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Gilles DorronsoroCARNEGIE Report, JUNE 2009 The Taliban’s clear strategy and increasingly coherent organization have put the International Coalition on the defensive, marginalized the local Afghan government, and given the Taliban control of southern an...
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By Nesrine TRABELSI 30 - 06 - 2009Dr. John Hamre, former U.S Deputy Secretary of Defense, touched on Tuesday on various issues such as the situation in Iran and its nuclear program, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S’s engagement in Afghanistan, t...
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By Jailan Zayan CAIRO (AFP) — Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, will host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), participants said, despite criticism of its high carbon footprint....
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By Ernesto LondoñoWashington Post Foreign ServiceBAGHDAD, June 30, 2009 -- This is no longer America's war. Six years and three months after the March 2003 invasion, the United States has withdrawn its remaining combat troops from Iraq's cities, the U...
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Arab News JEDDAH: Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah yesterday met with experts from WHO and other international agencies and discussed precautionary measures to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, such as swine flu, among pilgrims....
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Rakan Al-HabibArabnews - Al-Watan HOW will you measure your loss when you discover that the private school where you registered your son or daughter is no different from government schools? We have been talking so much about the curriculum in governme...
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Saudi GazetteRIYADH - The Saudi economy is forecast to shrink by 1.2 percent in 2009, despite a stronger market for oil and expanded government investment, Riyadh-based Samba Bank said on Monday....
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By Claire RosembergSaudi Gazette AHEAD of the Paris couture shows, top designers have joined a tricky exercise to glam up one of the world’s most traditional pieces, the abaya - the long black overgarment worn by millions of Arab women....
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By Abdul Rahman Al-Khalyawi and Hamoud Al-HarithiSaudi Gazette SABT AL-ALAYA/NAJRAN – Cattle owners in Najran and Balaqran have reported numerous instances of cattle dying after feeding on fodder suspected of being contaminated, and complain that the M...
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By Matthew Duss and Lawrence KorbCenter for the Study of Islam and DemocracyLast week, Ali Gharib made the important point that what's happening in Iran is thus far not a rejection of the Islamic republic, but a struggle over its founding principles. Revi...
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Arab News JEDDAH: About 15,750 government employees working in different sectors retired from service this year, Abdul Aziz Al-Khonain, spokesman for the Civil Service Ministry, said yesterday....
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Fatima Al-Saadi | Arab News JEDDAH: They are children without known lineages, often the outcome of illegitimate relationships. Their mothers abandoned them in streets or outside mosques at birth, as they could not bear the shame of giving birth outsid...
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By Adnan Al-Shabrawi Saudi GazetteJEDDAH – The Board of Grievances is to hear Tuesday a case brought by four nurses against the Ministry of Civil Service and the Commission for Health Specialties for refusing to recognize qualifications they obtained fr...
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Saudi Gazette Sewage water overflowing manholes on busy streets has become a common sight in Jeddah. ...
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By Kate WillsonThe Center for Public IntegrityJune 28, 2009 For centuries, blue-turbaned nomadic Tuareg tribesmen have led caravans of camels across the expanses of the Sahara. Laden with millet and cloth from Africa’s West Coast, the caravans traveled ...
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Abdullah Al-Safar | Al-Watan Arabnews Police in the Eastern Province city of Jubail have opened an investigation following a big brawl outside a high school where students fought pitched battles. Two students suffered multiple stab wounds, which required ...
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By Ali Bin Gharsan Saudi GazetteMAKKAH – Dr. Muhammad Al-Ohali, Undersecretary for Educational Affairs in the Ministry of Higher Education, said Friday Saudi universities this year will admit more than 90 percent of high school graduates, or 250,000 stu...
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By Habib TRABELSI 28 - 06 - 2009In an unprecedented appeal Prince Khaled bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has called for the freezing of his billionaire elder brother al-Waleed’s assets, who he has accused of “spreading depravity and lust” through...
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Laura Bashraheel Arab News JEDDAH: In Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive, transportation is definitely an issue. Women are usually driven around by family members and personal drivers, or are forced to use ...
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Christopher BoucekThis article was first published online at jiaa.janes.com on 12 May 2009Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud carried out a major reshuffle of key ministries and institutions on 14 February, including replacing nearly eve...
