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Bomb Rips Through Shia Mosque in Najran City, Saudi Arabia, Killing One; Daesh Claims Responsibility, Suspect Named
A bomb ripped through a Shia mosque in Najran City in Saudi Arabia yesterday, killing one and injuring at least 16 people in the latest in a spate of murderous attacks across Saudi Arabia in the last year. Daesh has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the al-Mashhad mosque. Saudi Authorities have named a suspect. […]
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Report: U.S. State Department Approves Sale of $11.5b Littoral Combat Ships to Saudi Arabia, Latest in ‘Biggest Year Yet’ for U.S. Arms Sales
The State Department has approved the sale of as many as four Littoral Combat Ships for $11.25 billion under the Foreign Military Sales program according to an official cited by Bloomberg. The approval allows the Saudis to negotiate contracts for the ships unless Congress passes legislation to block the deal, the report said. The news […]
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Perspective: “Lessons from America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East” – Chas Freeman’s Speech to AUSPC in Washington
In the opening keynote at this year’s 24th Arab-US Policymaker’s conference, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. discussed the lessons from America’s “continuing misadventures in the Middle East.” The event, hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in Washington, D.C., enters its second day today at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. Ambassador Freeman chairs Projects […]
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Jadwa October 2015 Chartbook: Investment in Foreign Securities Recorded a Monthly Increase, First Time in 2015
Investment in foreign securities recorded a monthly increase for the first time in 2015, an indication that pressure continued to be relieved off foreign reserves as the main deficit financing tool, according to a recently released report by Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment. Additionally, net monthly withdrawals from government accounts continued to be small in August compared to […]
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Saudi Students in the U.S. Increased 20% from 2013/2014 and Are Increasingly Placed in Diverse Institutions, Study Finds
A recent report on Saudi students in the United States by World Education News and Review (WENR) found that Saudis studying in the U.S. have increased by 20% in the last year and often apply to a wider range of schools other than the elite institutions that are a typical focus of international applicants. The […]
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HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal, in First Interview with Israeli Media, Chides Netanyahu for Refusing Peace
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal gave his first televised interview with the Israeli media station Haaretz, and told the outlet that if Netanyahu was a far-sighted leader, he would negotiate on the basis of the Arab Peace initiative. If Benjamin Netanyahu “was more of a far-sighted leader, he would break the logjam and negotiate on the […]
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14 Years After 9/11 Attacks, U.S. Judge Throws Out Suit Against Saudi Arabia
A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, just over 14 years after the strikes on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Saudi Arabia “had sovereign immunity from damage claims by families of […]
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SAMA Draws Down on ‘$50-70 Billion’ From Foreign Assets in Face of Sustained Oil Price Slump
Saudi Arabia is seeking to cut its widening deficit and “reduce exposure to volatile equities markets amid the sustained slump in oil prices” as it draws down a reported $50-$70 billion from foreign holdings around the world in 2015, according to a Financial Times report. The sale of assets is in line with estimates on […]
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Over 700 Dead and Hundreds More Injured after Stampede in Mina Seen as ‘Worst Hajj Disaster in 25 Years’
At least 717 pilgrims were killed and 805 others were injured on Thursday in a stampede in Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage in 25 years. The stampede was caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way […]
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U.S. Coordinates with Saudi Arabia to Return Guantanamo Detainee
A suspected former bodyguard to Osama bin Laden has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to his native Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. DoD officials. “The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United […]
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Will Royal Succession Change Saudi Arabian Role?
Under Abdullah, Saudi Arabia matured as a regional power and assumed new commitment, making it harder to revert to an era of backroom diplomacy, the export of piety and the soft power of petrodollars. What’s not yet clear is whether Salman will continue on that road or make subtle but significant changes.
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After Qaboos, who will be Oman’s next sultan?
The death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia turns the focus of succession speculation in Arabia to the Sultanate of Oman. Sultan Qaboos, the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East, has been in Germany for unspecified health reasons since last summer. While the Saudi succession was transparent, Oman’s is opaque.
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Who is the new Saudi king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud?
He is also respected for his 48-year record as governor of the capital, Riyadah, during which time the city’s population ballooned from 200,000 to 7 million. Commenting on his record as governor, Bruce Riedel, senior fellow and director of the Brookings Intelligence Project, said: “Salman presided over this remarkable transformation with a record for good governance and a lack of corruption.” As governor, he also quietly dealt with the discipline of younger royals when they erred.
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Opening up: is Saudi Arabia’s stock market ready for an upgrade?
It is a statement about the way those markets have started to develop,” said Alexander Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, in an exclusive interview with Gulf Business.
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The Great Wall of Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia has been constructing a 600-mile East-West barrier on its Northern Border with Iraq since September.
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Seriously, a fatwa against snowmen? Saudis push back on Twitter.
This online interaction reflects the Islamic principle of ijma, or consensus, on religious edicts, under which public opinion is able to cast off weak or impractical fatwas.
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How low can oil prices go? Welcome to the oil market’s old normal
But lower drilling costs, steady improvements in fracking techniques and a focus on lowest cost areas help offset the effect of lower prices. The EIA said in December that “projected oil prices remain high enough to support development drilling activity in the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Niobrara, and Permian Basin, which contribute the majority of U.S. oil production growth.” The EIA said it expects U.S. crude oil production to average 9.3 million barrels per day in 2015. That’s 200,000 barrels a day less than EIA’s earlier projections, but it still means an increase of 700,000 barrels a day from 2014. Sooner or later, though, the cycle will turn. Naimi in the interview with Argus sounded confident, and patient. "The bet is about the timing of the price rise," he said, "not about if it will occur."
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Opinion: Will This Time Be Different?
The good news is that more than 13 years after the 9/11 terror attacks, anti-Muslim violence remains a rare phenomenon in Western democracies. In the United States, for example, the FBI tallied 165 anti-Muslim hate-crime offenses in 2013, or about one-tenth the number of offenses targeting gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. Only about one-third of anti-Muslim crimes involved violent attacks on people. Comparable statistics for Europe are more difficult to come by. (In 2014, the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League published a sharp critique of the deficiencies of hate-crime record-keeping in European countries.)
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What happens to Saudi Arabia with oil at $50?
But Jean-Michel Saliba at Bank of America Merrill Lynch points out that the recent budget was based on an average oil price of $75 a barrel, which would produce a deficit of 9 per cent of GDP. If oil stays at $50 a barrel in 2015, the fiscal deficit would swell to about 20 per cent of GDP.
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Opinion: If Cyberattacks Are Terror, Who’s the Biggest Terrorist?
Rather than misapplying the existing policy tools or diminishing the physical harm and psychological toll of terrorism, Congress should reexamine what new legislation is required to prevent or counter significant costly or damaging cyberattacks. If malicious cyberattacks are considered terrorism, this will result in a default categorization of the United States and many of its allies as sponsors of terrorism. Obviously, it’s highly unlikely that the Secretary of State would designate the United States or its allies as such.
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