MUST-READS

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Obama soon to ask Congress for ISIS war authority

  Six months after U.S. military action began against ISIS, the White House is poised to send Capitol Hill this week language to formally authorize the mission. But it's far from certain if the measure can pass Congress, which is deeply divided on the issue.

• US-Saudi
  US contractor to design-build Saudi air base unit

  US-based contracting company Gilbane has been appointed for a $166m design-build construction project at King Khalid Air Base for the Royal Saudi Air Force by the US Department of Defense.

• Raif Badawi
  Convicted Saudi blogger to be re-tried: report

  Saudi Arabia’s top court has decided to re-try a local man convicted of insulting Islam following growing criticism by international organisations and some governments.

• Saudi - UK
  Prince Charles to meet Saudi Arabia’s new king

  Prince Charles has a reputation - some might say a notoriety - for speaking up on matters of concern. As he arrives in Saudi Arabia, he faces a more-than-usually delicate diplomatic challenge. Will he speak up when he meets the new Saudi king, Salman, and raise the case of a Saudi citizen whose treatment has outraged human rights groups and is a matter of "serious concern" to the British government?

• Islam
  Turkey, Saudi await response to demand for mosque in Cuba, President Erdoğan says

  Turkey has applied to Cuban officials to build a mosque in the Caribbean country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

• Women in the Workforce
  Women constitute only 13% of Saudi workforce

  Saudi women occupy only 13 percent of private and public positions occupied by nationals despite accounting for 51 percent of Saudi graduates, according to statistics from the Central Department of Statistics and Information.

• Private Sector Credit Growth
  Saudi private sector credit growth rises by 12.6% to SR1.2 trillion

  The loan market in Saudi Arabia continues to grow driven by a favorable business cycle, sound credit worthiness and high liquidity. Despite plunging oil prices and geopolitical turmoil in many of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries, the investment prospect is growing strong, marking a 17.4 percent Y/Y upturn in the second quarter 2014, the highest since Q2, 2012, according to the National Commercial Bank

• Saudi-Egypt
  Saudi Arabia’s Egypt stance ‘unchangeable’

  Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has expressed Saudi Arabia’s close bond with Egypt in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi.

• Alarab
  Bahrain confirms suspension of Saudi-owned news channel

  Bahrain said on Monday it had suspended the operation of a new satellite news channel owned by a Saudi prince shortly after its launch because it had not done enough to combat "extremism and terrorism".

• Libya
  The Battle for Libya’s Oil

  The rival factions have all but obliterated Libya’s conduits to the outside world. The nation’s major airports lie in smoking ruins. Merchant ships shun its ports. Most embassies (including America’s) and foreign businesses have ceased their operations in the country. In recent months, the fighting has centered on the nation’s central-bank reserves and oil facilities.

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