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  • U.S. Counter-Terrorism Policy
    Is Vice’s Documentary on ISIS Illegal?

    That decision means, for example, that Jimmy Carter and his Carter Center could be in violation of federal law for giving peacemaking advice to groups on the State Department’s FTO list. Any private individual who coordinates with a group on that list, or a group that the individual ought to know engages in terrorism, with the purposes of providing it advice or assistance—even on how to pursue an end to its campaign of violence—is guilty of a crime by the logic of the Roberts Court. In the justices’ judgment, the government’s interest in delegitimizing and weakening any such group easily outweighs constitutional rights to speech and association.

  • U.S.-Afghanistan
    New Afghan Government Signs BSA and SOFA

    The crucial Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) have been signed by newly inducted National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar, U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham and NATO Ambassador to Afghanistan Maurits R. Jochems in Kabul at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

  • Egypt
    Egypt court jails 68 pro-Morsi protesters

    An Egyptian court has sentenced 68 people to up to 15 years in prison over protest clashes, in the latest mass sentencing of Muslim Brotherhood supporters.

  • Security
    Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shi’ite Muslim stronghold

    Gunmen shot and wounded a Saudi policeman in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported late on Tuesday, in an attack that highlights the volatile situation in the area ahead of the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage.

  • U.S. and Syria
    Obama efforts to oust Assad pushed to back burner

    But Assad’s future is coming under fresh scrutiny as the U.S. and its allies launch airstrikes against militants who have gained a stronghold in Syria amid the chaos of the civil war that has left 200,000 people dead. Given that the Islamic State group is one of the Syrian government’s strongest opponents, the strikes have created an unexpected alignment between Obama and Assad that the Syrian president is seeking to exploit in order to gain legitimacy.

  • U.S.-Afghanistan
    We Finally Have a Security Agreement With Afghanistan—What’s Next?

    Approximately 9,800 soldiers are expected to stay in Afghanistan after the end of 2014, down from about 38,000 at the beginning of the year. By the end of 2015, that number will be cut in half to about 4,900, and soldiers will be located in two areas: the capital city of Kabul and Bagram Air Base, roughly an hour north of the capital.

  • Saudi Arabia and Counter-terrorism
    UN Week – Prince Saud Al Faisal Speech to the Global Counter Terrorism Forum

    ‘Today we are facing a very dangerous situation as terrorism has turned from cells into armies and from hiding into hotbeds to have shelters in countries and misusing their capacities. It has formed a dangerous cordon engulfing Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Before these dangerous facts, we are required to take the most firm and fateful policies and decisions to combat this vicious attack with all the possible serious and rapid move, taking into account the elements of time and the consequences of inaction.

  • Regional Economic Growth
    UAE and Saudi lead regional economic expansion

    “Demand in the UAE and Saudi Arabia was reported as strengthening, both at home and abroad. Interestingly, PMI data recorded over a period of time have clearly indicated that the MENA region still have the same leaders (UAE, Saudi Arabia), and same laggards (Egypt, Lebanon) in terms of economic performance,” said Wetterwald. In Saudi Arabia, the August headline PMI (non-oil private sector economy) of 60.7 was at its highest level since July 2011. The most recent data in the PMI series lead to an optimistic assessment relative to the growth over the first half of 2014.

  • Private Schooling in Saudi
    International schools catch on with Saudis

    There are two kinds of foreign schools in the Kingdom: the community schools run by the embassies of countries for their nationals living in Saudi Arabia and the international schools teaching British and American curricula. There are approximately 75 community schools in the Kingdom. “It is important for Saudi private schools to develop their academic programs to attract more students as the international schools have done. At present, there is strong competition between Saudi private schools and international schools,” Abdul Aziz Al-Makhlouf, a Saudi private school director in Jeddah, said.

  • Women's Sports
    Saudi Arabia urged to end discrimination in women’s sports

    Human Rights Watch urged Saudi officials to make clear what steps they are taking to ensure that women are included in other future competitions and are able to participate in sports generally. The kingdom has indicated it plans to send women to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro but earlier this month officials announced a team of 199 men for the 2014 Asian Games, which is currently taking place in Incheon, South Korea and runs until October 4. Mohammed al-Mishal, the secretary-general of Saudi Arabia's Olympic Committee, told Reuters that Saudi Arabia’s 2014 Asian Games team did not include any women because none have yet reached a level for international competition.