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  • Saudi Sentences
    Saudi sentences three to death over terrorism charges

    The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh yesterday sentenced three Saudis to death and 20 others to prison terms ranging from five to 25 years over charges of joining an Al-Qaeda terrorist cell in the kingdom, the Anadolu news agency reported. The same court also sentenced four Saudis to death and 16 others to prison terms ranging from 16 to 23 years.

  • Focus KSA
    Focus KSA – Arabian Gulf and Regional Challenges Conference – Katz (Video)

    The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Gulf Research Center hosted the “Arabian Gulf and Regional Challenges” conference in Riyadh (Sep 16-17, 2014). Dr. Mark Katz, a Gulf specialist who teaches at George Mason University was invited to participate. On his return to the United States he sat down to give Focus KSA a debrief.

  • Air Strikes in Syria
    Syria: US begins air strikes on Islamic State targets

    US Central Command (Centcom) said Sunni Arab countries Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates "participated in or supported" the strikes

  • Arab States
    Opinion: Costly Arab Delusions

    Consider Europe, where the notion of a nation-state was introduced at Westphalia in 1648. It was not until 300 years later, with the precursors to the European Union, that the peoples of Europe began to imagine themselves as part of a single entity. Today, the European identity has grown strong, but it is still rooted in the unique cultures of its individual countries. There is no Europe without Belgium, Poland, Portugal, or Norway.

  • Nitaqat
    11,000 Saudi firms closed down due to Nitaqat, MIT study finds

    Some 11,000 Saudi firms have closed down due to the implementation of Nitaqat program to support Saudization, according to a study conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which is participating in training Saudi workers online in coordination with the Ministry of Labor. The closures occurred in 16 months since the beginning of implementation of the Nitaqat program in 2011, found the study, which said that during this period 96,000 Saudis were employed in the private sector.

  • Turkey and ISIS
    How the Islamic State Took Turkey Hostage

    While the details of the hostage deal are still unclear, Ankara has had interlocutors with IS -- from Arab tribes to former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who sought refuge in Turkey -- who could have been instrumental in reaching it. Such a deal, however, may include a promise of continued non-involvement in the campaign against the jihadist group, with the soldiers stationed at Suleyman Shah serving as an insurance policy for the jihadists.

  • Saudi Youth
    The primary concerns of Saudi youth

    It became evident to the consulting group that there were five dominant areas of concern faced by the youth of Saudi Arabia. They were: The high cost of living, the lack of affordable housing, rising crime and violence among their segment, lack of confidence in the education system and finally the scarcity of opportunities for a career and good living.

  • Kingdom Tower
    Saudi Kingdom Tower buys world’s largest crane

    With the tower’s foundation now in place, vertical, above-ground construction commenced in September. Plans call for the first ten floors to be completed by the end of the year. The Kingdom Tower features 170 stories, seven stories of which will be allocated for the five-star Four Seasons Hotel offering 200 rooms and121 luxury serviced apartments, and seven stories for offices.

  • Golan Heights
    UN’s flight marks new era on Israel-Syria front

    "Their mandate is just not relevant anymore," said Stephane Cohen, a former Israeli military liaison officer with UNDOF. "They are there to oversee an agreement between two countries — Israel and Syria — and in practice there is no Syria anymore." That endangers a status quo that — despite a formal state of war between Israel and Syria — is widely regarded as convenient.

  • Information Technology
    Government IT spending fuels Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s innovation economy

    Overall IT spending in the Kingdom - the Middle East's largest IT market - is set grow by 23 percent from US$ 11.5 billion in 2014 to US$ 14.2 billion in 2017 according to IDC's report 'Saudi Arabia Vertical Markets 2013-2017 IT Spending Forecast'. Government will be the fastest-growing vertical in this period, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.9 percent, according to IDC. Guiding investment is the Kingdom's Ninth Development Plan, which projects a 27 percent increase in government spending from SAR 150 billion in 2009 to SAR 191 billion in 2014.