Young Arabs say that the rise of Daesh (ISIS) remains the single biggest challenge facing the Middle East, but young people in the region overwhelmingly reject the extremist group and believe it will fail to establish an Islamic state. That is the headline finding of the eighth-annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, released today. While […]
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Saudi Arabia Concludes North Thunder
New Delhi, March 12, 2016: Saudi Arabia has successfully concluded North Thunder, a military exercise, yesterday with the aim of unifying the region’s military forces to promote peace and stability. A press statement by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Information Office said that the “exercise was one of the largest military exercises in the region, […]
Saudi Arabia: Al-Assad Will Leave, No Doubt
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir has reiterated the kingdom’s support for a political solution to the crisis in Syria that does not include President Bashar Al-Assad. The minister made these revelations while talking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, “A man who’s responsible for the murder of 300,000 plus people, the displacement of 12 million people, the destruction of a country, is […]
Saudi Arabia a Force for Regional Peace and Stability
Washington, February 9, 2016: Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met today to discuss regional issues, including the conflict in Syria, joint counterterrorism efforts and the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen. In the joint remarks to the media after the meeting, Minister Al-Jubeir reiterated that Saudi Arabia […]
Saudi Minister: It’s in our interest to defeat terrorism
Washington, February 4, 2016: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir reiterated the Kingdom’s firm commitment to defeat terrorism in an op-ed published by Newsweek today, titled “The Saudis Are Fighting Terrorism, Don’t Believe Otherwise.” The full op-ed can be read here. “Multiple actors—each with their own motives—have targeted the kingdom, seeking to destabilize the country […]