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Opinion: Human Rights amongst Dragged Corpses and Executions

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 4, 2016 | Opinion

“Why are they focusing on protecting the perpetrators of the crimes more than the victims?” This is how the widow of Briton Michael Hamilton who was killed at the hands of a group of terrorists belonging to Al-Qaeda in 2004 after he was shot 9 times and his body was...

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Opinion: Finally, Economic Reform in Saudi Arabia

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 1, 2016 | Opinion

The Saudi Arabian budget for this year does not resemble the budgets of previous years since the first one in 1934 which amounted to $3.7 million. The surprise does not lie in the deficit which was high but at the same time lower than expected ($98 billion), and nor...

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Opinion: Saudi Arabia Is Changing Slowly

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 24, 2015 | Opinion

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, has conveyed the internal and external Saudi political road map in his speech at the Consultative Council on Wednesday Dec.23 while stressing on the Saudi political standards that are based on reason and...

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Opinion: There Will be no Peace as Long as the Houthis are Present

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 21, 2015 | Opinion

All indicators coming from Switzerland say that the first round of Geneva 2 talks on Yemen which concluded yesterday will share the same fate as its predecessor Geneva 1 – a total failure far from the procurement of a real way out of the Yemeni crisis as long as the...

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Opinion: The Mother of all Surprises in Saudi Arabia

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 14, 2015 | Opinion

It was a surprise and what a surprise it was! In the first municipal council elections which women were able to vote in and stand as candidates, 20 women achieved a remarkable triumph. There is no doubt that this is the mother of all surprises. Who would believe that...