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  • Saudi Foreign Policy
    Will Royal Succession Change Saudi Arabian Role?

    Under Abdullah, Saudi  Arabia matured as a regional power and assumed new commitment, making it harder to revert to an era of backroom diplomacy, the export of piety and the soft power of petrodollars. What’s not yet clear is whether Salman will continue on that road or make subtle but significant changes.

  • American Sniper: Movies and War
    How Clint Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ stoked the American culture wars

    The conversation that now shadows the release of “American Sniper,” which collected a record $105 million over the holiday weekend, has been no different. After days of nationwide screenings, which the Associated Press called an “unprecedented success,” the film was subject to widespread praise among conservatives for depicting an American soldier at his best and condemnation among some liberals who question the admitted pleasure Kyle took in killing and dehumanizing Iraqis.

  • Aramco
    Saudi Aramco to cut drilling costs, hold rig count steady

    State oil giant Saudi Aramco has asked oilfield service companies for discounts due to tumbling crude prices and is expected to keep its overall rig count steady this year, industry sources said on Tuesday.

  • Construction
    Posco in Talks to Sell Engineering Stake to Saudi Fund

    Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in talks to buy a stake in South Korean steelmaker Posco’s engineering and construction unit as ties strengthen between the company and the state-backed investor.

  • Israeli Politics
    Benjamin Netanyahu ridiculed over appearance at Paris solidarity march

    Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a storm of criticism because of his "embarrassing" behaviour at Sunday's mass solidarity march in Paris and his calls for French Jews to emigrate to Israel following last week's deadly attack on a Jewish supermarket.

  • Jarir Marketing
    Saudi retail major posts 25% rise in Q4 net profit

    Jarir Marketing, Saudi Arabia's second-largest listed retailer by market value, beat analysts' estimates as it posted a 25.5 percent increase in fourth-quarter net profit on Wednesday on the back of higher turnover.

  • U.S. - Turkey
    U.S., Turkey agree to Syrian rebel training, but not whom they’ll fight

    Turkey has been adamant that any force deployed in Syria must have as a goal defeating the Assad government, but the Obama administration has insisted it is interested only in battling the Islamic State. There is no need to define the ultimate target now, the Turkish official said, because rebel forces already are fighting a two-front war, against both the Syrian government and the Islamic State.

  • Global Oil Markets
    Iran says Saudi Arabia should move to curb oil price fall

    Falling world oil prices will hurt countries across the Middle East unless Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, takes action to reverse the slump, Iran's deputy foreign minister told Reuters. Hossein Amir Abdollahian described Saudi Arabia's inaction in the face of a six-month slide in oil prices as a strategic mistake and said he still hoped the kingdom, Tehran's main rival in the Gulf, would respond.

  • Shoura and Women
    Move to impose abayas for TV presenters in Saudi

    Although Noora Al Adwan has succeeded in convincing the Council’s culture and information committee of the significance of her proposal, she is likely to face a formidable struggle with women who do not support her motion. The Shura member had earlier this year come under fire after she accused Saudi women working for national television channels of not complying with the traditional Saudi attire and exaggerating their makeup, local daily Al Watan reported on Monday.

  • Islam
    Jihad is not terrorism. Terrorism is not Jihad.

    Using the religion to justify mass murders like the one in Peshawar is even more cruel and heinous than the act itself. That’s because two sins are committed—the murders themselves, and then defamation of Islam by using the religion to justify them.