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23 Sep 2015, 8:15 am
Shalabi, who likely was a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden [BBC report], was transferred to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after a Periodic Review Board [Executive Order 13567] determined in June that, although he may still sympathize with extremists, his continued detention did "not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to... [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 11:24 am
(That’s Colombia, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, for those keeping track.) [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 11:45 am
Middle East:Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM Iraq, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]"I was left with nothing": "Voluntary" Departures of Asylum Seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sept. 2015) [text]- See also related Guardian article.In Israel, Refugees Welcome Gains Small Foothold (IRIN, Sept. 2015) [text]In the Land of Hidden Legislative Aims: HCJ 8665/14 (Detention of Asylum-seekers in Israel - Round 3) (Versa: Opinions of the… [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 12:00 pm
And VOA News reports on Saudi Arabia’s first acknowledgement of the presence of Saudi ground troops in Yemen—which came after 55 of those soldiers were killed in a Houthi missile strike. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 11:16 am
Al Monitor reports that King Salman of Saudi Arabia plans to push the White House to combat Iranian “mischief” as part of his official visit to Washington this week. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 12:09 pm
Ahmed al-Mughassil, a Saudi Shiite who masterminded the June 25, 1996, attack on an American military base in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, has been captured by Saudi intelligence. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 10:42 am
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced yesterday in an interview with Reuters that negotiations between the two countries had concluded on a plan to clear ISIS from a strip along the Turkey-Syria border, which may also involve the collaboration of the United Kingdom, France, and Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm
The Financial Times writes that Saudi Arabia appears willing to fight until the bitter end, instead of allowing Oman-sponsored talks to lead to a negotiated peace. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 10:05 am
” Saudi cables released by Wikileaks recommend funding counter-programs and promoting the image of Saudi Arabia, rather than Iran, as “the protector of the noble Islamic faith. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 3:37 pm
In Brussels in December 2014, these sixty partners agreed to organize themselves along five “lines of effort,” (by contrast, the U.S. strategy involves nine lines of effort), with at least two countries in the lead for each: Supporting military operations, capacity building, and training (led by the United States and Iraq); Stopping the flow of foreign terrorist fighters (led by The Netherlands and Turkey); Cutting off IS access to financing and funding (led by Italy, the… [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 11:35 am
Yet prospects for peace remain tentative: Russia and Iran say that the United States and Saudi Arabia are increasingly willing to negotiate with the Assad government, the United States and Saudi Arabia say that Russia and Iran are increasingly amenable to seeing President Assad go, and the presence of ISIS and the al Nusra Front remains a stubbornly complicating factor. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 11:06 am
In the Times, Hussein Ibish examines Saudi Arabia’s “new Sunni alliance” with the Muslim Brotherhood and other Sunni states in the region. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 4:22 am
Speaking at a ceremony today at the Egyptian Military Academy, President Sissi of Egypt described his country and Saudi Arabia as the “wings of Arab national security. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 1:22 pm
Saleh has backed Houthi forces in the past, while the Emirates maintain strong ties to the Saudi Arabia---two opposing sides in the ongoing conflict. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 11:37 am
However, according to US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who visited the kingdom recently, the Saudi government is beginning to look on the deal more favorably. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 11:11 am
Meanwhile, the Middle East Media Research Institute tells us that the press in Saudi Arabia has been featuring “numerous articles openly calling for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to use the coming decade – the time frame of the JCPOA [Iran Deal] – to develop their own military nuclear program, against the nuclear threat that they say Iran will constitute after the agreement expires. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 12:25 pm
The Pentagon chief also plans to visit Jordan and Saudi Arabia on his trip to the region. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 10:21 am
Among the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia has been most vocal in its concerns over the deal. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 11:48 am
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will head out to sell the Iran deal internationally, stopping in both Saudi Arabia and Israel. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 12:12 pm
The Journal also has a story on Iranian oil exporters’ plans for a rapid post-deal boom in Iranian crude exports, which might push the nation into a confrontation with Saudi Arabia over restoring OPEC production quotas. [read post]
