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  • U.S. Military
    ‘A Very Stable Genius’ book excerpt: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against U.S. generals

    The Tank meeting was a turning point in Trump’s presidency. Rather than getting him to appreciate America’s traditional role and alliances, Trump began to tune out and eventually push away the experts who believed their duty was to protect the country by restraining his more dangerous impulses.

  • Taliban Talks
    Taliban say they handed cease-fire offer to US peace envoy

    The Taliban have given the U.S. envoy a document outlining their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and 10 days, Taliban officials familiar with the negotiations said Thursday. The offer is seen as an opportunity to open a window to an eventual peace deal for Afghanistan that would allow the United States to bring home its troops and end the 18-year war, America's longest conflict.

  • Qasem Soleimani
    Commentary: Soleimani’s death creates power vacuum within Iran

    While after Soleimani’s death the supreme leader said the Quds Force’s mission “is the same as it was under” his commandership, three areas to watch will be the status of the Quds Force within the IRGC’s top brass, the Ayatollah’s decision-making circle and Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s attempts to assert more control over regional foreign policy.

  • Oman
    As Oman enters a new era, economic and political challenges persist

    Haitham bin Tariq, 65, was the minister of heritage and culture from 2002 until his ascension to the throne. Under Qaboos, he had also served as secretary general for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-2002) and as undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in political affairs (1986-1994).

  • Lebanon
    Crisis-hit Lebanon on brink of forming new government

    Lebanon has been without a government since Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister on Oct. 29 in the face of sweeping protests against the country’s elite, complicating efforts to mount an economic recovery. “Today I think that we have progressed to a very big extent and we can say that we are on the doorstep of forming a new government,” said Khalil.

  • Iran
    In rare Friday sermon, Iran’s Khamenei says U.S. suffered blow to ‘superpower image’

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s top political and religious authority, spoke at the Grand Mosalla mosque complex in central Tehran, where he led Friday prayers for the first time in eight years. His address follows weeks of turmoil in Iran as a result of the U.S. killing of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force, in Iraq earlier this month.

  • MBC
    Saudi Arabia’s MBC launches new video streaming service

    MBC Group has unveiled the all-new version of its video on demand (VOD) service, Shahid. It comes as the Saudi-owned broadcaster seeks to boost its original content to fend off growing competition from global players such as Netflix and Amazon.

  • U.S.-Saudi
    Saudi Arabia has paid $500M to cover cost of US troops in country

    "Consistent with the President's guidance to increase partner burden-sharing, the Department of Defense has engaged Saudi Arabia on sharing the cost of these deployments, which support regional security and dissuade hostility and aggression. The Saudi government has agreed to help underwrite the cost of these activities and has made the first contribution," said Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich, Pentagon spokeswoman.

  • Housing
    Saudi’s Sakani benefits 300,000 families in 2019; list for 2020 out

    The government’s Sakani initiative benefited 300,041 families in all regions of the kingdom by providing free land to more than 90,000 families; prefabricated housing units to more than 117,748 families; and allocating more than 39,332 under construction housing units.

  • Dakar Rally
    Dakar Rally’s only female winner excited to teach Saudi girls

    Having performed in the Dakar Rally in Africa, South America and now in Saudi Arabia, Kleinschmidt said: “I was quite surprised by the beautiful nature when I came to Saudi Arabia. This country has so many different landscapes. That it’s possible to find everything in one country was very surprising.”