nomination sailed through the upper chamber with a final tally of 93-5. He testified for around five hours on Feb. 4 before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) submitted additional answers to the panel on Monday, and it voted unanimously Tuesday to send his nomination to the floor.
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Islamic State advances near Iraq base where U.S. advisers are stationed
Anbar’s provincial council called for “immediate and urgent military reinforcements” after the attack on the town of al-Baghdadi, which began in the early morning. Ayn al-Asad air base — where some 320 U.S. personnel have been training Iraqi troops and tribal fighters — lies five miles west of the town.
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Al-Qaeda fighters overrun Yemeni military base, exploiting turmoil
In New York, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned during a briefing with the Security Council that Yemen was descending into chaos. “Yemen is collapsing before our eyes. We cannot stand by and watch,” he said, adding that the country must be pulled back “from the brink.”
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