MUST-READS

• Kuala Lumpur Summit
  Muslim leaders gather in Malaysia for summit shunned by Saudi

  Even as delegations were arriving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian officials were unable to provide a final list of who would be attending. Mahathir’s office said that invitations had been sent to all 56 OIC member states, but officials said only about 20 were sending delegations, and fewer would be led by heads of state.

• CFR Survey
  Under Trump, the US Has Become a Leading Source of Global Instability

  Stares noted that the forthcoming survey, conducted in November, yielded more scenarios in the highest category of risk than in any of the previous 11 years.

• Kuwait
  Gulf’s first female finance minister named in new Kuwait government

  Ms Al Aqeel is one of three women among the eight new faces in Kuwait’s latest Cabinet, headed by Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah. The reshuffle comes after Kuwait’s Cabinet resigned last month over a dispute with Parliament.

• Saudi Aramco
  Saudi Aramco completes acquisition of 17% stake in South Korean Hyundai Oilbank

  “The investment in South Korea’s Hyundai Oilbank supports Saudi Aramco’s Downstream growth strategy of expanding its global footprint in key markets in profitable integrated refining, chemicals and marketing businesses which enable Saudi Aramco to place crude oil and leverage its trading capabilities,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

• U.S.-Afghanistan
  Commentary: There Was No “Secret War on the Truth” in Afghanistan

  Instead, the Post’s reporting puts sensationalist spin on information that was not classified, has already been described in publicly-available reports, only covers a fraction of the 18 years of the war, and falls far short of convincingly demonstrating a campaign of deliberate lies and deceit.

• Security
  Saudi student in alleged ‘kill list’ plot ordered held

  A Saudi Arabian student who prosecutors say illegally obtained a gun in the U.S. and told someone he wanted to kill a professor and others was ordered Tuesday held until his trial on a federal gun charge. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura Fashing ruled Tuesday that Hassan Alqahtani posed a danger and should be kept in federal custody after she heard allegations of domestic violence and threats reportedly made to others.

• Saudi Aramco IPO
  Saudi Aramco falls for the first time since its record-breaking IPO, putting a halt to its 4-day run

  Saudi Aramco fell for the first time since its record-shattering initial public offering, closing roughly 0.7% lower on Tuesday after rising for four days. Aramco closed at 37.75 riyals ($10.06) per share Tuesday on Saudi Arabia's Tadawul exchange. The company's stock was first offered for 32 riyals ($8.53) on December 10, and is still up about 18% from its IPO price.

• Oil Markets
  Bullish oil bets surge after OPEC+ reaches deal on cuts

  Hedge fund managers piled back into petroleum last week after Saudi Arabia and its allies in the OPEC+ group of major oil exporters announced deeper-than-expected cuts to their production in the first quarter of 2020.

• U.S.-Iran
  Freed hostage urges Iran to release Navy vet, other prisoners

  He was freed in exchange for scientist Massoud Soleimani, who was accused in the U.S. of violating sanctions by trying to have biological material brought to Iran. Multiple other hostages and detainees remain in Iran. They include Robert Levinson , a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran in 2007, as well as U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, who is serving a 10-year espionage sentence.

• Afghanistan
  4,000 more Afghan interpreters could get special immigrant visas, thanks to defense bill

  The legislation, if passed in the Senate, means that a total of 22,500 visas through the Special Immigrant Visa program could be issued to former Afghan interpreters — up from the 18,500 limit previously in place.

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