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Arabic Language NewsSaudi prince confirms news channel by year-end
Billionaire Saudi media mogul, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz’s promised new Arabic-language news channel, Alarab, is to launch by the end of the year. Based in Bahrain, the all-news channel will directly compete with Al Jazeera, MBC’s Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia plus dozens of other news outlets not least Nile News out of Cairo
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US IntelligenceThe US Helped Foil A Iranian Attack On Saudi Oil Rigs In 1987
A recently disclosed CIA document suggests that the US military's around-the-clock satellite imagery analysis helped Saudi Arabia foil a planned Iranian attack on its offshore oil rigs in 1987.
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ISIS and Air StrikesIntensified U.S. airstrikes keep Kobane from falling to Islamic State militants
The strikes followed the request by Turkey for intensified U.S. efforts to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, from falling to the Islamic State, Turkish officials said. Turkey has lined up tanks and troops within view of the Syrian Kurdish fighters defending Kobane but has not sought to intervene — for a tangle of reasons bound up with its complicated relationship with Kurds and its doubts about the goals of the international coalition fighting the extremists.
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FBI and JihadistsChicago arrest displays FBI’s wide net for Islamic State recruits
It marked at least the third time in the last month that federal agents have arrested Americans alleged to have been attempting to support the Jihadists’ fight in Iraq and Syria and underscores the challenge facing the FBI and other federal agents as they cast a nationwide net to try to intercept U.S. recruits bound for the Middle East or Islamic State operatives attempting to retaliate for recent U.S. airstrikes.
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Twitter and TalibanHow Twitter’s geolocation settings embarrassed the Taliban
On Friday, however, Mujahid posted several Tweets, apparently accidentally turning the social network's geolocation tracking on. His position came as a surprise to many: Instead of posting from Afghanistan, he seemed to be in Sindh, a Pakistani region in the southeast of the country.
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Women's Health and FitnessOpinion: Saudi women need more than a sporting chance
Over the years there have been many statements by high-ranking officials in the local media in Saudi Arabia that supported integrating girl sports in public schools, opening private clubs, allowing female participation in neighborhood centers, and setting the stage for more Olympic participation. However, logistical challenges remain, as there are no local sports professionals and no space is being made available in these public schools.
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‘Boots in the air’U.S. helicopters return to combat in Iraq for first time
Until Sunday, U.S. airstrikes in Iraq have been limited to fast-moving Air Force and Navy fighter aircraft and drones. But the use of the relatively slow-flying helicopters represents an escalation of American military involvement and is a sign that the security situation in Iraq’s Anbar province is deteriorating.
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Qatari Foreign PolicyOpinion: The Saudi and Emirati response to Qatar is all about domestic unrest
The UAE and Saudi Arabia would not be grandstanding and threatening their neighbor if they did not sincerely fear that Qatar’s relationships with Salafists fighting abroad and Brotherhood operatives throughout the Islamic world will help them present alternatives to the way the monarchies run things.
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U.S.-IsraelObama team warns Israel over settlements
The White House issued a sharply worded warning to Israel on Wednesday over proposed settlements in a disputed part of east Jerusalem, hours after President Obama met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "This development will only draw condemnation from the international community, (and) distance Israel from even its closest allies," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
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U.S. Air Campaign Against ISISThe Air Campaign Against ISIS: Understanding What Air Strikes Can Do—and What They Can’t
The air strikes in Syria signify a departure from military operations over the past thirteen years and a return to strategic concepts that date back to Desert Storm. While supporting ground forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, air forces largely used dynamic targeting, where a commander on the ground directs air attacks according to the situation. Because there are no ground forces in Syria, coalition forces are using deliberate targeting there, where numerous forms of intelligence are brought together to analyze the enemy and determine where strikes will have the most effect.
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