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  • Chemical Weapons
    The Specter of Chemical Warfare Returns to the Middle East

    If verified, the latest use of chemical bombs would expose a major gap in the weapons deal: Chlorine gas has various industrial and sanitary uses (e.g., pool cleaning) and isn’t really considered a chemical weapon until it’s used as one. Syria never included it on its list of declared chemical weapons, and Monday’s alleged attack would confirm Kerry’s fears that “our work is not finished.”

  • Tunisia
    Tunisia: Death toll in museum attack rises to 23

    One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to the intelligence services but no formal links to a particular extremist group have been established, the prime minister said Thursday. The attack Wednesday on Tunisia's National Bardo Museum left 23 dead, scores wounded and threatens both Tunisia's fledgling democracy and its struggling tourism industry. It was the worst attack at a tourist site in Tunisia in years.

  • Iran Negotiations
    Iran, P5+1 tackle final hurdles to accord

    With substantial progress made on some of the toughest elements of a final nuclear deal in recent weeks, Iran and the six world powers (UN Security Council plus Germany, or P5+1) find themselves struggling to resolve differences over two seemingly more peripheral issues at meetings here this week. They involve the scope of research and development on centrifuges that Iran can conduct during the period of a final nuclear accord, and Iran’s desire for the lifting of UN Security Council sanctions on its nuclear program that it sees as treating Iran as a pariah state.

  • U.S. Public Opinion
    In U.S., Worries About Terrorism, Race Relations Up Sharply

    Out of 15 domestic issues, Americans' concerns about terrorism and race relations have risen most sharply over the past year. The percentage of Americans who worry "a great deal" about the possibility of a terrorist attack (51%) climbed 12 percentage points from 2014 to 2015, while concerns about race relations (28%) surged 11 points. Americans' worries about illegal immigration also climbed over the past year, increasing six points to 39%.

  • Jacob Rezaian
    Jason Rezaian caught in feud between President Rouhani and Iran hardliners

    Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for nearly eight months, is the victim of internal rivalries between powerful senior figures in the Islamic republic, with hardliners accusing him of gaining privileged access to information through the nephew of the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani.

  • Bahrain
    Does Iran have a card to play in Bahrain?

    “Everywhere, except in Bahrain, movements descended into violence. This is not because the people of Bahrain are incapable of using weapons or that weapons cannot be delivered to Bahrain. Bahrain is like any other country in the world and it is possible to send weapons and fighters even to the most tightly controlled countries in the world."

  • U.S. Diplomatic Security
    US embassy closure in Saudi Arabia continues for fourth day

    he United States embassy in Saudi Arabia remained close to the public for a fourth straight day on Wednesday because of unspecified security concerns. “The consular services remain suspended,” embassy press officer Johann Schmonsees said, adding that other embassy business continues as usual. No visa and other consular services are being offered at the embassy in the Saudi capital and at consulates general in Jeddah and Dhahran.

  • Saudi Stock Market
    Could opening the Tadawul to foreigners be the worst timed stock market launch since the Nasdaq Dubai?

    Although no fixed date has been announced, investors are anticipating that Tadawul will open to foreign investment by large investors in the first half of 2015, with plans already at an advanced stage. The Capital Markets Authority of Saudi Arabia published draft regulations on the types of funds that will be able to invest at the end of 2014, sparking excitement across the markets.

  • Islamic Economy
    Islamic economy presents significant opportunity for MENA entrepreneurs

    Saeed Farook had listed the seven pillars of the Islamic economy, namely: funding in accordance with Islamic principles, halal products, tourism, digital economy, Islamic designs and art, Islamic standards, and Islamic knowledge, stressing the fact that Islamic economy "represents the opportunity of a lifetime."

  • Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco Shares Strategies for Navigating Economic Downturn at MEOS 2015

    “The challenge of keeping up during a downturn is more complicated today than ever before,” he said. “But we have seen how that approach to a spending crunch plays out. Indeed, we are still living with the consequences. The reduced investment in technology and talent that characterized the 1980s and early ‘90s should remind us that repercussions can be lasting.”