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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman unveils major cabinet reshuffle
Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 55, was appointed deputy crown prince, making him second in line to the throne and effectively smoothing the line of succession for years to come.
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The Islamic State’s model
There is one key difference between al-Qaeda’s and the Islamic State’s model for expansion. Al-Qaeda wanted to use its new franchises in service of its main priority: attacking Western countries to force them to stop supporting “apostate” Arab regimes, which without the support of Western countries would then be ripe for the taking. This has only truly worked out with its Yemeni branch, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). On the other hand, while the Islamic State does not have an issue with its supporters or grassroots activists attacking Western countries, its main priority is building out its caliphate, which is evident in its famous slogan baqiya wa tatamaddad (remaining and expanding).
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Oil price fall leaves Gulf states with difficult reform choices
If prices do not rebound by the middle of the year, HSBC predicts governments will cut non-core spending and borrowing, and start liquidating assets to fund mounting shortfalls — with the adjustment more pronounced next year.
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Expect Republicans to Add Teeth to Iran Sanctions Bill
When the Senate Banking Committee debates and almost certainly approves a new bill to increase pressure on Iran Thursday, some Republican senators are set to try and make the legislation's sanctions tougher. It’s a risky strategy that could jeopardize fragile Democratic support and complicate future attempts to overcome President Barack Obama’s threatened veto.
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ISIS ‘Attack Saudi Border Post and Infiltrate Town’
Dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters have infiltrated a Saudi Arabian border town via Iraq before melting away into the general population, according to claims by the terror group’s supporters on social media.
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1.61 million follow King Salman on Twitter
“Following the death of King Abdullah, the newly crowned King Salman gained thousands of Twitter followers,” said a social media monitoring site called Topsy. It disclosed that the new king’s twitter followers increased to 1.61 million until Sunday. King Salman changed his Twitter name from @HRHPSalman to @KingSalman and hours later, his new handle received more than 130,000 mentions on the network, it said.
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Mystery surrounds death of US defense contract worker at Saudi hotel
The mysterious death in Saudi Arabia of an American defense contractor who fell from a third story hotel window has family and friends emphatically denying his employer's original claim that he committed suicide.
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Islamic State purportedly sets new deadline for hostage swap
An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also captured by the group would be killed unless a woman jailed in Jordan was released by sunset on Thursday.
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China’s Afghanistan Gambit
China’s choice of conflicts exposes an overarching theme in the types of crises Beijing is most likely to mediate. Both South Sudan and Afghanistan have resources that China is keen to exploit. It is also true that no other state is present to protect these economic interests for China and to root out terrorists. This, of course, is not completely true yet in Afghanistan since foreign forces remain in the country. There is a major peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, but nothing comparable to the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Still, the lack of a security guarantor now or in the near future appears to be a key factor in China’s decision to play peacemaker.
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Beyond front lines in Iraq, a forgotten force faces Islamic State
Sheikh Mohammed and Ali – they asked that their family and tribal names not be used because they still have family in Islamic State-occupied Mosul – are nearly forgotten players in the nasty war that’s embroiled most of Iraq. When Mosul fell in June, much was made of the complete collapse of the Iraqi army, which abandoned its posts across much of northern and central Iraq as disciplined Islamic State militants swept south. But that narrative ignores Sheikh Mohammed, Ali and perhaps 400 other Sunni Muslim soldiers who continue to fight.
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