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  • Pakistan
    How We Missed Mullah Omar

    This was the Predator’s first big test. The military had long had an interest in unmanned aircraft, but before the Predator, drones were at best a niche technology. Introduced in 1994 under a new type of rapid Pentagon procurement program, the Predator could linger in the air well beyond 24 hours, pointing cameras at the earth and transmitting live video images back to its operators.

  • GCC Markets
    Saudi market opening ushers in new era of GCC investment

    For international investors, the big prize behind the closed Saudi market is the treasure trove of well-run companies, often with plenty of cash in hand, catering to a growing, affluent population.

  • China and ISIS
    How China’s foreign and domestic policies may be fueling the Islamic State

    China’s policies toward Uighurs, which range from effectively banning Ramadan for Uighurs to favoring ethnic Han Chinese in the region’s economic development, have resulted in high levels of poverty in the Uighurs community—which fuels a narrative of anti-Muslim oppression and puts Beijing in the ISIL’s crosshairs. In a speech in July, ISIL leader Abu Bakr-Al Baghdadi named China as one of the regions where “Muslim rights are forcibly seized,” and released a map of the group’s global aspirations that included the vast swathe of China’s Xinjiang province.

  • Forbes Power List
    Forbes Middle East reveals the region’s 200 most powerful women

    Of the 200 Most Powerful Arab Women ranking, Egypt dominates with 29 entries. The largest economy in the region—Saudi Arabia—has 27, followed closely by the UAE, with 26 entries.

  • Islamic State
    Kerry Enlists Saudi King in War of Ideas Against ISIS

    Persuading would-be jihadists that ISIS distorts Islam “probably far more important than the military,” the U.S. Secretary of State says

  • Women in the Workplace
    Opinion: Real-life challenges to Women in the Workplace

    Yet identifying the causes of why women become discouraged with their career goals is fairly obvious. We are bound by tradition, customs and unwritten rules that allow men to rule our lives with an iron hand. Intellectually, most people agree that women in the workplace is beneficial to Saudi society, but emotionally we pull back by exerting needless control over working women.

  • Labor
    Saudi salaries likely to grow 5.4% in 2015

    The figure is slightly down from forecasts made in 2014 and 2013, which was 6 percent and 5.8 percent respectively, indicating that companies in the Kingdom are being slightly more conservative with their budgets. However, employees in Saudi Arabia were given an average salary increase of 5.2 percent in 2014, only slightly below the original projection of 6 percent.

  • Society
    Be polite to the public, Saudi police officers told

    Saudi Arabia’s top public security official has asked his men to be more polite and friendly when dealing with members of the public.

  • Social Media
    Social media in Saudi Arabia: A virtual revolution

    Tune into one of Saudi Arabia’s television channels and you are likely to find a stuffy report praising the government or a sheikh spinning a dreary sermon. Little wonder that so many Saudis turn to YouTube and other online broadcasters for light relief. That has led to the emergence of new media companies, mainly in the more liberal coastal city of Jeddah, dedicated to amusing the kingdom’s growing population.

  • U.S. Wars
    ‘American War Generals’ a sobering reflection on U.S. failures in Iraq

    As the U.S. escalates its campaign against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, a new documentary offers a cautionary tale about putting too much faith in technology and forgetting hard-fought lessons from the past. “American War Generals,” which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel, looks at how the U.S. military recovered from its disastrous endeavor in Vietnam, remade itself into an all-volunteer force that focused on fighting conventional wars, and then came close to defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan as it faced a type of enemy it vowed never to fight again.