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But about 500 kilometers to the south of Petra, at Mada’in Saleh in Saudi Arabia, also stands over a hundred magnificent and remarkably preserved rock-cut Nabatean tombs. Also known as Al-Hijr, or by its ancient name Hegra, the pre-Islamic archaeological site is located 300 kilometers North-West of Medina and 20 kilometers north of Al-Ula. It was the second city in importance, after Petra, of the Nabatean kingdom. Often referred to as the “southern capital,” Hegra was their southernmost settlement. In 2008, UNESCO added Mada’in Saleh to its World Heritage List -- the first such distinction for a site in Saudi Arabia.
I have given the group a different name, however: “Fahesh.” I believe it is the more appropriate one, as the word derives from an Arabic root meaning, “obscene.” When we refer to someone using this word it means they commit obscenities, whether through words or deeds. For what could be more obscene than killing innocent people, enslaving women, declaring countless Muslims as infidels, driving people from their homes, brazenly exhibiting the heads of those you have decapitated, legitimizing the killing of those who say “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is His Prophet,” plundering banks, selling captives like chattel, and extorting those in areas under your control?
Afghan officials confirmed for the first time Monday that the extremist Islamic State group is active in the south, recruiting fighters, flying black flags and, according to some sources, even battling Taliban militants.
This sector slump will lead to a fight to the death for oil firms, according to analysts at Bernstein Research. The research firm likened the current environment to the Hollywood movie "The Hunger Games", which portrays a dystopian post-apocalyptic future where the main protagonists battle each other to survive.
With the king in the hospital, Steve Inskeep considers the Saudis' status as a regional power with Thomas Lippman. His latest book: Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally.
The Ministry of Housing has finalized the list of Saudis eligible to receive housing support with some 754,570 citizens standing to benefit from the government scheme from a total of 960,397 applicants.
In a recent video released by the media wing of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the terrorist group provides detailed information to its fighters on methods of avoiding detection by drones. The 16-minute video, titled "Battling Espionage Planes - Camera," is largely about the technologies employed by drones in detecting individuals and vehicles on the ground and provides instructions about how to disrupt such technologies.
The head of Mitsui & Co., a big energy investor, said he thinks the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are working together to keep oil prices down in an effort to hurt Islamic State and Russia.
Abadi not only pressed Hagel to supply more American weapons and increase the tempo of U.S.-led airstrikes on the Islamic State — taking the Pentagon chief by surprise — but also expressed doubts about normalizing relations in the long term with Iraq’s Sunnis, according to two senior American officials.
