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June 17, 2016 By IGA Staff Washington DC – Saudi Deputy Crown prince, minister of defense and the son of King Salman is scheduled to meet with President Barak Obama at the White House Friday. This meeting comes only weeks after the…

IGA Staff June 12, 2016 Washington DC – In an unusual admission that may impact the American presidential elections, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince, Defense Minister and son of Saudi King, Mohamed bin Salman told Jordanian State Agency,…

by Ali AlAhmed The U.S.-Saudi relationship defies a simple explanation. Saudi Arabia is not a natural ally to the United States, but the country has come through for America in the past on several occasions. While the Saudis have…

By Shohini Gupta Washington DC - Beirut. Baghdad. Paris. Threats in Brussels and D.C., the metastasis of ISIS has alerted Western foreign policy leaders to the lack of a strategy to combat ISIS. Although the US State Department…

February 4, 2015 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC - Mass executions in Saudi Arabia last month shocked many across the world except Sheikh Nimer AlNimer, a prominent Shia cleric who was among those executed. He was my friend. He foretold of…

By Adam Whitcomb January 25, 2016 Washington DC - The executions of 47 Saudi prisoners, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr were used by the ruling family to crush any expression of anti-Saudi sentiment. The ruling Saudi family does not…

By Ali AlAhmed The Tiger is dead. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr ("nimr" is Arabic for "tiger") was executed by the Saudi government for speaking out against absolute monarchy and pushing for people's participation in governing themselves. The mass…

Washington DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs released an innovative study titled “the Omani Model” by the institute’s Shohini Gupta. The report is the second of the CVE series and focuses on How Oman managed to be a model state in…

January 13, 2016 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC – Saudi King Salman Al-Saud plans to abdicate his throne and install his son Mohammed as king, multiple highly-placed sources told the Institute for Gulf Affairs. Mohamed bin Salman is the…

December 3, 2015 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC -The handsome Ali AlNimer, who just turned 20, may be dead in a few days if the reports that the Saudi monarchy plans to execute him along with 50 other men, including his uncle Sheikh Nimer…