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Plan to expand bombing campaign in Syria stalls amid U.S.-Turkey disagreements
A plan to expand the U.S.-led coalition bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, along the Turkish border west of the besieged town of Kobane, has been put on hold because Turkey and the Obama administration have failed to agree on its parameters.
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Saudi women are giving the abaya a colourful makeover
“This past year, the coloured abayas became more widespread, especially among the younger generation, where you see them wearing neutral pastel colours, like grey, khaki, sky blue, yellow,” says Al Dabbagh, who has been designing couture abayas and dresses for more than eight years.
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Saudi banks’ profits shake off fall in oil
Some of Saudi Arabia’s biggest banks kicked off earnings season in the kingdom yesterday with bumper fourth quarter profits. Saudi Hollandi, Bank Al Bilad and Riyad Bank yesterday reported strong growth in earnings for the three months ended December.
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Clashes with IS in Iraq kill 23 troops, allied fighters
The day's heavy toll for the Iraqi forces came as they struggle in battles against the Islamic State group and try to claw back territory lost to the extremists during the militants' blitz last year. Iraq's prime minister vowed on Tuesday to dislodge IS militants from all areas under their control.
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Saudi Arabia to reopen Baghdad embassy after 25-years
A Saudi delegation will travel to Baghdad in the coming week to start preparations to reopen an embassy in the Iraqi capital for the first time in 25 years, official Saudi media said on Saturday. A thaw in the once chilly relations between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite-led Iraq could help strengthen a regional alliance against militants who have seized territory in Iraq and Syria.
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$1.2bn Saudi solar revolution
The SEC’s chief executive Ziyad Al-Shiha said the plant would have three power generating units — two powered by gas and the third by steam — to produce 550MW in addition to solar energy-powered units to produce 50MW. “This makes it one of the largest power plants in the world.”
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U.S., NATO mark end of mission to Afghanistan
ISAF was set up after the U.S.-led invasion as an umbrella for the coalition of around 50 nations that provided troops and took responsibility for security across the country. It ends with 2,224 American soldiers killed, according to an AP tally, out of a total of some 3,500 foreign troop deaths. The mission peaked at 140,000 troops in 2010 with a surge ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama to root the insurgents out of strategically important regions, notably in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, where the Taliban had its capital from 1996 to 2001.
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Wars’ Cost to U.S. Since the Sept. 11 Attacks: $1.6 Trillion
Unlike academic estimates, which have calculated total costs as much higher, the Congressional Research Service doesn’t include in its calculations the lifetime costs of medical care for disabled veterans, imputed interest on the deficit or potential increases to the base defense budget deemed to be a consequence of the war, according to Amy Belasco, author of the report.
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PepsiCo launches new Saudi factory, creates 300 jobs
PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, has inaugurated its newest manufacturing facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia which will create 300 jobs.
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Saudi Arabia’s Smooth Succession: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Outsiders can argue the pace of Saudi reforms during his reign, but King Abdullah presided over the steady modernization and liberalization of the Saudi economy. He also focused on the kind of reform that gets far too little attention in the West, but is more critical both in terms of Saudi stability and Saudi human needs. Unlike almost all the other Arab leaders, he reacted to the political upheavals in the Arab world by putting massive resources into supporting a younger generation that needed education, jobs, and the money for marriage and housing.
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