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• Saudi - Pakistan
  PM arrives on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia

  Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif arrived here Wednesday for a three-day official visit on the special invitation of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The Prime Minister received a very warm welcome as he alighted from his special aircraft at King Khalid Airport.

  • FT - Saudi to press Pakistan for more troops
• Pakistan: Finding Binladin
  He Led the CIA to bin Laden—and Unwittingly Fueled a Vaccine Backlash

  More than three years after U.S. Navy SEALs raided bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, it remains unclear whether Afridi knew he was working for the CIA when he led a hepatitis B vaccination campaign that helped U.S. agents learn where bin Laden was hiding.

• Al-Qaeda in Syria
  Syria’s Nusra Front may leave Qaeda to form new entity

  Sources within and close to Nusra said that Qatar, which enjoys good relations with the group, is encouraging the group to go ahead with the move, which would give Nusra a boost in funding. The exercise could transform Nusra from a weakened militia group into a force capable of taking on Islamic State at a time when it is under pressure from bombing raids and advances by Kurdish and Iraqi military forces.

• Cybersecurity
  Cyberspace Conflict Growing More Destructive, NSA’s Chief Says

  “I liken our historical moment to the situation that confronted the U.S. early in the Cold War, when it became obvious that the Soviet Union and others could build hydrogen bombs and the superpower competition showed worrying signs of instability,” Rogers said in his testimony.

• Iran Negotiations
  Day after Netanyahu warning, U.S. and Iran make ‘some progress’ on nuclear talks

  "The bottom line here is that (there is) no deal to announce to anybody today, but very intense, hard work, some progress, but tough challenges yet to be resolved," the official said. "We expect that we (and the Iranians) will regroup bilaterally, with the European Union present as well, on the 15th of March, location to be confirmed but most likely Geneva."

  • BBC News - Iran rejects Obama nuclear call before Netanyahu speech
• U.S. - Yemen
  U.S. envoy to Yemen to operate out of Saudi Arabia

  The United States will not move its embassy to Aden, as some Persian Gulf countries have done, to avoid any suggestion that Washington accepts a de facto division of Yemen, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  US on sidelines of key Iraqi battle against Islamic State

  The campaign for Tikrit is a dress rehearsal for the real contest: The fight to recapture Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and the extremists' biggest stronghold. But can a large-scale ground offensive alone succeed, without U.S.-led air support?

  • US News and World Report - Is Iran Helping the U.S. Dislodge ISIS from Iraq?
• Netanyahu Speech
  Netanyahu makes his case on Iran deal, but to audiences with limited leverage

  Netanyahu’s strategy is a bank shot, using congressional support for his hard line on the nuclear deal to leverage more sanctions on Iran that could sink the negotiations or cause Iran to walk away. He is also using the backing of Congress to try to burnish his credentials as a fierce defender of Israel’s rights and image in advance of March 17 elections.

  • Defense One - After Netanyahu, Senate GOP Move on Iran Bill Defies White House Veto Threat
  • Bloomberg - Netanyahu on Iran: Tough, Fair, Unconstructive
  • Defense News - Netanyahu: Iran Deal Could Lead to War
  • Foreign Policy - A Silver Lining in Netanyahu's Thundering Speech
  • Gary's Choices - Netanyahu’s Speech
• Saudi Aramco
  Saudi Aramco Said to Seek Loan Cost Lower Than Exxon Mobil Debt

  Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest oil exporter, is in talks with banks to raise a $10 billion revolving credit facility at cheaper pricing than Exxon Mobil Corp., according to three people familiar with the matter.

• Saudi-Korea
  Saudi Fund Signs MOU to Invest More Than $1 Billion in Posco E&C

  Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund agreed to buy more than $1 billion worth of shares in South Korean steelmaker Posco’s engineering and construction unit.

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