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‘Shamoon’ Comeback: Several Saudi Government Agencies Attacked by Malware from Iranian State-Sponsored Hack
- December 1,2016
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- SUSTG Team
State-sponsored hackers have reportedly conducted a series of destructive malware attacks on Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks, including erasing data and wreaking havoc in the computer banks of the agency running the country’s airports and hitting five additional targets, Bloomberg reports. U.S. security firms said that a version of Shamoon, the computer virus […]
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: ‘Stop the Debate…It’s Time for Women to Drive’ in Saudi Arabia
- November 30,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a 4-page essay entitled, “It’s High Time Women Started Driving Their Cars,” billionaire Saudi businessman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal urged an end to the debate about women’s driving in Saudi Arabia. The essay is as much a short treatise on modern Saudi feminism and the progress of women’s rights in the Kingdom as it […]
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Saudi Arabia Begins to ‘Inject Large Amounts of Money Into Economy’ to Boost Growth
- November 29,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s government has begun “injecting large amounts of money into the economy to boost growth at the end of this year after a sharp slowdown due to low oil prices,” Reuters reports citing Saudi Central Bank data. After raising $17.5 billion last month in its first international bond issue, Saudi Arabia “did not hold that […]
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Government Makes Payments to Construction Companies as MMG Sends Letter to Deputy Crown Prince Warning of Operations Halt
- November 21,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has reportedly made good on $10.7 billion that it owed to private sector companies, according to Arab News, but one construction firm said on Monday that it wrote directly to the Deputy Crown Prince warning it may need to cease operations. Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG) said in a short statement through Saudi […]
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Saudi Student Murdered in Wisconsin Shocks Community
- November 2,2016
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- SUSTG Team
A University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia died one day after being assaulted on a street in downtown Menomonie, Wis., about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, according to reports. Hussain Saeed Al-Nahdi was reportedly assaulted by a suspect whom police described as a white male about six feet tall. He died a day later […]
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Saudi Arabia Replaces Finance Minister in Continued Shift Toward Younger Technocrats
- November 1,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia has replaced its Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, with the head of the Kingdom’s capital markets regulator Mohammed Al-Jadaan in the latest move toward a younger generation of technocratic leaders in high positions. Al-Assaf was Saudi Arabia’s longest-serving active minister, having held the position of Minister of Finance since 1996. Another Royal […]
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US Customs Facilities Coming to Riyadh, Jeddah Airports to Add Convenience, Efficiency to U.S.-Saudi Travelers
- October 27,2016
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- SUSTG Team
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will soon set up facilities at Riyadh and Jeddah airports to process U.S.-bound passengers’ arrival documents before landing in the U.S., the Saudi Gazette reports, citing a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke with the Okaz Arabic daily. Long delays and extra screenings have become standard for […]
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Candor from High-Ranking Saudi Ministers on Economy Latest Example of Increased Transparency
- October 24,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Several high-ranking officials and Ministers in Saudi Arabia discussed the state of the Kingdom’s economy on a popular television show last week, according to Bloomberg, in what amounted to “an unusual attempt by a government not known for transparency to promote its plan to cope with the plunge in oil prices.” “Saudis who switched on a […]
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Government Payments to Top Companies Resume, Al-Assaf Says on Saudi TV
- October 20,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has resumed payments of its debts to contractors after long delays that imperiled company finances and hurt investor sentiment, according to Bloomberg, which cited comments made by Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf on Saudi television. In the televised interview late on Wednesday, Al-Assaf said payments have been “regularized and will rise in the coming period.” […]
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72-Hour Ceasefire in Yemen Set for Wednesday Night
- October 18,2016
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- SUSTG Team
The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen announced a 72-hour cease-fire to begin Wednesday night, after he received commitments from all of the country’s warring factions, according to reports. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the cessation of hostilities will begin at 8:59 p.m. UTC Wednesday and could be renewed after the initial three-day period. Twice […]
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Palestine and the UNPalestinian statehood resolution fails at U.N council, U.S. votes against
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and the establishment of a Palestinian state by late 2017. The resolution called for negotiations to be based on territorial lines that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. It also called for a peace deal within 12 months.
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Global Oil MarketsOil Set for Biggest Slump Since 2008 as OPEC Battles U.S. Shale
Oil’s slump has roiled markets from the Russian ruble to the Nigerian naira and squeezed government budgets in producing nations including Venezuela and Ecuador. It’s also boosted China’s emergency crude reserves and helped shrink fuel subsidies in India and Indonesia. OPEC has signaled it won’t cut supply to influence prices, instead preferring to defend market share amid an unprecedented U.S. shale boom.
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AfghanistanTaliban: U.S. Leaving Afghanistan in ‘Defeat’
In the lengthy statement, Mujahid said the war had exacted a heavy toll from the United States and its allies while leaving them precious little to show for their human and financial losses.
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IranIran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vilifies U.S. on Twitter
In a series of blunt tweets over the holiday weekend, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei entered America's debate on race and police violence -- comparing unrest in states like New York and Missouri to conflicts in the Middle East.
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U.S.-AfghanistanU.S., NATO mark end of mission to Afghanistan
ISAF was set up after the U.S.-led invasion as an umbrella for the coalition of around 50 nations that provided troops and took responsibility for security across the country. It ends with 2,224 American soldiers killed, according to an AP tally, out of a total of some 3,500 foreign troop deaths. The mission peaked at 140,000 troops in 2010 with a surge ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama to root the insurgents out of strategically important regions, notably in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, where the Taliban had its capital from 1996 to 2001.
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IraqNo Way Out for Iraqis Who Helped U.S. in War
One Iraqi begged a retired Marine general he had gotten to know during the war: “Come quickly or we’re all dead.”
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U.S. Ground Forces in IraqTask force denies reports U.S. engaged in ground combat with Islamic State
Contrary to reports coming out of Iraq, U.S. troops have not engaged in ground combat with the Sunni insurgent group Islamic State, according to the task force in charge of running daily operations in the U.S. and coalition mission known as Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Global Oil MarketsOil Advances as Traders Weigh U.S. Recovery With Saudi Policy
Oil rose for the second time in three days before a report that may show the U.S. economy expanded more than previously estimated last quarter. West Texas Intermediate climbed as much as 2.9 percent in New York, paring this year’s decline to 43 percent while Brent gained in London. The U.S. economy expanded 4.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, a Bloomberg News survey shows. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest producer, doesn’t plan to pump less “whatever the price is,” Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi told the Middle East Economic Survey yesterday.
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AfghanistanIn a strategic valley, a glimpse of Afghan troops’ future after most U.S. forces leave
Since March, Mirwais’s Afghan army battalion has been steadily confronting the Taliban in the Chak Valley, southwest of the capital, Kabul. Their performance has been a rare sliver of success in an unprecedented year of death and anguish for the country’s security forces. But even here, pushing back the insurgents is a grinding and treacherous task. The unit’s experience is a portent of how Afghanistan’s 13-year-old war could shape up in the months after the formal end of the U.S.-led combat mission. Beginning next year, Afghan forces will assume full sovereignty over security with the help of a much smaller — and restricted — NATO presence.
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Cost of WarWars’ Cost to U.S. Since the Sept. 11 Attacks: $1.6 Trillion
Unlike academic estimates, which have calculated total costs as much higher, the Congressional Research Service doesn’t include in its calculations the lifetime costs of medical care for disabled veterans, imputed interest on the deficit or potential increases to the base defense budget deemed to be a consequence of the war, according to Amy Belasco, author of the report.
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