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Saudi Oil PolicyDeterminants of a new Saudi oil policy
The kingdom holds about 25 percent of the world's oil reserves, 85 percent of global spare production capacity, and is the world's largest crude exporter by far. Through a series of strategic assessments over the past year, the Saudis determined that their best mid- to long-term objective is to sustain market share by allowing the price of oil to drop to a level that better reflects the realities of the global markets. Further, they will be able to operate in an environment over the next three to five years that could see prices fall as low as $60 per barrel.
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Al-Qaeda in YemenAQAP claims IED attacks on US Embassy in Sanaa
On Nov. 28, a Twitter account linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed credit for bombing the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during the evening of Nov. 27, coinciding with Thanksgiving, using two improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The last time AQAP has claimed credit for directly targeting the US Embassy in Sanaa was in late September, after fighters from the terrorist group launched rockets that reportedly fell about 100 meters away from the embassy.
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Jordan - IraqA highway through hell for the truckers who haul vital goods into Islamic State territory
It might be the most hairy truck route in the world — a nail-biting, long-haul, “Mad Max”-style endurance race from the Jordan border through the black heart of Islamic State territory.
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U.S. Secretary of DefenseThe Still Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense
Since the job was created in 1947, there have been 24 secretaries of defense, counting Donald Rumsfeld twice. With Chuck Hagel’s departure, nine of them have been fired or forced to resign. This troubling record contrasts with that of secretaries of state, only two of whom have been fired since the post was created in 1789 – Timothy Pickering in 1800 and Alexander Haig in 1982.
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Women DrivingSaudi Arabian Princess Ameerah Trying To Lift Ban On Female Drivers
"I don't believe the ban will go on indefinitely," Ameerah told the Daily Mail. "It will be like the decree calling for 20 per cent of Parliament to be made up of women - a surprising development, but one which happened very rapidly."
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U.S. - LibyaHouse panel finds no intelligence failure in Benghazi attacks
An investigation by the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the CIA and U.S. military responded appropriately to the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, dismissing allegations that the Obama administration blocked rescue attempts during the assault or sought to mislead the public afterward.
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Guantanamo BaySaudi Arabia fetches former ‘forever prisoner’ from Guantánamo
The sudden spurt in transfers — the Saudi was the 13th prisoner released this year — has unsettled some in Congress as the Pentagon works toward President Barack Obama’s goal of closing the detention center in southeast Cuba.
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UAE Terrorist ListQuestions, Praise for UAE’s Terrorist List
The list approved by the UAE Cabinet on Nov. 15 includes 83 organizations, including the Washington-based Center for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Serbian non profit group CANVAS and the Houthi movement in Yemen. The list, however, excludes Lebanese Hezbollah and Gaza- based Hamas.
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TerrorismThe Geography of Terrorism
Of the 17,958 people who died in terrorist attacks in 2013, 82 percent were in one of five countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria. That's one finding from this year's Global Terrorism Index report, published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The report is based on data from the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database, which has information on more than 125,000 terrorist attacks between 1970 and 2013.
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Syrian Opposition ForcesModerate Syrian rebels say they’re advancing on Damascus from south
Rebel groups based in southern Syria are advancing on the western suburbs of Damascus and warning they might soon enter the capital, a development that’s in sharp contrast to the grim reports from northern Syria, where moderate rebels have suffered setbacks from the government and radical Islamists.
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