MUST-READS

• Yemen: Houthis
  Analysis: Reducing Yemen’s Houthis to ‘Iranian proxies’ is a mistake (+video)

  The Yemeni civil war is driven mostly by domestic competition for power and resources in a country that has one of the most heavily-armed citizenries in the world and whose entire post-colonial history has been marked by conflict. The civil war that broke out in 1962 – in which both Egypt and Saudi Arabia were major players – ended in 1967 with the country divided in two.

  • PBS Frontline - The Fight For Yemen: Video
  • Foreign Policy - The Middle East’s Franz Ferdinand Moment
  • Washington Post - Opinion: Forget what you’re hearing. The civil war in Yemen is not a sectarian conflict
• Iran Negotiations: U.S. - Gulf
  Can US reassure Arabs, Israel on Iran deal?

  In interviews since the Iran framework was announced April 2, Obama has suggested that the United States will provide some kind of formal security guarantees to key Persian Gulf allies.

  • Al-Monitor - IRGC supports nuclear framework deal
  • Haaretz - Ayatollah Khamenei calls nuclear framework agreement non-binding
  • Washington Post - Opinion: The delicate path ahead on Iran
• Travel/Tourism
  Saudi Arabia likes to travel: New figures reveal online travel sale increase of record 40% in 2014 to $1.73 billion in 2015 – forecast to double by 2019

  A new report published by Euromonitor International for The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia 2015 reveals today that online travel sales to residents in Saudi Arabia showed record 40% growth in 2014 to reach SAR6.5 billion in 2015, with the figure set to double to SAR13 billion by 2019.

• Clean Technica
  Work Set To Begin On Saudi Arabia’s First Solar PV Module’s Manufacturing Facility

  Saudi Arabia has taken the first steps towards establishing a strong foundation for the growth of solar PV power infrastructure.

• Food and Beverage
  Abraaj says completes investment with TPG in Saudi’s Kudu

  Private equity houses Abraaj Group and TPG have completed their investment in Saudi Arabian fast-food chain Kudu, Abraaj said in a statement on Thursday.

• Capital Punishment
  Saudi Arabia executes 54 people in first 3 months of 2015

  At least 54 people were executed in Saudi Arabia during the first three months of the year in a dramatic increase, according to Amnesty International.

• Lebanon
  Hariri hits out at Nasrallah for Saudi Arabia remarks

  Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Wednesday assailed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah for “luring” Lebanon’s official television channel into airing his “offensive” remarks against Saudi Arabia.

• Oil
  Saudi Arabia banking on oil price rise as production hits record

  Saudi Arabia increased oil production in March to the highest in at least 12 years and expects crude prices to rise in the “near future,” according to oil minister Ali al-Naimi.

• Security
  Probe into killing of cops in Riyadh

  The authorities are carrying out an investigation into a drive-by shooting in Riyadh in which two Saudi policemen were killed early Wednesday, Riyadh Police spokesman said.

• SAGIA
  Foreign investments in Saudi Arabia grow by 5 times over last decade

  The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has recently released a report showing that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) foreign investments have grown by five times over the last 10 years, resulting in over SR1.050 billion worth of investments across various industry verticals in the country. The report has identified the energy sector as the one with the largest share of investments, with a total of SR296.35 billion ($79 billion) worth of projects for the private sector alone.

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