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Suicide bomber in Saudi border attack recruited family members to join ISIS
One of the four men who carried out a fatal suicide bomb attack on Saudi border guards last Monday recruited some of his family members to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), informed sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat.
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It’s the Economy, Tunisia
Given concerns about security and the fate of the democratic transition, economic issues were essentially put on hold in both elections. Now it is time for Tunisia’s leaders to put the economy at the top of their agenda.
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On the ISIS attack on Saudi Arabia’s borders
We must not underestimate ISIS, although many think it is a gathering of fanatic madmen. ISIS is a developed model of al-Qaeda and it has extraordinary military and administrative skills.
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Bahrain Wefaq chief Salman held ‘for promoting violence’
News of the cleric's arrest on Sunday triggered protests in Shia villages across the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. A leading opposition activist, Maryam al-Khawaja, said the move was a very serious escalation of the continuing crisis in Bahrain. The country has seen years of sporadic unrest since the government's suppression of Shia-led pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011.
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Bahrain’s Gulf Air set to launch two new Saudi routes
Bahrain's Gulf Air has announced further growth of its network in Saudi Arabia, with plans to launch two new routes in early 2015.
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In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against Islamic State militants (+video)
A combination of Iraqi Army units and Kurdish and Shiite paramilitaries has flushed Sunni militants from much of Diyala Province. But tribal leaders run a lethal risk for defying militants and joining the resistance.
- Foreign Policy - U.S. Iraq Strategy Missing Key Allies As More Troops Set to Deploy
- BBC News - Mount Sinjar: Islamic State siege broken, say Kurds
- WSJ - U.S. Says It's Killed Top ISIS Leaders in Iraq
- Reuters - Pentagon Still Predicting ISIS Fight to Take Three Years
- The Hill - Pentagon calls ISIS 'Daesh' for first time
- Defense One - Is Obama’s ‘Iraq First’ Strategy Working Against ISIS?
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InterContinental Group to open nine hotels in Saudi Arabia
HG plans to open nine hotels over the next three to five years, including InterContinental Riyadh and Hotel Indigo Riyadh, which will be the Middle East’s first Indigo property. Both hotels will be situated in the King Abdullah Financial District.
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Saudi Arabia’s religious police close 10,000 Twitter accounts
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have shut down more than 10,000 Twitter accounts so far this year, according to Arab News.
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Saudi Arabia: 3 Million Internet Users Access Blocked Sites
About 3 million Internet users this year managed to gain access to websites blocked in the Kingdom, an academic has revealed. Nasser Al-Buqami, an IT professor, said this was a 58 percent increase from the year before. Meanwhile, he said Internet penetration has risen from 38 percent in 2009 to 64 percent in 2014, and now stands at 18.3 million users.
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Iran Nuclear Talks: The Fog Recedes
The process had been deadlocked for months over two key issues: the size of Iran’s enrichment program and sanctions relief. For want of a last-minute breakthrough, the parties agreed to a new seven-month extension, with the goal of reaching a political agreement by 1 March 2015 and a comprehensive agreement, including an implementation plan, by 1 July 2015. A landmark agreement can still be found if both sides adopt more flexible postures. As Crisis Group has previously written and here reiterates, they can do so without violating their core principles and interests.
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