Why terrorism will only get worse
Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Kheshaiban
Al-Riyadh
When we talk about extremism, we should also ask what transformations we have gone through while fighting extremism? Why have our...
Bader Bin Fadlyah: Change and Obscurantists
To His Excellency, Barack Obama,
President of the United States,
I would like to send you this letter as an ordinary Arab Muslim citizen from Saudi...
Saudi Arabia's oil policy could become more transparent
The appointment of Khalid al-Falih as Saudi Arabia's new energy minister to replace veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi is likely to bring a big...
U.S. economy slows sharply as oil and gas slump deepens
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Using Harry Potter to argue against boycotting Israel is fatuous
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The likelihood that a Russian charter airplane, Metrojet 9268, was felled by a bomb after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, highlights how many national security...
Targeting our unity
Once again we woke up to the sad news of a terror attack at a mosque in Al-Ahsa, which killed four people on Friday....
Syria's one hope may be as dim as Bosnia's once was
Last week was quite something in the annals of international politics. Just when the West thought it had enough problems with Moscow, mostly over...
Politicizing the Hajj Stampede
It is a never-ending story. Whenever an emergency occurs during the Hajj season, certain parties blame Saudi Arabia who, nevertheless, continues to give pilgrims...
The New York Times should worry about New York, before Makkah
Criticism of Saudi Arabia in The New York Times is not unusual these days, but a front-page opinion column in its international edition demanding...
