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Iraqi KurdsKurdish-Baghdad agreement ‘temporary,’ KRG official says
In the coming year, Iraqis and Kurds hope to reach “a more sustainable agreement” that addresses revenue and power sharing, territorial disputes and includes recognition of the KRG’s own “sovereign costs” for its peshmerga forces and oil production, Talabani said. Iraqi ambassador to the United States, Lukman Faily, who attended Talabani's address, told Al-Monitor that the recent deal was a "confidence-building measure."
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Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai’s at Oslo’s Nobel Peace centre
Malala Yousafzai will pick up her Nobel peace prize on Wednesday, but the youngest ever laureate already has an even more startling memento from her young life: the blood-soaked school uniform she wore when shot by the Taliban.
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U.S. - IraqHagel to Iraqis: US firepower is not the answer
As the first American defense secretary to visit Iraq since the U.S. officially ended its long war three years ago, Chuck Hagel's message to Iraqi leaders was plain: U.S. military power didn't solve Iraq's problems last time, nor will it now. "As Iraqi leaders and the people of Iraq know, only they can bring lasting peace to their country — if they are resolved to do this," Hagel told reporters Tuesday after meeting Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top Iraqi officials.
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CIA InterrogationsA Grim Portrait of CIA Tactics
An exhaustive five-year Senate investigation of the CIA’s secret interrogations of terrorism suspects renders a strikingly bleak verdict on a program launched in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, describing levels of brutality, dishonesty and seemingly arbitrary violence that at times brought even agency employees to moments of anguish.
- Foreign Policy - The CIA's Response to the Torture Report
- Defense One - On the CIA Torture Report, Obama Can’t Win
- Reuters - In Wake of CIA Report, Prosecutions Unlikely
- Washington Post - New U.S. embassy warnings posted after release of CIA interrogation report
- Huffington Post - More Than A Quarter Of The World's Countries Helped The CIA Run Its Torture Program
- Washington Post - The 20 key findings
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Saudi Cabinet ShuffleKing appoints 8 new ministers
In a major Cabinet reshuffle, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Monday replaced six ministers and appointed eight new ministers. Dr. Muhammad Al-Hiazaa is the new minister of health while Abdulaziz Al-Khudairi is new minister of culture and information, the Saudi Press Agency reported. According to the royal decrees, six ministers have been relieved from their duties upon their request. They are Sheikh Saleh Al-Asheikh, minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance; Khaled Al-Anqari, minister of higher education; Muhammad Mulla, minister of communications and information technology; Yusuf Al-Othaimeen, minister of social affairs; Fahd Balghunaim, minister of agriculture; and Jubarah Al-Suraisri, minister of transport. They were replaced by Suleiman Aba Al-Khail (Islamic affairs), Khaled Al-Sabti (higher education), Fahaad Al-Hamad (communications and information technology), Suleiman Al-Homayyed (social affairs), Waleed Al-Khuraiji (agriculture), and Abdullah Al-Moqbil (transport).
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Manama DialogueStrategic Priorities in the Middle East: Q&A
The 10th annual Manama Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, brings together representatives from states in the Gulf region and outside powers to exchange views on the defense and security challenges facing the Gulf. The 2014 Manama Dialogue is being held 5th-7th December.
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Saudi TransportationSaudi taxis to stop roaming streets
Taxi cabs will stop roaming around on the streets of Saudi cities as they will be restricted to on-call service under a new law to be enforced in the Gulf Kingdom within 45 days, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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AfghanistanIn Kabul’s Valley of Death, hints of Afghanistan’s security woes
An afternoon spent along a particularly violent stretch of the route — the Kabul-Jalalabad Road — helps illustrate the challenges in securing this capital city, as most U.S. and international forces prepare to withdraw by the end of this month. Here, it’s difficult to distinguish the enemy from local residents, and the targeting of foreigners is fueled by perceptions they are engaged in nefarious activities.
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U.S. Anti-ISIS StrategyNew U.S. military command established for Iraq and Syria operations
The military has provided few details about the new task force, but said in a news release Friday that it will replace U.S. Central Command as the organization releasing information about the mission.
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Standard and Poor'sS&P lowers Saudi, Oman outlook on low oil price
Standard and Poor's has lowered the outlook for the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia to stable from positive and its Gulf partner Oman to negative on sliding oil prices.
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