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  • Turkey and ISIS
    How the Islamic State Took Turkey Hostage

    While the details of the hostage deal are still unclear, Ankara has had interlocutors with IS -- from Arab tribes to former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who sought refuge in Turkey -- who could have been instrumental in reaching it. Such a deal, however, may include a promise of continued non-involvement in the campaign against the jihadist group, with the soldiers stationed at Suleyman Shah serving as an insurance policy for the jihadists.

  • Saudi Youth
    The primary concerns of Saudi youth

    It became evident to the consulting group that there were five dominant areas of concern faced by the youth of Saudi Arabia. They were: The high cost of living, the lack of affordable housing, rising crime and violence among their segment, lack of confidence in the education system and finally the scarcity of opportunities for a career and good living.

  • Kingdom Tower
    Saudi Kingdom Tower buys world’s largest crane

    With the tower’s foundation now in place, vertical, above-ground construction commenced in September. Plans call for the first ten floors to be completed by the end of the year. The Kingdom Tower features 170 stories, seven stories of which will be allocated for the five-star Four Seasons Hotel offering 200 rooms and121 luxury serviced apartments, and seven stories for offices.

  • Golan Heights
    UN’s flight marks new era on Israel-Syria front

    "Their mandate is just not relevant anymore," said Stephane Cohen, a former Israeli military liaison officer with UNDOF. "They are there to oversee an agreement between two countries — Israel and Syria — and in practice there is no Syria anymore." That endangers a status quo that — despite a formal state of war between Israel and Syria — is widely regarded as convenient.

  • Information Technology
    Government IT spending fuels Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s innovation economy

    Overall IT spending in the Kingdom - the Middle East's largest IT market - is set grow by 23 percent from US$ 11.5 billion in 2014 to US$ 14.2 billion in 2017 according to IDC's report 'Saudi Arabia Vertical Markets 2013-2017 IT Spending Forecast'. Government will be the fastest-growing vertical in this period, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.9 percent, according to IDC. Guiding investment is the Kingdom's Ninth Development Plan, which projects a 27 percent increase in government spending from SAR 150 billion in 2009 to SAR 191 billion in 2014.

  • Women Driving
    Saudi businesswoman and member of a human rights group fined for driving herself to hospital

    A female member of a Saudi human rights organisation was reportedly fined by police after she drove herself to hospital. Aliyah Al Farid, a businesswoman and member of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), suffers from a chronic condition which means she is occasionally forced to visit hospital.

  • US-Saudi
    Renewing Vows With Saudi Arabia

    Nevertheless, it's unclear what role, if any, Saudi Arabia will play in the U.S.-led military campaign against ISIS in Iraq. It has already offered humanitarian assistance to Iraq. However, Iran’s backing of the Iraqi central government and the Kurdish regional government’s militias makes it politically unpalatable for Riyadh to assume a major role in Iraq. Despite signs of an opening for improved relations between the two countries, Saudi Arabia and Iran are still supporting opposing sides in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq. In addition, Maliki’s repeated -- and largely unsubstantiated -- claims that Saudi Arabia supports ISIS could make Saudi military involvement politically costly for Abadi.

  • Anti-ISIS PR
    US public diplomacy attempts to confront Islamic State

    Stengel is the latest in a series of political appointees — who include former Madison Avenue executives, domestic campaign advisers and former journalists — to try to devise breakthrough messaging with an audience prone to conspiracy theories and often angry or disappointed with US policies. Among those who have toiled in the job since 9/11: Charlotte Beers, best known for marketing Uncle Ben’s Rice, and Karen Hughes, a close adviser to George W. Bush whose efforts to promote women’s rights in Saudi Arabia fell flat when women there rejected her comments as patronizing.

  • Energy
    Obama makes climate moves ahead of UN summit

    The Obama administration readied its ammunition on Tuesday ahead of next week's United Nations climate summit in New York. President Obama will attend the summit and the administration is eager to show 125 other countries that the U.S. can lead on climate change.

  • US Strategy in Iraq and Syria
    The Campaign Against the Islamic State

    A combination of airpower and Iraqi ground forces is at least an uncertain possibility in Iraq, but Syria will remain an enduring mess. The United States, its allies, the region, and the world will have to live with the reality that some form of Jihadism and violent Islamist extremism will persist regardless of what happens to the Islamic State. Moreover, they must be prepared to live with the fact that Jihadism and violent Islamist extremism will remain a far broader problem throughout the region.