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• Saudi-Iraq
  Saudi Arabia invites Iraq’s Abadi to visit in big sign of thaw

  Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to visit the kingdom, Abadi's office said on Monday, in the biggest sign yet of improving ties between the countries after decades of tension.

• Saudi Legal System
  A murder, a death sentence and the unpredictable nature of Saudi justice

  Yehiya was saved because of checks in the Saudi system on the use of harsh punishments. His case wound its way through a yearslong odyssey of law and tradition. Yehiya reformed in prison, sheikhs and royals appealed for his life, and he was ultimately spared by a daughter of the man he had shot dead.

• Yemen
  Houthis seize strategic Yemeni city, escalating power struggle

  Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president took over the central city of Taiz in an escalation of a power struggle diplomats say risks drawing in neighboring oil giant Saudi Arabia and its main regional rival Iran.

  • Aljazeera America - Violent week in Yemen sees further political fragmentation
  • AP - Aden: Refuge of Yemen's president and target of his enemies
  • Long War Journal - Analysis: Why AQAP quickly denied any connection to mosque attacks
  • CNN - State Department: U.S. pulls remaining forces out of Yemen
• Art in Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Art Scene

  Alaan Artspace is a three-year-old art hub based in the capital of Saudi Arabia. It enables artists share a common platform to facilitate arts and culture in the region. Alaan also helps cultivate engagement with the contemporary art culture among Arab audiences via interactive events that cover a range of subjects, from artist talks to collectors sharing their experiences.  The government of Saudi Arabia has committed to spending more than US $1.7 billion on building 230 new museums.

• Women and the Workforce
  806,000 Saudi women part of Kingdom’s work force

  Of this total, 71 percent work in education, 13 percent in human health and social services, and 5 percent in public administration, defense and social security. There were also women employed in production, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, forestry and fishing.

• Defense Spending
  Saudi, UAE Influence Grows With Purchases

  Sir John Jenkins, director of the Middle East office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and former UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said the two countries' influence is dictated by their economic weight, not their procurement initiatives. "I don't think the international position of the UAE or [Saudi Arabia] is defined by defense procurement policies," he said.

• Saudi Energy Policy
  Oil prices drop after Saudi Arabia says it will not cut output alone

  Oil prices dropped around a percentage point in early Asian trade on Monday after Saudi Arabia said over the weekend that it would not unilaterally cut its output to defend prices.

  • Bloomberg - Saudi’s Naimi Optimistic on Oil With Output Close to Record High
  • The National - Saudi oil official refutes conspiracy theory
  • Saudi Gazette - Glut continues to haunt the markets
  • Nasdaq - Saudi Arabia Producing Around 10 Million Barrels a Day
• Tight Oil, Natural Gas
  Americans Split on Support for Fracking in Oil, Natural Gas

  The practice of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has emerged as a divisive issue across the U.S., reflected in Americans' opinions about it; 40% of Americans say they favor the procedure, while 40% oppose it, and a substantial 19% do not have an opinion. This is amid the Obama administration last week announcing the first nationwide safety rules for fracking.

• Saudis Abroad
  91 Saudi doctors get acceptance in prestigious US residency program

  Ninety-one Saudi doctors were recently accepted into the US National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in the most reputed university hospitals such as Harvard, Cleveland, Cornell and Chicago, local media have reported.

• Saudi Megaprojects
  10 Saudi Arabian landmark megaprojects worth around $100 billion            

  ifpinfo, 21 March 2015 inShare More than 80 megaprojects, each worth at least $1 billion, are underway or planned for completion by 2030 in Saudi Arabia making it the Middle East’s largest construction and build market by a huge margin. Here are 10 of the most exciting.

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