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Establishment of Unified Platform to Monitor Movement of Pilgrims’ Buses

by Fahd Baqmi | Aug 1, 2016 | Business

Jeddah-The Saudi General Syndicate of Cars signed an agreement to establish a unified platform to electronically monitor movement of buses affiliated with companies that are responsible for transporting pilgrims and that fall under the umbrella of the syndicate. The...

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An injured member of Kurdish Peshmerga forces reacts as smoke rises after an attack at Bai Hassan oil station, northwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, July 31, 2016. Reuters

ISIS Breaks into West Kirkuk, Iraq Energy Facilities

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 1, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk- Energy facilities west of Kirkuk, located in northern Iraq, were made arenas to vicious clashes between ISIS and Peshmerga militants on Sunday. The clashes came after an attack first launching against the AB2 gas compressor station, about 15 km northwest of...

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Street War in Manbij and SDF Controls 40% of the City

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2016 | Middle East

London – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced on Sunday that U.S. supported forces has control now over 40% of Manbij in northern Syria. SOHR added that the forces currently control important areas of the strategic city. SOHR added that Syrian...

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A view through a construction fence shows the Kremlin towers and St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)

Opinion: Russia’s DNC Hack: A Prelude to Intervention in November?

by David Ignatius | Aug 1, 2016 | Opinion

For decades, Russian intelligence agencies have used what they call “active measures” to destabilize their rivals. Now they seem to be turning those tools on the U.S. political system, though in the process they appear to have violated Rule No. 1 of the spy business:...

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Participants of the G7 finance ministers and central bankers meeting pose for a family picture, ahead of the kickoff of the meeting at Aoba Castle in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo May 19, 2016. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

Will Japan Continue to be a Laboratory of Economic Innovation?

by Michael Schuman | Aug 1, 2016 | Opinion

For the past 70 years, Japan has been a crucible of experimentation in economic policy. During its go-go years, Tokyo’s unusual practices to spur rapid growth became a model for much of the rest of Asia, while its unconventional attempts to revive its post-bubble...