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Several Prominent Saudi Voices Continue to Express Discontent with Western Policies toward Iran, Syria
In a hard-hitting New York Times op-ed, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud wrote that while the Western-Saudi relationship friendship has lasted for decades, Saudi Arabia will pursue its own interests in the Middle East, even if they diverge from those of the Western powers.
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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry Visits Saudi Arabia, Meets with King Abdullah, other Senior Saudi Officials [PHOTOS]
U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday, November 4, 2013, on a trip aimed at shoring up the “special relationship” between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Secretary Kerry met with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adel Al Jubeir, […]
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Steve Clemons Interviews Defense Secretary Hagel: ‘Still Sergeant Hagel After All These Years’
Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-at-Large of the growing online magazine The Atlantic, has a wide-ranging exclusive interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel seven months after he replaced Robert Gibbs at the Pentagon. The interview provides valuable insight into the office of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary Hagel himself. When asked by Clemons about the strategic […]
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Military Balance in the Gulf: In-Depth Report on U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition Updated – SUSRIS
Our partner site SUSRIS.com today draws attention to a recently updated collection of reports by Dr. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concerning the military balance in the Gulf States. “These analyses serve as the best open-source resources SUSRIS has identified among a field of many reports that address the […]
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Saudi Arabia Is Now The ‘Main Outside Source’ For Syrian Rebels, Reuters Reports
Saudi Arabia has prevailed over friendly Gulf rival Qatar as the “main outside force” supporting the Syrian rebel cause, according to a recent Reuters report. Mariam Karouny reports that Saudi Arabia “has prevailed over its small but ambitious Gulf neighbor Qatar to impose itself as the main outside force supporting the Syrian rebels, a move […]
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Are U.S. Companies Missing Out on a Saudi Nuclear Bonanza?
The recently-completed Saudi Sustainable Energy Symposium at the Ritz Carlton Riyadh brought high-level officials and companies together to discuss “a common understanding between all stakeholders” concerning the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sustainable energy program, of which nuclear energy is a big part. The event was hosted by the King Abdullah Center for […]
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First of 84 new Boeing F-15SAs bound for Saudi Arabia Tested as U.S.-Saudi Military Relations Remain Active
UPI.com reports that the first new Boeing F-15SA completed a successful test flight last month in the United States. The report quotes Lt. Gen. C. D. Moore II, the commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, who said, “The successful first flight of the F-15SA is a tremendous milestone for the program and […]
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Nitaqat: Towards a Saudi “New Deal?”
Editor’s Note: ‘Saudization’ is a topic that has garnered a great deal of front-page ink in Saudi Arabia of late. The Nitaqat (“Ranges”) Program introduced in 2011 has staunch advocates and detractors and the ongoing argument between members of the private sector and the Ministry of Labor over recent fee hikes for foreign employees has been […]
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Saudi Arabia Seeks $6.7 Billion of U.S. Transport Planes
Saudi Arabia plans to buy 20 C-130J military transport planes, five KC-130J refueling aircraft and related equipment from Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) valued at about $6.7 billion, the Pentagon said today in a statement.The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the potential sale to Saudi Arabia, the agency said in a statement posted […]
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The Gulf Military Balance in 2012
The Burke Chair at CSIS is issuing a new report called the Gulf Military Balance in 2012. The report shows that the Gulf military balance is dominated by five major groups of military forces: the Southern Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, outside powers like the US, and non-state actors like the various elements of Al Qa’ida, the […]
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Jamming, precision artillery and long range drone strikes on Libyan battlefield offer lessons learned for US military
Battles with characteristics of near-peer combat are raging in Africa — especially in Libya, where high-tech precision strike weapons are flooding the battlefield. And at a time when the U.S. is considering drawing down troops, the conflict in Libya is providing Pentagon planners with an opportunity to better prepare for any future conflict with China or Russia.
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Senate passes resolution to limit Trump’s power to order military action against Iran
Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in voting 55 to 45 for the measure, despite sharp warnings from Trump that challenging his war powers would “show weakness” and send “a very bad signal” to Tehran. Trump will almost certainly veto the measure once it passes the House, and neither chamber of Congress has the votes to override that veto, lawmakers say.
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US military budget request for Afghanistan lowest in a decade
With a $14 billion dollar budget request for fiscal year 2021, the U.S. military is set to spend its lowest amount on the 18-year long war in Afghanistan in nearly a decade. The overseas contingency operations, or OCO, funding request for Operation Freedom Sentinel was detailed in the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2021 request released on Monday.
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia Flexing Military Muscles In The Red Sea
On January 6, Saudi Arabia formed a new Red Sea coalition. The new military bloc, made up of eight countries, will be ready to act against piracy, smuggling, and other threats in the Red Sea with a view to protecting the international maritime movement in it.
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Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on US military in fight against Islamic State
The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike killed a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
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U.S. steps up warnings on Russia over Syria’s Idlib, military de-confliction
The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a de-confliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib.
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Trump praises US military build up but vows overseas troop cuts in State of the Union address
Despite a lack of progress on that effort in the last year — about 13,000 troops in are currently deployed to Afghanistan, 5,200 troops to Iraq and 3,000 to Saudi Arabia — Trump promised that he is still working to “end America's wars in the Middle East” in the near future.
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Iran: House to vote on measures reining in Trump’s military action
Votes on the two measures to rein in the President come after the House voted earlier this month to approve a war powers resolution aimed at restraining Trump's ability to take military action against Iran without congressional approval. The Senate is expected to take up an Iran war powers resolution sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, but action on that front appears to be on ice while the impeachment trial is underway in that chamber.
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Officials Recover Remains at U.S. Military Plane Crash Site in Afghanistan
Military officials said that they had recovered two sets of remains from the two-person plane, and that the crash did not appear to be caused by enemy fire.
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Explainer: How Iran’s military outsources its cyberwarfare forces
Iran’s cyberwarfare capability lies primarily within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the country’s military. However, rather than employing its own cyberforce against foreign targets, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appears to mainly outsource these cyberattacks.
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