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  • On Saudi Employment, The Numbers Do Not Lie
     

    During the past few weeks the public’s attention has been focused on the labor market, and much has been said about providing jobs for Saudis. There is no doubt that jobs have been created in the past few years, but some figures announced in the media are exaggerated.

     
  • Restructuring Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
     

    Education in Saudi Arabia is still not sufficient to match the requirements of the labor market, especially for the Saudi private sector. Graduates need the right skills as required by the labor market, and those without these skills who focus on more general social sciences will be at a disadvantage. The answer is not more […]

     
  • Drone Revelation Underscores Defense/Security Bonds
     

    The recent news reports that American remotely operated aircraft are operating against Al Qaeda targets in Yemen should come as no surprise to those who have followed the close collaboration between the United States and Saudi Arabia over the course of the historic relationship. The revelations may be uncomfortable to those who seek to keep […]

     
  • 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 […]

     
  • Opening the TASI: What You Need to Know
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the Middle East’s biggest economy, is about to complete a gradual process to open its stock market, known as the Tadawul or TASI, directly to international investors for the first time.  The initial step toward this action was to give other GCC countries the right to invest […]

     
  • Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: Obaid
     

    In this SUSRIS exclusive presentation, the “Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: The View from Riyadh” assessment provides: the background and context for Saudi diplomacy — assets and characteristics; economic and energy data; sources of regional instability; the “New Gulf Union”; profile of Gulf defense configurations; the Kingdom’s role in regional stabilization and its political and […]

     
  • Al-Qaida’s wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds
     

    Driving east out of Aden, we were just a few hundred metres past the last army checkpoint when we saw the black al-Qaida flag. It flew from the top of a concrete building that had been part-demolished by shelling. From here into the interior, all signs of control by the government of Yemen disappeared. This […]

     
  • What to Know About the TASI Opening
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and the Middle East’s biggest economy, is about to complete a gradual process to open its stock market, known as the Tadawul or TASI, directly to international investors for the first time. The initial step toward this action was to give other GCC countries the right to invest […]

     

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  • Yemen war: Senior military commander killed during fighting for Marib

    The ministry announced the "martyrdom of head of the government forces' military operations, Nasser al-Zubiani, who died in the line of duty while leading battles against the Iran-aligned Houthi militia on the outskirts of Marib", according to Yemen’s official Saba news agency.

  • Yemen: Stray bullets kill civilians during celebration of football win against Saudi Arabia

    The jubilation turned into mourning in Sanaa as the country’s junior football team won the West Asian Cup after beating Saudi Arabia for the first time

  • Key Anti-War Democrats Soften on Saudi Arabia’s Yemen War

    IN ADDITION TO his decision to distinguish between “offensive” and “defensive” operations and allow Saudi warplane maintenance contracts to continue, Biden indicated a more conciliatory approach to the kingdom when he appointed Tim Lenderking to serve as special envoy to Yemen in February. A career diplomat, Lenderking was the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia between 2013 and 2016.

  • Yemen’s Houthis target Aramco, other Saudi sites in missile, drone attacks

    Yemen's Houthi movement said on Tuesday it fired several ballistic missiles and 25 armed drones into Saudi Arabia, targeting Aramco oil facilities in Jeddah and the defence ministry in Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said late on Monday that one missile had been intercepted over the Saudi capital, where residents reported loud blasts

  • Saudi defences destroy several drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Kingdom: Arab coalition

    Saudi Arabia’s air defenses destroyed Houthi drones targeting the Kingdom, the Arab coalition said early on Monday. The drones were shot down in Yemen before they could cause harm. This follows the downing of several drones launched by the Iran-back militia on Sunday. The action comes as the Arab coalition forces have been eliminating militia assets in recent weeks, including weapons and personnel.

  • U.N. urged to restore scrutiny of war crimes in Yemen

    Activist groups called on the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to create a new panel of independent experts to collect and preserve evidence of possible war crimes by all sides in Yemen’s bitter conflict for future prosecution.

  • Saudi coalition targets IRGC site in Yemen’s Sanaa – State TV

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it launched air raids on "legitimate" Houthi military targets in the capital Sanaa including a "secret" site belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported. The coalition asked civilians not to gather around or approach potential targets.

  • Report: Saudis used ‘incentives and threats’ to shut down UN investigation in Yemen

    The Saudi effort ultimately succeeded when the UN human rights council (HRC) voted in October against extending the independent war crimes investigation. The vote marked the first defeat of a resolution in the Geneva body’s 15-year history. Speaking to the Guardian, political officials and diplomatic and activist sources with inside knowledge of the lobbying effort described a stealth campaign in which the Saudis appear to have influenced officials in order to guarantee defeat of the measure.

  • Saudi coalition targets IRGC site in Yemen’s Sanaa – State TV

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it launched air raids on "legitimate" Houthi military targets in the capital Sanaa including a "secret" site belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported. The coalition asked civilians not to gather around or approach potential targets.

  • Saudi-led coalition bombs drone sites in Yemen’s Sanaa – state media

    The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said on Wednesday it launched air strikes on Houthi drone sites in the capital Sanaa in the second such raid in as many days after earlier targeting the Iran-aligned movement's missile capabilities. The alliance bombed a building under construction that was being used as "a secret factory" for drones and urged civilians to stay clear of areas with "legitimate" military targets, Saudi state media reported.