MUST-READS

• Tradition
  Saudi single women challenge tradition in love and marriage

  Amna Fatani knows she wants a brilliant career and a life different from that of Saudi women of her mother's generation who married early, usually to a husband not of their own choosing.

• Raif Badawi
  Saudi Arabia postpones activist’s flogging

  Saudi Arabia has postponed Friday's public flogging of activist and blogger Raif Badawi on medical grounds, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Badawi was subjected to the first 50 lashes a week ago and was due to be flogged again after Friday prayers, although Saudi authorities had come under Western pressure to call off the punishment.

• Aerospace and Aviation
  Saudi Arabia mulls privatising airports

  Saudi Arabia is considering privatising the operation of some of its largest airports, according to Arabic business newspaper Al Eqtisadiah.

• Oil Economy
  The world’s biggest winners and losers from cheap oil, in one chart

  So, take the data with a grain of salt. But the general thesis appears to be accurate: A world with lower oil generally looks pretty good.

• King Abdullah
  Audio: With The Saudi King Ailing, The Speculation Begins

  Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is ill, the kingdom is facing the lowest oil prices in years and it remains locked in a regional rivalry with Iran.

  • FT - Q&A: The Saudi succession
  • Bloomberg - Saudi King’s Health Puts Prince Who Hunted Al-Qaeda in Spotlight
• Algeria
  Algeria’s is Pushing Saudi Arabia to Cut Oil Production to Raise Prices in “Winter of Discontent”

  President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has called the situation "worrisome" and is pushing Saudi Arabia to cut its oil production to force prices up.

• Construction
  Saudi forms arbitration body for stalled projects in Riyadh

  Saudi construction authorities in capital Riyadh have created an independent arbitration committee to follow up its projects to prevent delays by the contractors, an official was quoted on Wednesday as saying.

• U.S. - Saudi Military Cooperation
  US and Saudi Naval Forces conclude Red Reef 15 bilateral exercise

  Red Reef 15 is a biennial, bilateral exercise between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, set to increase proficiency, expand levels of military-to-military cooperation and promote long-term regional stability, interoperability and freedom of navigation.Over the nine-day span, 11th MEU personnel worked, trained and lived alongside Saudi Marines from the 1st, 3rd, 5th Saudi Marine Battalions and the Saudi Naval Special Forces.

• Al-Qaeda in Syria
  Islamists rout Syrian government troops, reflecting the war’s complexities

  The Assad regime sustained a major setback in northern Syria this week with the loss of two major military bases, and the big winner in the battle was al Qaida's Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, which led the assault and captured what’s thought to be an enormous arsenal.

  • Al-Arabiya - The Russians will not let go of Assad and neither will we
  • Government Executive - Crocker: U.S. Wingtips and Pumps, Not Boots, Might Have Helped Syria
• Saudia
  Saudi Arabia to open up flights to 11 new countries

  Saudi Arabia will soon have air traffic agreements with 11 new countries in a move to increase flights to and from the kingdom.

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