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  • Terror Attack
    Saudi ‘Terror’ Suspect Said to Have Fought in Iraq, Syria

    A Saudi citizen suspected of organizing the attack on Shiite worshipers in the oil-rich Eastern Province returned from fighting in Iraq and Syria, according to Saudi-owned newspapers. The citizen organized a cell that carried out the attack that killed seven people in the Shiite village of al-Dalwah after sneaking across the border into the kingdom, al-Hayat and Saudi Gazette newspapers said, citing security officials they didn’t identify. Asharq Al-Awsat said the Saudi fought in regional conflicts. The Interior Ministry declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

  • Saudi SWF
    Saudi prince wants wealth fund to cope with oil slide

    A SWF proposal has in fact already been discussed by the kingdom's legislators this year, albeit no decision has been taken. "Clearly the income from our sovereign wealth fund would not cover all our budget, but at least should cover a good size of it," Prince Alwaleed added. The comments come on the heels of an open letter he sent to the Saudi government last month, criticizing what he saw as a complacent reaction to falling oil prices. At the time Brent crude was trading just below $90 a barrel.

  • Entrepreneurship
    Want to push the MENA forward? Work for an entrepreneur

    As new programs in the region teach young people about the merits of starting a business, they also need to position working with a startup as a viable career choice. The two are symbiotic and the full potential of each track cannot be realized without the other. Moving forward, here are two recommendations to help shape efforts supporting entrepreneurship amongst youth:

  • India and Pakistan
    A Suicide Bomber Attacks the Border of India and Pakistan

    Two Pakistani Taliban groups have claimed responsibility for the attack: Jamaat ul-Ahrar, which recently splintered from the Pakistani Taliban, and Jundallah, a veteran terrorist group whose bombing of a church in Peshawar killed 127 last year. In remarks to Dawn, a Pakistani news service, Jamaat ul-Ahrar spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed that the bombing was in retaliation for Pakistan's anti-jihadist military operations near the country's border with Afghanistan.

  • Combating Extremism
    Saudi Arabia mobilizes clergy and media against jihadi recruitment

    Informed by its previous experience, the kingdom is using an array of tools against jihadi recruitment apart from the media. A royal decree in February ordered long jail terms for people who went to fight overseas or helped others do so, or for those giving moral or material aid to groups including Islamic State and al Qaeda's official offshoot in Syria, the Nusra Front. Several people have already been convicted. Top clerics including the Grand Mufti and members of the Senior Council of Scholars, the highest religious bodies in the kingdom, have repeatedly denounced militant groups in sermons and fatwas. While some senior government-appointed clerics have described the Syrian war as a jihad, they have made clear it is one that should be fought by Syrians, not by Saudis.

  • Archeology
    The giant stone circles in the Middle East no one can explain

    In the 1920s, a mustachioed British commander named Lionel Rees set out across the deserts of what would become Jordan. Snapping some of the earliest archaeological aerial photographs, he observed numerous immense, nearly perfect stone circles. “All three are almost exact circles, are different from anything else in the country,” he wrote in the journal Antiquity.

  • Military
    How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization

    Google may not need defense contracts, but the Pentagon needs more and better relationships with companies like Google. Only the private sector can provide the kind of cutting-edge technology that has given U.S. troops a distinct advantage for the past 70 years. And beyond courting commercial companies, the Pentagon must also adapt to an increasingly global defense industry, since critical defense technologies are no longer the sole province of U.S.-based companies.

  • Iran
    British-Iranian Activist Ghoncheh Ghavami Sentenced To A Year In Prison For Trying To Watch A Volleyball Game

    Ghoncheh Ghavami, a British-Iranian woman from Shepherd’s Bush in London, has reportedly been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to watch a men’s volleyball match.

  • Libya
    Benghazi district residents urged to leave

    Libya's army has asked residents in a central district of the port city of Benghazi to leave before a major military operation against Islamists.

  • Islamic State
    Why Islamic State threat is ‘unprecedented,’ but doesn’t change much for US

    The Islamic State is a unique phenomenon that "is unprecedented in the modern age," according to a new report, but a co-author suggests that – for now – the threat to the United States remains limited and the potential for solving the crisis is frustratingly familiar. The investigation, conducted by the Soufan Group, a security intelligence firm in New York, delves into the terrorist group’s own strategy papers and tweets, as well as the observations of defectors and analysis of Soufan's staff, including a former CIA officer. What sets the Islamic State apart is its strategy and organization, says Patrick Skinner, a former CIA case officer who has worked in the region and was a co-author of the report. That makes the militant group a hybrid between a terrorist group and a nation-state with the ability to switch between the two as needs dictate.