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Afghan deal rekindles questions on how soon US should exit
While it ends months of uncertainty about whether the Afghan government would agree on ground rules for U.S. forces to remain in the war-torn country after this year, it also reopens a debate over how fast the remaining American troops should pull out.
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The Rites Of Hajj, Explained In 6 Minutes, As Annual Muslim Pilgrimage Approaches
Despite its massive size, the pilgrimage is anything but a free-for-all. Pilgrims perform many rituals during the journey that include wearing special clothing, circling the sacred Kaaba, walking seven times between the hills of Safa and Marwa, and much more.
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Saudi Arabia plans for Ebola as millions visit for hajj pilgrimage
According to the minister, Jeddah has coordinated with international health bodies, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the countries where Ebola has struck to protect the annual pilgrimage that takes place in the last month of the Islamic calendar. Earlier in the year, Saudi Arabia had announced it will not issue visas to pilgrims coming from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea due to the spread of Ebola in those countries.
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Saudi Bank to Raise $6 Billion in World’s Second-Biggest IPO of Year
The sale will be the second-biggest of the year globally, trailing Chinese e-commerce business Alibaba’s $25 billion IPO last month and ahead of Japan Display’s $3.1 billion March IPO, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It will also be the largest in the Middle East, surpassing the $5 billion raised by Dubai’s DP World Ltd. in 2007, according to the data.
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Al Qaeda leader claims key operative in so-called ‘Khorasan group’ was killed
A senior al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr (a Saudi whose real name is Abdul Mohsin Abdullah Ibrahim Al Sharikh) has claimed on his Twitter feed that Muhsin al Fadhli is now an al Qaeda "martyr." Al Fadhli has been publicly identified by US officials as a key operative in the so-called "Khorasan group," which was dispatched to Syria by al Qaeda's senior leadership.
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Britain Carries Out First Air Strikes Against IS In Iraq
The British parliament last week approved a motion to join in a US-led military campaign against IS jihadists who have seized huge swathes of Iraq and Syria in recent months. The strikes signal the start of Britain's latest military engagement in Iraq after it pulled out all its troops in 2011 following an eight-year conflict. The government has said it will not send combat troops on the ground or join air strikes in Syria without further parliamentary approval.
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In UN Address, Netanyahu Compares Iran to ISIL
In 2012, Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations to draw “a clear red line” to stop Iran from gaining nuclear capability, pointing to a homemade, cartoon graph of a bomb illustrating the threat. At the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the Israeli prime minister continued the penchant for theatrics that have come to define his speeches to the annual caucus.
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Opinion: How Saudi Arabia is distancing itself from the Islamic State
In debates about terrorism and extremism in Saudi Arabia, extremism is repeatedly attributed to the era of Juhayman Ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaybi, who in 1979 led extremists to take over the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The government at the time met the radicals’ demands and allowed them to implement their brand of conservatism through the media, education and other forms of public life. This era in Saudi history is called the Awakening, and Wahhabism at the time was not described as a source of extremism. Today, however, because of IS, there are discussions on the connection between Sunni jihadist extremism and Wahhabism inside and outside Saudi Arabia. This might eventually change the way Saudis see themselves.
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Historic, anxious handover as Afghanistan swears in new leader
Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test.
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Qatar and the Arab Spring: Policy Drivers and Regional Implications
During the Arab Spring, Qatar moved away from its traditional foreign policy role as diplomatic mediator to embrace change in the Middle East and North Africa and support transitioning states. Regional actors viewed Qatar’s approach as overreaching, and skepticism of Doha’s policy motivations increased. Qatar’s new leadership, which came to power in June 2013, is adapting by reverting to a more pragmatic foreign policy and addressing the fallout from its support for Islamist movements in the region.
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