MUST-READS

• Syria
  John Kerry: U.S. must eventually negotiate with Assad

  The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remove him from power and bring the Syrian civil war to a close, Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview that aired Sunday.

  • New York Times (Paywall) - An Ever-Bleaker Syria, From All Vantage Points
  • DW - Opinion: Everyone has failed Syria
  • BBC - Turkey sends teenagers back to UK after Syria attempt
  • Reuters - Syrian military on offensive as conflict enters fifth year
• Security
  Europeans among detained in Saudi security sweep

  Two Europeans were among terrorists that Saudi Arabia has detained, a Saudi daily said on Sunday.

• Saudi-Afghanistan
  King Salman, Ghani explore Saudi-Afghan cooperation avenues

  The trip of Afghan president to Saudi Arabia comes at a time when Afghan government and the Taleban are reportedly preparing to hold peace talks soon. The Afghan envoy noted that “Saudi Arabia and the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) can play a good role in bringing peace to Afghanistan.”

• Real Estate
  Saudi investments in Dubai’s real estate crosses $6.18 billion

  Investors were the second biggest buyers in Dubai real-estate sector among GCC countries in 2014, according to a Dubai Land Department (DLD) report, with a total value of AED22.7 billion.

• Saudi-Egypt
  Saudi developer inks accord with Egypt for $5.7b projects

  Egypt has signed preliminary deals with four Arab real estate developers for four projects worth a total of $12.7 billion, the country's housing minister said on the sidelines of an economic summit on Sunday.

• SXSW
  Princess Reema on leading Saudi women: ‘Keep walking,’ they will follow

  Princess Reema, as she is called, said she has hired many women to work at Harvey Nichols, the luxury department store she runs, something that was unheard of until just a few years ago, when laws in the country began to somewhat modernize.

  • The Austin Chronicle - SXSW Interactive: Princess Reema and Women in the Saudi Workforce
• Saudi-Iran
  Pakistan declines to join Saudi Arabia’s anti-Iran alliance

  Saudi Arabia's campaign to build a broad Sunni alliance to contain Iran has apparently suffered at least a setback from Pakistan. Islamabad has opted, at least for now, to avoid becoming entangled in the sectarian cold war between Riyadh and Tehran.

• Saudi-Sweden
  Sweden May Lose Gulf Allies Over Saudi Spat

  Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's socialist-led government has come under a torrent of criticism from local political and corporate quarters after his administration decided not to negotiate a fresh five-year defense-industrial trade agreement with Saudi Arabia.

• Security
  US embassy in Saudi Arabia halts services over ‘heightened security fears’

  Move follows a warning citing information about threat to kidnap Western oil workers, including Americans, from oil fields in the kingdom’s eastern province

  • Saudi Gazette - US missions halt services for two days
  • Al Arabiya - Yemen Houthi leaders divided over Riyadh talks
  • WSJ - U.S. Missions in Saudi Arabia Halt Services Over Security
• Yemen in Crisis
  Yemen militia leader says holding indirect talks with Saudi Arabia

  Yemen's Houthi militia leader said on Sunday the group was engaged in indirect talks with neighbour Saudi Arabia, Yemeni state news agency Saba reported.

  • Saudi Gazette - Houthi leaders divided over Riyadh talks
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