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  • U.S. Citizenship for Saudis
    Opinion: Why do Saudis want their children to become US citizens?

    Although we do not have the right to question their actions, Saudis who take their pregnant wives to deliver in America should weigh all aspects before taking this step.  When their children become Americans, they will be subject to the rules of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and they will have to pay taxes to the US government even if they are working in Saudi Arabia. They will also be subject to US laws with regard to matters, such as divorce and child custody. The US still continues to grant its nationality to anyone born there. Anyone born in any part of the US has the right to Social Security. They also enjoy the benefits of America’s care and attention if they are living in other countries.

  • Yemen in Crisis
    Saudi Arabia Warns Against Incursions as Houthis Seize Post

    Saudi Arabia warned against any breach of its border after Shiite Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen seized a crossing point into the kingdom.

  • Water Projects
    Saudi’s NWC begins work on $480m water supply project

    National Water Company (NWC), the biggest water supplier in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, has begun the first phase of a SR1.8 billion ($480 million) project to achieve a sustainable water supply in Riyadh.

  • Oman Projects
    Time to catch up to its neighbours: $145 billion worth of projects underway in Oman

    Oman’s projects market is set to receive a massive boost as the Sultanate ramps up its investment in turnkey projects over the next few years with 2015 witnessing an influx of up to $$26 billion in capital expenditure and pipeline opportunities including the latest Duqm developments valued at $12.5 billion and fisheries harbors valued at $13.6 billion respectively.

  • Turkey and the UN
    UN Votes Against Turkey

    The vote not only denies Turkey one of the most prestigious and powerful positions in the entire international system — it's also a sign of how frustrated much of the world is with Ankara's trajectory, and how ineffective Iraq and Syria's northern neighbor now is at stating its case.

  • US-Saudi
    Analysis: Saudi Arabia faces complex regional challenges

    Troubles abound for the Kingdom, but its strategic alliance with the US, however contradictory, has been affirmed by Islamic State's expansion, even as Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran is seen by the US as equally indispensable.

  • Oil and World Politics
    Friedman: A Pump War?

    Is it just my imagination or is there a global oil war underway pitting the United States and Saudi Arabia on one side against Russia and Iran on the other?

  • Islamic State
    US Ramps Up Airstrikes on IS in Kobani

    U.S. warplanes have ramped up the number of airstrikes against ISIS fighters in the besieged city of Kobani, launching 21 airstrikes since Monday, officials said today.

  • Iraq
    The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons

    The Pentagon kept silent as munitions left over from Saddam Hussein’s war with Iran found new targets from 2004 to 2011: American and Iraqi troops.

  • Society
    Saudi mulls hefty punishment for sexual harassment

    Arab News reports that Saudi Arabia is considering hefty fines and jail sentences of up to five years for sexual harassment. Proposals to tighten punishment for unwanted sexual advances follow a surge in the harassment of women at workplaces, streets and shopping malls.