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• Oil
  Saudi’s Naimi says oil markets are settling

  "We don't want anything that creates volatility in the market," Naimi told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in the port city of Jizan, southwest Saudi Arabia.

  • CNN Money - Saudis won't back emergency OPEC meeting
• New Leadership
  Two Princes Are Rising Stars of King Salman’s Saudi Arabia

  When the new Saudi king installed his own team, the most eye-catching appointments involved two princes young enough to be steering the world’s biggest oil exporter for decades to come.

  • Saudi Gazette - Opinion: Muhammad Bin Salman: Like father like son
• Al Qaeda
  Saudi court jails al Qaeda recruiters, bin Laden associate

  A Saudi court has jailed at least 13 men on counts including the recruitment of al Qaeda militants for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and sheltering Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Saudi newspapers said on Tuesday.

• Libya
  Libya crisis: UN talks between rival governments suspended

  Libya's internationally-recognised parliament has suspended its participation in UN-brokered talks aimed at restoring calm to the country. A spokesman for the chamber of representatives blamed Friday's suicide bombings by Islamic State (IS) for the decision.

• Jordan and Daesh
  Jordan assumes leading role vs. Islamic State militants

  Jordan’s small air force has been playing an outsize role in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group, not only flying more missions than any other partner nation but also opening its bases to other allies to allow them to mount more sorties.

  • Al-Bawaba - Lebanon receives tanks, other weapons from Jordan
• Yemen in Crisis
  Analysis: Can Hadi lead Yemen out of crisis?

  Less than a week after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2201, the political landscape in Yemen has been further complicated by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's surprising escape from the Houthi-imposed house arrest.

  • LA Times - Yemen port city of Aden seethes with separatist fervor
  • Washington Post - What’s behind Yemen’s recent political turmoil
• Qatar
  FIFA Committee Recommends November-December World Cup in Qatar

  A task force for football's governing body said Tuesday that the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar should run from late November to late December.

• UAE Military
  US firm agrees to equip UAE armoured vehicles with rockets

  US weapons maker Raytheon Co agreed with the United Arab Emirates on Monday to equip the oil-rich Gulf country's armoured vehicles with Talon laser-guided rockets, a company official told Reuters.

  • Bloomberg - General Atomics Drone Sale to U.A.E. Poised for U.S. Approval
  • Reuters - UAE armed forces signs $200m deal for new helicopters
• PLO
  U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $218.5 million

  A U.S. jury on Monday found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago that killed dozens of people. Jurors in Manhattan federal court awarded $218.5 million in damages to 10 American families who brought the case, a sum that is automatically tripled to $655.5 million under a 1992 U.S. anti-terrorism law, lawyers for the families said.

• Iran Negotiations
  Iran talks reach turning point

  US and Iranian nuclear negotiators cited progress made but more work to be done at the conclusion of some of the highest level talks held between the two nations, involving four Cabinet secretaries and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother.

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