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Saudi Arabian construction firm Abdullah Abdul Mohsin al-Khodari and Sons has won a SAR1.35 billion ($359.7 million) contract from the government for construction of staff housing at King Khaled University, it said in a statement on Thursday.
"With all my time in Iraq, I would rank the Afghan army as a tougher, better fighting organization than what I dealt with in Iraq," he said. "They've got to keep working on institutionalizing, professionalizing, and keep upping the game." Four key areas for the Afghans to focus on are logistics, intelligence, aviation and special operations integration, Anderson said.
The fortunes of potential U.S. allies among Syrian rebel groups are ebbing fast as hardline Salafist groups and especially al Qaeda's affiliate go on the offensive. The past month has dealt further reverses to already-beleaguered moderate groups, whose presence in the critical northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo has further eroded.
The Houthis, who comprise 30 percent of Yemen's population, present an entirely separate problem from the al-Qaeda insurgency. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia had suspended most of its financial aid to Yemen as an ineffectual power-sharing deal with the Houthis has raised alarms with the Saudis. The United States, which also seeks to check Iran's influence in the region, can't be happy either.
The "Islamic State" terrorist group wants to present itself as a state but is little more than a mafia regime. It may be rich but the "caliphate" is in a state of crisis, as an investigation in seven countries shows.
Arabia, OPEC's largest oil producer, expects to see the price of oil stabilize at around $60 per barrel. The price of benchmark Brent crude oil is currently hovering at around $70 per barrel, and Saudi Arabia's new attitude, expressed by those familiar with the situation, suggests cuts in production should not be expected soon.
There is a need to encourage a transparent debate that can eliminate misconceptions and counter the rhetoric of radical organizations. The present approach has failed to help Muslim youth abandon their violence and militancy. It is time we explore different approaches that are more effective and can change the hearts and minds of the misguided and misinformed among us.
U.S. food and agricultural product exports to Saudi Arabia reached a record-high level of $1.425 billion in FY 2014, an increase of 24 percent over the previous year. In January 2014, Saudi Arabia implemented new requirements for a mandatory pre-registration and electronic customs clearance for all imported food and feed products. Recently, Saudi food regulatory authorities have begun a stricter enforcement of food import regulations and procedures, particularly those related to labeling requirements and the maximum allowable limits for food additives, which they have been lenient in enforcing in past years. Food packages which contain logos that may imply religious connotation, such as the trade symbols for Kosher food, have been rejected. This Exporter Guide updates the Saudi regulations and customs clearance procedures for importing food products and highlights issues that U.S. exporters must be aware of when exporting food products to the Saudi market.
Iraq's prime minister said Monday he retired 24 officials from the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to restructure the country's security apparatus and remove those who failed to confront the crisis caused by the Islamic State group's onslaught. Haider al-Abadi's announcement came as the Sunni extremist group attacked a police checkpoint near Iraq's border with Syria, killing at least 15 Iraqi policemen in an assault that underscored the depth of the country's turmoil.
