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Investigation:100s Left American College Campuses to Join ISIS Camps
May 30, 2017
Washington DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs is issuing an exclusive investigative report tomorrow on one of the biggest terrorist threats against the United States homeland.
The report (From American College Campuses to…
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Meets Obama after Welcoming an ISIS Supporter
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…
Hillary Clinton Campaign Funded by Saudi Government, Saudi Official
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,…
NY Times: Saudi Arabia Is a Burden, Not a Friend to the U.S.
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…
ISIS isn’t a state, but Fight it Like One
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…
Killing the Tiger
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…
Analysis: Saudi executions aimed at silencing dissent
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…
Huffington Post: This May Be the Beginning of the End of the Saudi Monarchy
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…
Report: The Omani Model -CVE2
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…
Exclusive: Saudi King to Abdicate to Son
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…