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A Game-Changer Is Coming To Saudi Arabia's Stock Market In 2015
The winds of change are blowing in Saudi Arabia, carrying the potential to dramatically shift the investment climate there. One of the most anticipated financial events in the Middle East region seems...
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Gunmen Attacked A Saudi Prince's Motorcade In Paris And Made Off With...
Kalashnikov-wielding robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with 250,000 euros ($335,000) in cash and reportedly stealing "sensitive" documents, French police said...
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Saudi Arabia Is Worried It Could Become ISIS's Next Target
On August 13, Saudi Arabia donated $100 million to the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre in New York. The gift reflects Riyadh's anxiety about the terrorist threat from Sunni militants inside the kingdom and...
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Saudi Arabia Arrests Eight People Suspected Of Recruiting For ISIS
Saudi police have arrested eight people in the northwest suspected of recruiting young people to join the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the interior ministry said Tuesday.Police in...
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Saudi King: ISIS Will Reach Europe And The US In Months
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through Syria and Iraq, unless there is "rapid" action."If we ignore them, I am sure they will...
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Report: ISIS Has More US Weapons Than Previously Thought
Islamic State fighters appear to be using captured US military issue arms and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria by Saudi Arabia, according to a report published on Monday.The study by the...
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A New Anti-Democratic Alliance Is Determining The Future Of The Middle East
The last year has not been kind to the forces of political Islam.Where before they seemed to be positioned to change the face of governance — for better or for worse — across the Arab World, they are...
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Saudi Arabia Will Host Training Camps For Syrian Rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to host training camps for moderate Syrian rebels as part of President Barack Obama's broad strategy to combat Islamic State militants who have taken over...
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Kerry’s Anti-ISIS Push Will Not Be An Easy Sell In Riyadh
As the Obama administration’s effort to build a coalition to “degrade and ultimately defeat” the Islamic State (ISIS) intensifies and widens, the US seems to have concluded that for its campaign to...
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Why Social Media Is Having A Greater Impact In Saudi Arabia Than Anywhere...
Tune into one of Saudi Arabia's television channels and you are likely to find a stuffy report praising the government or a sheikh spinning a dreary sermon. Little wonder that so many Saudis turn to...
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This Man Demanded An iPhone 6 As Dowry For Marrying Off His Sister (AAPL)
An iPhone is the new cattle, it seems. A Saudi man has reportedly asked his sister's fiancé for one of Apple's new smartphones as a dowry for his sister's hand in marriage, according to The...
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Here's How The Implosion Of Yemen Plays Into The Larger Conflict Between...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has said "unprecedented challenges" facing Yemen since Shi'ite Muslim rebels took over the capital could threaten international security, and called for swift action to...
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'MECCA-HATTAN': Islam's Holiest City Is Being Overhauled, And People Are Furious
As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small,...
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The Declining Price Of Oil Could Make The Iranian Regime's Actions Even Less...
The Saudi decision to cut oil prices has caused the price of US light crude to fall below $90 a barrel. Given increased US output — the United States has become the world’s largest oil producer — the...
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Israel And Saudi Arabia's Hard Sell To Obama: Iran Is More Dangerous Than ISIS
If you listened only to the first seven minutes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at the UN General Assembly on Monday, you might have concluded that the Israeli leader’s priority was to...
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Saudi Arabia Is Losing Its Grip On Oil
The U.S. benchmark oil price dipped below a key threshold Thursday: $90 a barrel. Global demand is soft, and on the supply side the world seems awash in petroleum.That’s put some key supplier countries...
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Declassified CIA Paper Reveals How The US Helped Stop An Iranian Sneak Attack...
A recently disclosed CIA document suggests that the US military's around-the-clock satellite imagery analysis helped Saudi Arabia foil a planned Iranian attack on its offshore oil rigs in 1987.An...
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Stunning Photos Of 2 Million Muslims Making The Annual Pilgrimage To Mecca
This past week in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Muslims from all over the world came together to perform rituals, give thanks and prayer, and celebrate as part of one of the most important Muslim traditions of...
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Saudis To The Oil Market: Get Used To Lower Prices
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is quietly telling the oil market it would be comfortable with much lower oil prices for an extended period, a sharp shift in policy that may be aimed at...
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Saudi Arabia's Oil Price 'Manipulation' Could Sink The Russian Economy
The vice-president of Russia's state-owned oil behemoth Rosneft has accused Saudi Arabia of manipulating the oil price for political reasons. Mikhail Leontyev was quoted in Russian media as...
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