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• Counter-Terrorism
  Saudi counterterror donation sends ideological message

  "I think it's becoming clear that Saudi officials are frustrated with the lingering perception among some – especially in the West – that the Saudi government helped create ISIS and that it supports it financially," says Fahad Nazer, former analyst at the Saudi embassy in Washington. "I think the Saudis view themselves as being at the forefront of the global effort to combat terrorism. This donation and the center itself, which was proposed by [Saudi] King Abdullah in 2005, are indicative of  what appears to be a sincere commitment to fight Al Qaeda and its affiliates.

• Energy
  Libya Plans to Resume Exports From its Largest Oil Port Next Week

  Libya plans to restart exports from its largest oil port Es Sider next week after a one-year interruption, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The news, which comes after shipments restarted this week from another key terminal, Ras Lanuf, shows Libyan oil exports are set to gain momentum after a slower-than-expected restart.

• Gaza
  Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense as an occupier

  Saudi Arabia has said that the actions of the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, cannot be equated with Israel’s mass killings.

• Nitaqat
  1.5 million Saudis now work in private sector

  There were almost 1.5 million Saudis employed in the private sector in 2013, an increase of more than 332,000 compared with 2012, according to data released by the Ministry of Labor.

• Gaza
  Saudi Arabia and the third Gaza war

  Saudi Arabia has remained quiet during the current Gaza war, working instead through Egypt.

• Religious Freedom
  U.S. Religious-Freedom Report Criticizes Russia, Saudis

  The Russian government used laws banning “extremism” to restrict religious freedoms, according to the U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2013. The annual report, mandated by a law that lets the U.S. sanction governments that engage in “particularly severe” violations of religious freedom, said the year saw the “largest displacement of religious communities in recent memory.”

• EID Al-FITR
  Riyadh welcomes Eid with fireworks

  Colorful fireworks display lit up the the pitch-black skies over seven locations in the Saudi capital on Monday night as residents of all ages expectantly welcomed the Eid Al-Fitr holidays.

  • Asharq Alawsat - Saudi security forces intensify border patrols during the holidays
  • BBC - Eid al-Fitr celebrated around the world
• Putin
  The Malaysia Airlines crash is the end of Russia’s fairy tale

  Before there is any further discussion of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, it’s important that one point be made absolutely clear: This plane crash is a result of the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, an operation deliberately designed to create legal, political and military chaos. Without this chaos, a surface-to-air missile would not have been fired at a passenger plane.

  • Wamda - 4 sites to help you plan a healthy Eid
  • BBC - Gaza crisis: Shejaiya assault defines grimmest day
• Saudi Arabia | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

• ISIL
  A Rogue State Along Two Rivers

  The militant group called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria seemed to surprise many American and Iraqi officials with the recent gains it made in its violent campaign to create a new religious state. But the victories achieved in the past few weeks were built on months of maneuvering along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which define a region known as the cradle of civilization.

  • Washington Post - In Iraq, airstrikes slam into Mosul, city held by al-Qaeda-inspired militants
  • Economist - The War For Iraq: Every Sort of Battle
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