MUST-READS

• Saudi-Sweden
  After Saudi feud, Sweden debates a ‘feminist’ global role

  In a few months, Sweden's minority government has managed to antagonize both Israel and the Arab world, while also angering business leaders at home as Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom steadfastly pursues human rights and feminism.

• U.S.-Saudi
  Saudi Arabia Wooing Fired U.S. Shale Workers to ‘Join Our Team’

  Workers fired from U.S. shale fields after the collapse in oil prices could soon have a new boss: the nation some blame for driving that decline.

• Women
  Woman gets 70 lashes for WhatsApp insult in Saudi Arabia

  32-year-old given SR20,000 fine for defaming Saudi man on messaging app.

• Security
  U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia warns of kidnapping plot against Western oil workers

  Affiliates of terrorist groups may be planning to kidnap Western oil workers in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia warned over the weekend. The report from the embassy suggests that U.S. oil workers in the country’s Eastern Province could be at risk but acknowledged U.S. authorities have ”no further information on the timing, target, location or method of any planned attacks.”

• Iran's Nuclear Program
  Iran deal could start nuclear fuel race, Prince Turki al Faisal says

  A senior member of the Saudi royal family has warned that a deal on Iran's nuclear programme could prompt other regional states to develop atomic fuel.

  • Vice News - Saudi Arabia Says It Will Want Same Enrichment Rights as Iran if Nuclear Deal is Done
• Tikrit Campaign
  The Battle for Tikrit: Photos

  For the past two weeks, 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police officers, and several increasingly influential paramilitary popular mobilization units (primarily Shiite militias, many backed by Iran), have been advancing on the city of Tikrit and the surrounding ISIS-held territory north of Baghdad. The campaign to roll back gains made by ISIS militants in northern Iraq last year has already led to the recapturing of Tikrit's outskirts and many surrounding towns.

• Iran Negotiations
  US, Iran press for nuke pact; lesser announcement on table?

  The United States and Iran plunged back into negotiation Sunday, hoping to end once and for all a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, a new atomic arms race in the Middle East and even a U.S. or Israeli military intervention. Two weeks out from a deadline for a framework accord, some officials said the awesomeness of the diplomatic task meant negotiators would likely settle for an announcement that they've made enough progress to justify further talks.

  • Huffington Post - White House Issues Saturday Night Iran Deal Warning To Senate
• Libya
  Islamic State claims Tripoli attack, car bomb in Misrata

  Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign: Drones
  Opinion: How America’s Drones Can Defeat ISIS

  Critics inside and outside the Pentagon have repeatedly warned that our current limited use of air power makes that goal virtually impossible to achieve. But too little credit has been given to the success of America’s drone fleet against ISIS so far, and too little has been said about the kind of sustained drone mission that is needed going forward to secure U.S. gains against ISIS.

• U.S. Naval Deployment
  Navy To Increase the Number of Deployed Ships to the Middle East, Asia

  The Navy plans to increase the number of its deployed ships by more than 20 percent over the next five years, providing the U.S more firepower and assets in the Middle East and Asia to meet security demands, Pentagon officials say.

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