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PowerGCC electricity network set to expand trade opportunities
Al-Neyadi said that GCC electricity network could save up to $1.8 billion in fuel operating costs if GCC energy exchange is activated. He added that the GCC grid had prevented over 1,072 incidents of power blackouts since 2009, through direct instantaneous transfer of required power across the grid, thus avoiding losses that could have been triggered due to full and partial interruptions.
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US-SaudiCSUN student from Saudi Arabia who disappeared Sept. 18 remains missing
Abdullah Abdullatif Alkadi, 23, a full-time electrical engineering student at Cal State Northridge, was last seen about noon on Sept. 18 at his home in the 9900 block of Reseda Boulevard, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
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Arabs and IsraelKuwaiti Official Makes Jerusalem Pilgrimage
Sheikh Sabah's move was a rare and high-profile breaking of the longstanding Arab boycott against visiting the iconic Mosque of Omar (also known as the Dome of the Rock) and the al-Aqsa Mosque, both of which sit on top of what Arabs call al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews and Christians refer to as the Temple Mount. Known visits by prominent Arabs to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount since 1967 can be counted on one hand: President Anwar Sadat of Egypt in 1977, Egyptian foreign minister Amr Mousa in 1994, and Egypt's Grand Mufti and a Jordanian prince in 2012. As recently as May of this year, former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal publicly declined an invitation to visit Jerusalem because it was under occupation -- though the offer came from his former Israeli counterpart, Amos Yadlin, with whom the prince was publicly debating regional issues, thereby breaking another Arab diplomatic convention.
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Hamas and FatahHamas and Fatah agree unity government’s return to Gaza
The terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended the 50-day Gaza conflict on 26 August require a Palestinian Authority presence in the territory. Hamas had to accept those terms in return for the promise of help with reconstruction. However, a Hamas official told the Associated Press that there were still disagreements over who should be responsible for paying civil servants in Gaza, and whether the PA's own security forces would be allowed a significant presence in the territory. He described the deal as "partial".
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Saudi AramcoSaudi Aramco capitalises on geography
“Saudi Aramco’s entry into the petrochemical space is quite recent, since their facilities first started operations in 2007, so their rapid growth in the space is quite remarkable,” said Sanjay Sharma, vice president, Middle East and India at IHS Chemical. “Saudi Aramco is pursuing a business strategy that identifies advantaged feedstock and optimises the linkages between refinery, gas processing operations, and petrochemicals. This trend of integrating refineries and petrochemicals is common in other regions, but is a more recent trend in the Middle East, which is leading to more aromatics and derivatives production.”
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IslamPHOTOS: Muslims arrive in Mecca for Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia
Millions of Muslims are converging on Saudi Arabia to prepare for the annual Hajj pilgrimage – one of the largest gatherings of people in the world.
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Turkey and ISISErdogan says Turkey will join fight against Islamic State
Erdogan’s remarks in New York have yet to translate into concrete action. They nevertheless involve the clearest language to date on the topic and are expected to help staunch the flow of negative publicity Turkey has been receiving in the West about Ankara’s alleged soft stance on IS.
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Strikes on ISISPentagon: New airstrikes target refineries used by ISIS
U.S. and coalition warplanes pounded ISIS positions in eastern Syria on Wednesday, targeting what a Pentagon official described as mobile oil refineries being used by the so-called Islamic State terror group to help finance its operations. The latest round of airstrikes were aimed at cutting off money flowing to ISIS, which makes up to $2 million a day from oil produced by the mobile refineries, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, told CNN.
- Washington Post - Airstrikes in Syria Kill a Leader of al-Qaida Cell
- CBS News - Nusra Front, Other Syrian Rebels, Evacuating Bases Amid U.S. Airstrikes
- Foreign Policy - Opinion: Thank You for Bombing
- Bloomberg - A Month of Bombs Dropped in Two Days of Syria Strikes
- AFP - U.S.-Led Air Strikes Target ISIS Oil Refineries in Syria
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JordanAbu Qatada Acquitted on 2nd Terrorism Charge
A militant Islamic cleric known as Abu Qatada walked free on Wednesday after a state security court here acquitted him on terrorism charges, punctuating 15 years of legal battles with the Jordanian and British authorities.
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AfghanistanAfghan inauguration next week; no word on security pact with US
Ashraf Ghani will be inaugurated next week as president of Afghanistan, but it remains uncertain how soon he might sign a long-awaited security agreement that will set the terms for U.S. forces to remain in the country into next year.
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