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More Airstrikes in Saudi Arabia as Soldiers Said to be Captured by Houthis
- September 22,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Two Saudi soldiers fighting with the Arab coalition in Yemen have been detained by Houthi rebels and three others are missing as Saudi airstrikes continue to pound targets across the war-torn country today. The two Saudi soldiers were on the ground in Yemen and “are detainees and not hostages,” according to Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asseri of […]
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Report: Crane collapse and subsequent action against Binladin Group ‘deeply troubled Saudi King Salman’
- September 21,2015
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- SUSTG Team
The collapse of a crane in Mecca on September 11th “deeply troubled” Saudi Arabia’s King Salman as analysts say the King took unusually swift response in sanctioning the Binladin group. According to an AFP report which cited unnamed western diplomats, authorities were “embarrassed” by the accident and expressed surprise that the company was sanctioned only […]
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The Middle East’s Migration Crisis Brings Regional Challenge Home to Europe, Gulf States
- September 15,2015
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- SUSTG Team
As a global crisis emerges on how and even if it is possible to accommodate the displaced from Syria’s conflict, a once-distant conflict for many in Western nations and in Gulf states is now a real and visible problem that cannot be ignored. With hundreds of thousands of migrants in exodus – many of whom have left Syria as […]
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Yemen Surge: 10k Coalition Troops Pour into Yemen as Airstrikes Continue to Pound Houthi Targets
- September 9,2015
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- SUSTG Team
A Saudi-led alliance launched more air strikes on Yemen’s capital and more foreign troops were reported to be moving into the country, Reuters reports, an escalation in coalition involvement. Local sources cited by Reuters report an increase in Qatari, Sudanese, and Egyptian forces entering Yemen, while Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Gazette, citing Al Arabiya TV, reports […]
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King Salman’s Visit to Washington and Strengthening U.S.-Saudi Business Ties
- September 3,2015
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- SUSTG Team
In an op-ed today in Al Arabiya, Patrick Ryan of SUSRIS notes that while geopolitical issues are making headlines in advance of King Salman’s first visit to Washington as King, “no less visible will be the importance of the historic business relationship between the kingdom and America as demonstrated by an expected high-powered, day-long investment […]
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Oil in Downward Spiral as Global Markets Push Prices to Fresh Lows
- August 25,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Recent turmoil in global markets, originating in China and spreading to markets globally, have put added pressure on an already battered price of oil as investors look for the bottom. Oil has fallen by about $60 in the last year, and instability in markets this week has increased downward pressure on the commodity with a 6% […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Women are Registering to Vote for the First Time Ever
- August 20,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Voter registration for women began in the parts of Saudi Arabia this last weekend in a milestone for women’s rights. The first registered women voters in Saudi Arabia comes four years after King Abdullah announced that women will be granted equal voting rights. “The participation of the Saudi women in the municipal elections as voters and […]
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Saudi Oil Exports Boosted to Record Numbers as IMF Urges Fiscal Policy Changes and Greater Economic Diversification
- August 19,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s oil exports rebounded in June from a five-month low as the largest OPEC producer boosted output to a record, Bloomberg reports. Exports climbed to 7.37 million barrels a day from 6.94 million barrels in May, according to JODI data. Saudi Arabia told OPEC its June production was a record, exceeding a previous all-time high set in […]
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Saudi Super Cup in London Brings Saudi Football Fans a Taste of Home Sport in the United Kingdom
- August 14,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabian football clubs Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal squared off in the King’s Cup, the championship of the Saudi Professional League, in the United Kingdom to the delight of Saudi nationals in the UK. The UK print and online newspaper The Guardian noted that while the quality of the game may not have compared to the English Premier League gold standard, […]
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Crown Prince Naif Visits Site of ISIS Attack as Leadership Vows Action Against ‘Criminals’
- August 11,2015
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- SUSTG Team
Last week’s mosque attack in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia will not divide Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Naif said as he visited the site of the massacre. “The terrorist bombing revealed the extent of hatred of these criminals as well as their disregard for the sanctity of God’s houses and the lives of innocent people, […]
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Labor SafetyWork under sun banned from June 15 to Sept. 15
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development has announced that employers must ensure their workers stay out of the sun between noon and 3 p.m. from June 15 to Sept. 15.
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IranIran’s ‘marriage of convenience’ with Taliban
Iranian authorities deny that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had just returned from a trip to Iran when he was killed May 21 by a US drone strike not far from the Iran-Pakistan border.
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International Bond SaleSaudi Arabia Said to Hire HSBC Banker to Set Up New Debt Office
Saudi Arabia hired HSBC Holdings Plc banker Fahad Al Saif to start a debt management office that will be responsible for the kingdom’s first international bond sale, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan sees Taliban leader as rigid conservative uninterested in peace
The Afghan government is looking warily at the conservative religious scholar who has assumed leadership of the Taliban, seeing in him a rigid proponent of hardline orthodoxy who is unlikely to favor peace talks, officials said.
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LebanonIran-Saudi tensions simmer in Lebanon
When thousands of mourners gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut last week to bury top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in Syria, they repeatedly chanted "Death to al Saud".
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AfghanistanNaming of new Taliban chief seen dimming Obama’s hopes for Afghan peace talks
The selection of a hard-line cleric as the new Taliban chief on Wednesday all but dashes U.S. President Barack Obama's hopes for opening peace talks before he leaves office, one of his top foreign policy goals, current and former U.S. defense and intelligence officials said.
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TalibanSenior Taliban figure says death of leader could unify group
The death of the leader of the Afghan Taliban in a U.S. drone strike last week could make the insurgent movement stronger by bringing back dissident commanders and unifying the movement's ranks, a senior Afghan Taliban figure said on Tuesday.
- Long War Journal - State Department refuses to admit that Mullah Mansour was killed inside Pakistan
- Defense One - The Latest Taliban Leader's Death Changes What, Exactly?
- Washington Post - Taliban replaces leader killed in U.S. drone strike
- Diplomat - With Mullah Mansour Out of the Picture, Is Peace Near for Afghanistan?
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Saudi RiyalSaudi should keep options open on currency peg -c.bank paper
Saudi Arabia may need to change its currency's peg to the U.S. dollar if economic conditions shift, researchers at the Saudi central bank suggested in a paper that could shape debate among policymakers as the kingdom grapples with low oil prices.
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Anti-ISIS CampaignTop general rejects notion that Pentagon is ‘putting Band-Aids’ on the ISIS problem
So when Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked about the state of operations against the Islamic State terrorist group, he was blunt.
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Migration CrisisRefugee Crisis Is The Largest Since WWII, World Bank President Says
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim delivers remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. Renee Montagne talks to him about efforts to support countries hosting millions of Syrian refugees.
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