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  • Turkey
    Turkey Is Courted by U.S. to Help Fight ISIS

    The Obama administration began the work on Monday of trying to determine exactly what roles the members of its fledgling coalition of countries to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will play, with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel huddled with the leaders of the one country the administration has called “absolutely indispensable” to the fight: Turkey.

  • Transportation
    Saudi to award deal for rail within GCC

    Saudi Arabia is about to award a contract to construct nearly 663 km of rail lines within the planned train network in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the head of the Saudi railways organisation (SRO) said in remarks published on Monday.

  • Solar
    Saudi builder al-Khodari says to diversify into solar, nuclear energy

    Major Saudi Arabian construction firm Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al Khodari Sons Co said on Sunday that it would diversify into solar and nuclear energy.

  • Western Sahara
    VICE Video – The Sahara’s Forgotten War

    If you ask the linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, the Arab Spring did not begin in Tunisia in 2011, but with the October 2010 protests in the town of Gdeim Izik, in Western Sahara's occupied territories. The former Spanish colony has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975. Its territory is divided in two by a 1,677-mile long sand wall and surrounded by some 7 million land mines.

  • Lebanon
    Islamic State Is Coming, Graffiti Warns Lebanese, as the Band Plays On – Bloomberg

    The mood of mockery belied the nervousness among many Lebanese that they may be Islamic State’s next target. The country is part of the Levant, where the Sunni militant group, previously called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, seeks to extend the caliphate it has established in parts of Iraq and Syria.

  • Rail
    Saudi Arabia mulls high-speed Riyadh to Dammam rail link

    Saudi Arabia's government will study whether to build a high-speed railway line between Riyadh and Dammam, capital of the country's oil-rich Eastern Province, transport consultancy Consultrans said on Friday.

  • US Foreign Policy
    Opinion: Pursuing the Islamic State to the Gates of Hell

    The beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff have changed that. Republican Senate candidates in Alaska, Georgia, and New Hampshire are now tying their Democratic opponents to Obama’s supposed lack of a strategy against ISIS. Democratic Senators Bill Nelson and Tim Kaine are urging Congress to authorize the president to bomb the Sunni extremist group in Syria and Iraq. Last September, when YouGov.com asked Americans whether they supported air strikes “against Syria,” only 20 percent said yes. Last week, by contrast, when it asked whether Americans supported strikes “against ISIS militants in Syria,” 63 percent said yes.

  • Asharq Alawsat
    Saudi Arabia, France look to boost French investment in Kingdom

    Saudi Arabia and France are looking to open up new channels for French companies to invest in the Kingdom, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority said, as Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz wrapped up a three-day official visit to the country.

  • Solar Energy
    Lucrative opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s off-grid, hybrid solar markets

    According to a report by K.A.CARE on Saudi Arabia’s solar energy deployment roadmap, locations such as border posts, highway family rests, remotely located mosques and small-sized villages all represent excellent potential for micro-generation through hybrid designs, including solar-powered desalination and cooling. The daily electricity needs of such isolated areas are usually met via diesel generators that are transported periodically to these bases. Not only is the solution expensive and unreliable but the generators struggle to function during the hottest times of the day and often break down. The Nofa Equestrian Resort, located 85 km west of Riyadh, is already benefitting from the hybrid concept through its recently-commissioned 1 MW CPV plant, which is offsetting the resort’s 14 MW diesel generator. Most significantly, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Electricity Company are discussing plans to replace as much as 300 MW of diesel generation in off-grid locations with solar PV.

  • Economy
    Economic indicators point to Saudi Arabia’s sustained growth

    Saudi Arabia’s economic indicators last July point toward a sustained developmental growth in the Kingdom, Jadwa Investment said in its Saudi Chartbook for this month. It said the economic data for July was strong with the non-oil PMI expanding at the fastest rate since September 2012. Consumer spending also remained robust.