MUST-READS

• ISIS in Iraq
  An Interview with Iraq’s President: ‘ISIS will soon be forced out of Iraq’

  ISIS will be out of Iraq soon . . . because the military balance of power is now in Iraq’s favor. However, other non-ISIS groups could emerge and the war against terrorism is an open file that could last for decades.

  • Yahoo/AFP - Iraq forces retake government HQ in Tikrit from IS
  • Washington Post - Shiite militias in Iraq say they have assurances that U.S. will stop strikes
• Military Equipment
  BAE Systems touts use of Saudi-made aircraft parts

  Jet trainers being acquired by the Royal Saudi Air Force will feature avionics components produced by a Saudi Arabian company.

• Interview with SAGIA’s Prince Saud al-Faisal: Saudi Arabia seeks to attract non-oil capital

  "There is a strong effort by the government to diversify this revenue," said Prince Saud al-Faisal of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, or SAGIA.

  • Gulf Business - Saudi To Link Foreign Investment To Infrastructure Projects
• Aramco
  Saudi Aramco signs $10 billion loan as oil companies raise funds

  Saudi Arabian Oil Co. has signed an agreement with a group of regional and international lenders for $10 billion of standby revolving credit facilities, one of the biggest loan deals in the Gulf region since 2011.

• Egypt-Russia
  Saudi Arabia’s hostile relationship with Russia is leaving Egypt stuck in the middle

  At a gathering of Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh this weekend, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi read a letter from Vladimir Putin. "We support Arab nations in their effort to ensure a safe future and urge them to resolve all emerging challenges peacefully without any foreign involvement," the Russian president's message read, according to Sputnik News.

• Saudi-Egypt
  Though Cooperating in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt Show Discord Over Syria

  Egypt and Saudi Arabia are cooperating militarily to thwart a power grab in Yemen by Shiite rebels, but the agreement on how to deal with the region's complex and intertwined conflicts may stop there. The two countries' diverging interests were evident at the Arab summit over the weekend, particularly over the crises in Syria and Libya.

• War in Yemen
  Saudi-led forces pound Yemen Shiite rebels as Iran sends aid

  The coalition has imposed a naval blockade on Yemen’s ports, Asiri told reporters in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. He said the move is intended to intercept weapons being shipped to the Houthis — seen by Sunni Saudi Arabia as proxies of its primary foe in the region, Shiite Iran.

   
  • CNN - Airstrike on Yemen refugee camp 'could portend Saudi ground incursion'
  • Defense News - Pakistan To Aid Saudi Coalition in Yemen
  • NBC News 'Meet the Press' Interview - Saudi Arabian Ambassador: Yemen Not a Proxy War
  • US News - UN rights office in Geneva, international Red Cross alarmed over civilian casualties in Yemen
  • Washington Post - Rebels push offensive in Aden, killing dozens with artillery fire
  • Bloomberg - Yemen Ports Under Blockade as Saudis Say Airstrikes to Intensify
• War in Yemen
  Opinion: Saudi Emerges as New Regional Leader

  "This operation is a very significant move by Saudi. First of all it addresses Saudi public opinion, which was getting increasingly worried about Iranian power surrounding the kingdom and the perceived Saudi impotence in the face of it and the fact that the US is pulling back from the region, thus leaving the arena free for Iran to expand its influence. So the fact that Saudi took aggressive action now is a source of wide public satisfaction within the kingdom," he said.

• Syria: Rebel Groups
  Jihadist coalition claims control of Idlib

  Jihadist groups belonging to the Jaysh al Fateh coalition say they have seized control of the city of Idlib, or at least much of it, from Bashar al Assad’s forces. In addition to the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, the Jaysh al Fateh alliance includes Ahrar al Sham, Jund al Aqsa, Liwa al Haqq, Jaysh al Sunna, Ajnad al Sham, and Faylaq al Sham, among others.

  • The Hill - Syrian president: ISIS expanding despite airstrikes
  • Guardian - US airdrops anti-Isis propaganda cartoon over Syrian city of Raqqa
  • Washington Post - Opinion: Stop the ‘barrel bombs’ in Syria
• War in Yemen: Oman
  Oman focus on humanitarian aid, not military offensive, in Yemen: official

  The sultanate is the only member of the Gulf Cooperation Council not taking part in the bombing campaign fronted by Saudi Arabia. “We are concentrating on the humanitarian side, not the offensive,” an unnamed government official told the Times of Oman on Friday.

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