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• Commercial Law
  U.S. Dept. of Commerce General Counsel Promotes Commercial Law Development in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

  General Counsel Welsh also met with the senior leadership of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), including Vice Governor Mr. Abdulaziz S. Al-Furaih. SAMA officials highlighted the Saudi bankruptcy law draft being circulated for review, and they noted steps the Saudi Arabian government is taking to promote anti-corruption. The SAMA officials indicated their desire to cooperate with CLDP on insolvency laws in the Kingdom. They also discussed ways to enhance the climate for investments in the United States by Saudi Arabian entities and individuals.

• Saudi Kayan
  Saudi Kayan says president resigns

  Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co said on Sunday that its president Mazyad al-Khaldi had resigned for personal reasons.

• Saudi Aramco
  Saudi Aramco Senior VP Buainain Steps Down-Sources

  Saudi Aramco’s senior vice president for technical services Khalid al-Buainain has left the company, industry sources said. Ahmad al-Sa’adi will take over Buainain’s role in the company as acting head for technical services until the end of August this year.

• ISIS and Social Media
  Islamic State’s female jihadists use social media to lure women recruits

  Jihadist women are using social media to recruit other women for the Islamic State’s declared “caliphate.” The practice is not a new phenomenon. Western females who have migrated to the Islamic State have used various online platforms to lure young women into jihad in Syria. These recruiters hail from a variety of Western countries, including Norway, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, France, the Netherlands, and the US.

• Sunni and Shiite Islam
  Sunni and Shiite Islam: Do you know the difference? Take our quiz.

  Most of the world's major religions are made up of multiple sects or denominations, and Islam is no different. Islam's two major sects are the Sunnis and the Shiites, and the division and interplay between the two is a major factor in the geopolitics of the Middle East. How well do you understand Sunni and Shiite Islam? Take our quiz and find out!

• Saudi - Turkey
  Saudi King Salman set to meet Turkish President Erdogan

  The talks have also been billed as a way for one of the US's top regional allies to strengthen Arab and Sunni solidarity, at a time where extremist jihadists have self-declared a state in Syria and Iraq and gained massive global exposure for their barbarity.

• Saudi Diplomatic Hostage
  Saudi Diplomat Taken by Al-Qaida in Yemen Free After 3 Years

  A Saudi diplomat abducted by suspected al-Qaida militants in Yemen has been freed after nearly three years in captivity and has returned home to Riyadh, the kingdom said Monday.

• King Abdullah (Jordan) on ISIS
  Jordan’s King Abdullah “this is a third World War by other means”

  King Abdullah spoke with Fareed Zakaria in his first interview since ISIS released the video documenting the murder of the Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot, lieutenant Moath al-Kasasbeh.

• Afghanistan
  Afghan army takes on Taliban in first solo offensive

  The Afghan army is waging its largest-ever solo offensive against the Taliban, hoping to strike a decisive blow ahead of the spring fighting season and prove it can rout the insurgents without the aid of U.S. and NATO combat troops.

  • Aljazeera - Death toll from Afghanistan avalanche rises to nearly 200
• Iraq and ISIS
  Iraq moves against Islamic State in Tikrit

  The operation involving up to 20,000 government troops is being backed by an alliance of volunteers mainly from the Shia community but also Sunni tribal fighters. The Popular Mobilisation Force was formed last summer following the collapse of army troops after IS militants swept through the Sunni heartlands in the north and west of Iraq.

  • Daily Beast - Pentagon Scrubs Major Attack on ISIS
  • AP - Iraq launches operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State
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