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Ali Mourad

Ali Mourad

Ali H. Mourad is a journalist and researcher focusing on Gulf affairs based in Beirut, Lebanon. He writes for Al-Ahd as well as al-Akhbar Lebanon.

Can Saudi Arabia Fight its Own Fight? History Shows Heavy Reliance on Mercenaries, Militias and the US

Despite access to high-tech weapons and a massive military budget, Saudi Arabia seems unable to piece together a competent fighting force, instead relying on mercenaries, militias, and the US to win its wars.

June 26th, 2018

By Ali Mourad @alihmourad

Can Saudi Arabia Fight its Own Fight? History Shows Heavy Reliance on Mercenaries, Militias and the US

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (Report) -- During President Trump’s now infamous visit to Saudi Arabia, Washington and Riyadh signed arms deals amounting to almost $110 billion, a move viewed by some as fueling an arms race in an already dangerous Middle East. In the past decade, it has become clear that there is a Saudi quest to move from a country

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Ali Mourad

Ali Mourad

Ali H. Mourad is a journalist and researcher focusing on Gulf affairs based in Beirut, Lebanon. He writes for Al-Ahd as well as al-Akhbar Lebanon.

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The Saudi Religious Establishment Pushes Normalizing Relations With Israel

No matter how hard the Saudi media machine struggles to justify official normalization with Israel on political, economic and security grounds, it will not reach its goal without providing Saudi Arabia’s hardline Sunni establishment with a religious justification.

November 29th, 2017

By Ali Mourad @alihmourad

The Saudi Religious Establishment Pushes Normalizing Relations With Israel

BEIRUT, LEBANON (Analysis) -- On Monday, pictures of Israeli journalist Ben Tzion, posing inside Prophet Muhammad's mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, inundated Arab news outlets and social media. Tzion held a bag with Hebrew

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