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A young and rapidly growing population, which topped 29 million in 2013, is the main driver for a rapid growth in the Saudi Arabian retail sector. One third of the population is under the age of 25, prompting retailers across the Kingdom to focus their marketing efforts onto a section of the population that is eager to acquire new technologies and a wide range of consumer goods. Consumer confidence levels are among the highest in MENA, and Saudis are among the most eager consumers in the world, according to A.T. Kearney’s 2013 Global Retail Development Index. Retail sales were expected to increase by 11% in 2013, according to the Index, yet retail sales per capita and disposable income remain lower than in some neighbouring countries, so there is scope for further growth.
Four years after Libya’s revolution, two political-military coalitions are competing for power in Libya, which are often, yet inaccurately, described as two governments, two parliaments and two armies. Behind that seeming polarization lies a far messier reality. More than 200 armed groups from the western city of Misrata anchor the military power behind the western alliance in Tripoli. The commanders, structures and fighters of these groups remain largely unchanged since the 2011 revolution, a tapestry analyzed in depth in a new edited volume, “The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath.” The genesis and inner workings of these Misrata militias serve as a vignette into the complex coalitional politics playing out within these alliances.
Armed men from Yemen's newly dominant Houthi group took over a special forces army base in the capital Sanaa early on Wednesday, soldiers there said. The clashes, which lasted around six hours, started late on Tuesday when Houthis shelled the camp with heavy weapons, soldiers from the camp said. At least 10 people were killed.
Kurdish militia pressed a big offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group that recently beheaded 21 Egyptian Copts.
U.S. and other global defense firms are putting down roots here in hopes selling arms to UAE, a strong American military ally in the region. For these companies, the sales have become even more important, particularly as Pentagon weapon sales have slowed in recent years.
A Pentagon-sanctioned briefing last week that released critical details of a coalition operation against a key Islamic State group stronghold in Iraq continues to leave national security experts baffled, wondering why the military would go against its tradition of not publicly providing information that could prove useful to enemy forces seeking to defend against an attack.
The Margh militia is the latest of the many irregular armed groups brazenly forming across the nation, seldom challenged by authorities even as President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to disband them. With most U.S. and NATO forces gone and Afghanistan’s security forces struggling to fill the void, such renegade militias pose a major obstacle to Ghani’s promise of creating a new Afghanistan where the rule of law is respected.
Kerry’s full slate of hearings before Congress this week reflects how the Obama administration has kept the lead on many national security crises in the hands of the State Department. Increasingly, policymakers and military leaders are repeating the refrain “there is no military solution” to the world’s conflicts. On Monday after a high-level war council meeting on the Islamic State strategy in Kuwait, newly minted Defense Secretary Ash Carter said more emphasis needs to be put on the diplomatic side of that operation.
Only a giant, inflated neon Mountain Dew gave any indication that the race had corporate sponsors. Most participants funded their own rally cars, mechanics, transport, accommodation, and food. I was lucky to have accommodation in a private camp. Most spectators and journalists were only given a tent a few square feet of the parking lot, where they were to pitch it.
