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Saudi Arabian stocks headed for a bear market after OPEC took no action to stem a slump in oil, triggering a rout in Middle Eastern equity markets.
Amateur video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday showed what looked like a pop-up waterfall in Saudi Arabia following days of severe rain storms. In the footage, allegedly shot in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, water falls of a cliff making its way to the ground as people stopped their cars to watch the unusual sight.
Quietly over the past few years, the LAF has been developing a credible force, with U.S. assistance. The training and materials geared toward counterterrorism, internal security, and border control were not seen by Hezbollah as a threat to its military arsenal of rockets and long range missiles. As it turns out, the LAF was better prepared for the Syrian crisis and its spillover into Lebanon.
One narrative, suggested by US and other Western officials, is that though some progress was made, it came late, and amid continued significant gaps on core issues that necessitated extending the negotiations into next year. The second narrative, held by some Iranian officials, is that there was substantial progress, even in the final days, that some thought they could rapidly build upon to finalize the political agreement in a matter of days or weeks. "We were there," a senior Iranian official told some interlocutors, suggesting he was disappointed Western counterparts did not decide to stay in Vienna over the next week to try to advance the deal.
The Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research and Studies (PMBF Program) at the University of Central Florida is proud to announce the first installment of the oral history project entitled “The American Experience in Saudi Arabia.”
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says that a total of 348 people have died in the kingdom after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS. The ministry's latest figures, released late Tuesday, include two recent deaths recorded in the capital Riyadh. It brings to 810 the number of confirmed cases in Saudi Arabia since the virus was first identified in 2012.
In September, the kingdom's Supreme Economic Council said it is studying a proposal to tax undeveloped urban land to ease housing shortages and help the country meet its target of building 500,000 units at a cost of USD 67 billion. The issue is politically sensitive as much of the prime land in major cities is owned either by members of the royal family or wealthy family groups who are reluctant to sell.
The front cover of the English language magazine's fifth issue featured a picture of Islam's holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram, or the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca, with a pledge to seize it.
There has also been a marked deterioration in the economic outlook for Dubai over the summer. Oil prices are down sharply. The dollar-linked dirham has appreciated very quickly making Dubai tourism and trade less competitive. Interest rates are going up. The global economy appears to be slowing down and not expanding as previously thought. Geopolitical events are another headwind. The progress of ISIL is alarming to everyone in the Gulf. The nuclear talks in Iran are coming to an end. Ebola is bad for the travel business. The sanctions against Russia have crushed the ruble. Dubai is a global hub city and business here is far from immune.
There has been a lot of discussion lately about what women in Saudi Arabia must wear when they are out in public. That traditionally black cloak worn over her clothing that hides the female form is called the abaya, and lately there have been heated discussions about whether colored abayas should be permitted or not. My husband has told me that when he was growing up in Jeddah, women did not wear abayas. Of course women dressed modestly, but they wore what they wished in terms of colors and styles, and they weren't obligated to wear the uniform of the black abaya. It wasn't really until about the 1990s when religious police began forcing women to wear the abaya in public.