Iran Warns
According to an Associated Press item run on Al Arabiya TV, Iran is warning both the US and the Saudi-led coalition to not interfere with a shipment it categorizes as “humanitarian” now en route to...
View ArticleHave the Saudis Won in Yemen?
An interesting analysis in The Washington Post arguing that Saudi Arabia has already achieved its goals in Yemen and it’s now time to step back a bit. Silvana Toska, a PhD candidate at Cornell...
View ArticleGiving Up on Obama
The American conservative magazine, “The Weekly Standard” writes that Saudi Arabia has all but given up on the Obama administration when it comes to protecting Saudi Arabia’s regional concerns. If the...
View ArticleWhy the Saudis Are Going Solar
American magazine “The Atlantic” takes a look at Saudi Arabia’s solar power aspirations. It notes some of the problems it faces in trying to replace petroleum-based energy with solar energy, including...
View Article“Selfie” Draws Attention, Good and Bad
The Washington Post runs an Associated Press article talking about the Saudi Ramadan TV series “Selfie,” noted here earlier. The article describes the content of some of the shows, along with the...
View Article‘Don’t Kill the Messenger’
In an op-ed for Asharq Alawsat, Abdulrahman Al-Rashed says that trying to shut down social media (typified by Twitter) won’t do much to address the real problems caused by ISIS or other extremist...
View Article“Greatest Hack in History”
CNN presents a — if not tell-all, then tell-much — story on what it characterizes as the greatest computer hack in history… against Saudi ARAMCO. The attack happened in 2012 and brought the company to...
View ArticleFree Rides to the Polls
Ahmed Omran — known to long-term readers as “Saudi Jeans” and now a correspondent for The Wall St. Journal — used a tweet to nudge Uber and Careem — the alternative taxi services — to provide free...
View ArticleKSA Again Dropped from 9/11 Suit
In the ping-pong of American legal process, Saudi Arabia has been dropped from a suit by 9/11 victims’ families by an American court. The Associated Press runs the following account, noting that the...
View ArticleIranian Arms Intercepted
Saudi media are all highlighting a report from the Associated Press about the interception of an Iranian dhow in the Indian Ocean that was carrying arms ostensibly intended for Houthi rebels in Yemen....
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