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  • Nitaqat
    86% of companies in Nitaqat safe zone

    Almost 86 percent of companies and establishments are now in safe zone as far as the Nitaqat Saudization program is concerned, Ahmad Al-Humaidan, deputy minister of labor, said on Tuesday. He said they have been classified in low, medium and high zones of green and platinum.

  • MERS
    Saudi Arabia finds six new MERS cases as outbreak grows

    Saudi Arabia said late on Wednesday it had detected six new cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 24 hours, the biggest daily jump for months with officials blaming lax hospital procedures.

  • Practicing Islam in Saudi Arabia
    Questioning the Faith in the Cradle of Islam

    Several forces are propelling the diverse changes in Saudi Arabia's religious landscape. Most important is the imminent passage of members of Saudi Arabia's largest-ever "youth bulge" into their early 20s. Youths between 15 and 24 years old make up around 17 percent of Saudi Arabia's 27 million people, and they have far more questions about their faith than their elders did.

    Saudi Arabia's isolation from regional and global trends has also been demolished by satellite television, the Internet, and the experiences of more than 150,000 Saudis sent abroad for studies on government scholarships. As a result, Saudis have greater access to religious information than ever before -- particularly about how Islam is practiced elsewhere.

  • Syrian Refugees
    Jordan minister: We’re at max capacity on Syrian refugees

    Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday said that Jordan, as a host country of more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees, has become exhausted and reached its maximum capacity to provide assistance to refugees. The official made these remarks at the Berlin Conference on Syrian Refugees, where he also cited Jordan’s already limited resources and the insufficiency of international support to the Kingdom in this regard.

  • Movies in Saudi
    In Saudi, we always found ways to watch new films

    I can’t help but fondly remember my childhood in Saudi, when sellers of pirated DVDs would come visiting with a “bag” of surprises. The phone numbers for the sellers with the “best quality” goods were very tightly guarded and were only exchanged among trusted friends. When they came around or customers went to them, it was such a dramatic experience, in which we used coded terms such as: “So, you have what I asked for?” The seller would nod and look around before handing over the carefully wrapped-up goods.

  • U.S. Middle East Policy
    Opinion: The Collapse of Order in the Middle East

    The rise of Da`ish is a consequence of anarchy brought on by Western attempts at regime change, but it is ultimately a deviant cult within Islam. Its immediate objective is to destroy the existing order in the Muslim world in the name of Islam. Its doctrines cannot be credibly rebutted by non-Muslims. The threat it poses requires a Muslim-led politico-military response. A US-dominated bombing campaign with token allied participation cannot kill it. The United States is well supplied with F-15s, 16s, and drones, but it lacks the religious credentials to refute Da`ish as a moral perversion of Islam. Arab air forces are helpful. Arab religious engagement and moral leadership are essential to contain and defeat Da`ish.

  • U.S.-Iran Relationship
    “Chickenshit”: U.S. officials tells us what they really think about Benjamin Netanyahu

    U.S. media coverage of the most recent war in Gaza was notably more critical than during similar incidents in the past. Young Americans are more critical of Israel than their parents, and tomorrow’s Republican leaders may not be quite as ironclad in their support of the Jewish state as today’s are. In the years to come, then, anonymous sniping could feel quaint—a reminder of when the two countries cared enough about their relationship not to insult each other openly.

  • Afghanistan
    Violence marks Afghan president’s first month

    Suicide bombers, roadside bombs and rocket attacks on the Afghan capital have intensified in the one month since President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai took office as the Taliban are sending a message that they disapprove of his tough stance on ending the insurgency and close security ties with Washington, officials, analysts and the Taliban said. In recent days, central Kabul's diplomatic neighborhood has been shaken by late night rocket attacks. On both Friday and Sunday nights, rockets were fired into the heavily fortified "green zone," sending locals running for cover and international residents into basement safe rooms to await the all clear.

  • U.S. - Pakistan
    Pakistan’s army chief to visit U.S.

    Foremost on Sharif’s mind will be the future of Pakistan’s relationship with the U.S. after 2016, when the U.S. is expected to remove almost all its troops from Afghanistan, Nawaz said. The U.S. currently reimburses the Pakistani military for its counterterrorism operations. Since launching an offensive against the Pakistan Taliban in North Waziristan this summer, the Pakistani military has increased troop strength on the border with Afghanistan from 150,000 to 170,000.

  • Tunisian Jihadis
    Tunisia, after igniting Arab Spring, sends the most fighters to Islamic State in Syria

    Tunisia, a small North African country of 11 million people, has become the largest source of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State and other extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, according to estimates by the Tunisian government and private analysts.