MUST-READS

• Saudi Aramco
  Saudi Aramco Said Close to Signing $10 Billion Debt Deal

  Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is the latest oil company in the Middle East to capitalize on low borrowing costs to raise funds for possible acquisitions amid a downturn in the industry.

• Real Estate Reform
  Saudi real estate shares tumble on tax plan

  The Cabinet’s decision, announced Monday night and the first big economic policy initiative since King Salman took the throne in January, aims to change that pattern by pushing more land out into the market, where it can be developed.

  • Bloomberg - Saudi Stocks Decline as Rebels in Yemen Advance
  • Reuters - Saudi Arabia's stock market dropped 2.6% in early trade on Wednesday
• Maaden
  Maaden shuts down ammonia plant

  Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) said on Tuesday that a subsidiary had been forced to shut down an ammonia plant in the east of the Kingdom so that unscheduled maintenance could take place on its cooling facility.

• Labor
  Saudi Arabia rejects plan to increase public sector working hours

  Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has rejected a proposal to increase working hours at government offices, local media reported. Two council members had recommended one hour be added to the working day to improve productivity.

• Ministry of Education
  The New Ministry of Education: Big Opportunity or Big Problem?

  The new Minister of Education is now leading the largest ministry in the history of Saudi Arabia, with 742,759 employees catering to the educational needs of 6,085,749 primary through graduate students. The Ministry is also responsible for running 24 public universities and 34,749 public schools. These colossal numbers underscore the organizational challenge facing the new combined ministry.

• Saudi Energy Policy
  The Price You Pay – Saudi Crude Price Formulas

  Ever since crude oil prices began their precipitous fall in June 2014 market watchers have picked through the tealeaves of every OPEC statement - particularly those of Saudi Arabia - for signs of a change in policy. One widely watched signal comes every month when the Saudi’s publish differentials that determine the price customers pay for their crudes. Today we explain how Saudi pricing formulas work.

• Mohammed bin Salman
  Saudi defense minister announces construction of a naval base in Jazan

  Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has ordered the construction of a naval base in Jazan in which he arrived on Monday to inspect the armed forces in the southern military zone.

• Labor
  Saudi Arabia to reward inspectors for uncovering labour violations

  Saudi Arabia is tightening a crackdown on illegal foreign workers in the kingdom, giving the Ministry of Labour more powers including the right to distribute financial rewards to inspectors who turn up violations.

• Crisis in Yemen
  Saudi Arabia moves military equipment to border with Yemen

  Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, US officials have said, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening conflict.

  • BBC - Yemen crisis: An Iranian-Saudi battleground?
  • Reuters - Saudi Arabia building up military near Yemen border - U.S. officials
  • Foreign Policy - Saudi Troops Mass at Yemeni Border as Houthis Near Aden
  • CSIS - Yemen's Misery
  • Bloomberg - Yemen’s Houthis Extend Advance in South After Saudi Warning
• Afghanistan
  Afghan president: ISIS targeting my country

  The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is targeting Afghanistan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told MSNBC on Monday. Ghani, who is slated to meet with President Obama during a visit to Washington this week, has been pressing the administration to extend the presence of U.S. troops in his country.

  • Foreign Policy - Has the Caliphate Come to Kabul?
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