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Arab LeagueSwedish frustration with Saudis over speech may jeopardise arms agreement
Foreign minister Margot Wallström says Saudi Arabia prevented her talking to the Arab League, as Swedish parties debate whether to renew military memorandum
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Non-oil EconomySaudi nonoil business rises to 4-month high
Growth in Saudi Arabia's nonoil private sector accelerated to a four-month high in February, a monthly report from Saudi British Bank (SABB) and HSBC said. The SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) climbed to a four-month high of 58.5 in February, up from 57.8 in January.
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Makkah RailwaysSaudi Electric wins $390m Makkah metro contract
The Makkah Metro project will be built in three phases and has been budgeted at $16.5bn (SAR62bn). The first phase is expected to be commissioned in 2019 at a cost of $6.8bn (SAR25.5bn). It will include two metro lines totalling 45.1 km, with 22 stations. The second five-year stage has a cost of $5.06bn (SAR19bn) while the third phase will cost $4.6bn (SAR 17.5bn) and will be finished within two years. The metro will eventually have four lines, 88 stations and cover 188 km.
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CIA: Digital IntelligenceCIA Restructuring Adds New Cyber Focus
The move is a big change for the agency, one that reflects a fundamental evolution in intelligence gathering. CIA traditionally has been tasked with collecting information from human sources (also called HUMINT). The NSA, conversely, is tasked with collecting information from electric sources in the form of signals (also called SIGINT). Today’s announcement is a formal recognition that the electronic world is overtaking the human one, and that collecting information from humans now has a digital component to it.
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JordanThe U.S. Peace Corps Has Suspended Operations in Jordan
The U.S. Peace Corps has pulled all of its 37 volunteers from Jordan as terrorism and sectarian warfare continue to embroil the region.
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U.S. Foreign PolicyOpinion: The Long War
The disappointment with both presidents shows how delicate the dance can be between intervention and restraint—particularly in a generational struggle that unfolds across many fronts, in ever-evolving forms. In evaluating those difficult choices, the best compass is to seek in our strategy what Cold War thinkers called "solvency": a sustainable balance between the nation's ends and means.
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YemenYemen’s defense minister escapes Houthi-controlled Sanaa
Yemen's defense minister has fled Houthi-controlled Sanaa for Aden, officials said on Sunday, in a move expected to bolster President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in his power struggle with the Shi'ite Muslim group.
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Iran NegotiationsObama: U.S. Would ‘Walk Away’ If No Good Iran Nuclear Deal
U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States would "walk away" from nuclear talks with Iran if an acceptable deal cannot be reached with Tehran.
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IraqOpinion: Keeping Iraq Unified Will Be Nearly Impossible
When the history of the second Iraq civil war is written, the death of Sheikh Qassem al-Janabi may prove notable for what it said about the rapidly closing window for national reconciliation, and for foreshadowing the ominous turn toward outright sectarianism that the fighting in Iraq has taken.
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ISISIslamic State appears to be fraying from within
The anecdotal reports, drawn from activists and residents of areas under Islamic State control, don’t offer any indication that the group faces an immediate challenge to its stranglehold over the mostly Sunni provinces of eastern Syria and western Iraq that form the backbone of its self-proclaimed caliphate. Battlefield reversals have come mostly on the fringes of its territory, while organized opposition remains unlikely as long as viable alternatives are lacking and the fear of vicious retribution remains high, Syrians, Iraqis and analysts say.
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