MUST-READS

• Miteb Bin Abdullah U.S. Visit
  Saudi National Guard Chief To Seek More US Backing

  Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, the National Guard minister, will hold talks with President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during the visit which will last several days, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Prince Miteb, the son of King Abdullah, will also meet top US officer the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey. The visit comes with Saudi Arabia participating in US-led coalition air strikes targeting extremists of the Islamic State group in Syria, which has raised concerns about possible retaliation in the kingdom.

  • SUSRIS - National Guard Chief Prince Miteb on Hi-Viz U.S. Visit
  • SUSRIS - Relations, Crises Management Focus of Miteb Visit – Harb
• Education
  Saudi Arabia passes children’s rights bill

  The Council of Ministers on Monday passed a bill to protect children's rights, including the right to have uninterrupted education.

• Extremism
  9/11 terrorist Moussaoui claims Saudi involvement

  From his cell in a maximum security prison, terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui is reviving old allegations and making new ones against al Qaeda and a handful of Saudi royals.

• Real Estate
  Saudi investment firm Jadwa eyes real estate push

  Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment, one of the country's largest privately owned investment firms, says it is planning to invest in domestic real estate as it expands into new asset classes, hoping to cash in on booming demand for new homes. Supply of housing in Saudi Arabia lags strong demand, the result of rapid population growth and slow progress in government building programmes designed to ease the shortage.

• Afghanistan
  Well-known Afghan lawmaker and women’s rights activist survives car attack

  A suicide bomber targeted a well-known Afghan lawmaker and women’s rights activist on Sunday in the Afghan capital, killing at least three and injuring 22, officials said. Shukriya Barekzai, an outspoken member of parliament, suffered minor injuries when the attacker rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into her armored car, witnesses said.

• ISIS Killings
  U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State

  The announcement of Kassig's death, the fifth such killing of a Western captive by the group, formed part of a 15-minute video posted online in which Islamic State showed the beheadings of at least 14 men it said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

  • AP - U.S. Review of ISIS Video Confirms American's Death
  • Military Times - Ranger-turned-aid worker's 'entire life was about helping others'
  • Daily Beast - A 26 Year-Old Woman Is ISIS's Last American Hostage
  • USA Today - Kassig's hometown reacts to his death with grief, anger
• NCB
  Saudi Arabia’s NCB Shares Sharply Higher After $6 Billion IPO

  On Thursday, the shares jumped another 9.6% to 54.25 riyals.

• Islam in America
  Opinion: Jon Stewart made us more Muslim-ish

  It's not like Jon Stewart intentionally wanted us to become more Muslim. Aasif didn't come to work one day and find Jon sitting in his office holding up the Quran, saying, "Mandvi, its time you start boning up on your Islam." No, it was much more organic. In Aasif's case, covering Muslim topics for "The Daily Show" was the cause. You can read all about the experiences in hilarious detail in Aasif's new book of personal essays titled, "No Land's Man." (And yes, that was a shameless plug for the book.)

• Lebanon
  Lebanon’s politics paralyzed by regional conflict

  With Lebanon's most powerful political parties funded and often directed by regional powers, the country has for decades been affected by events in the Middle East.

• Arab Spring
  Opinion: Who are the winners and losers from the Arab Spring?

  Islamic State is being beaten back in Iraq, President Assad is getting the upper hand in Syria, Egypt is under military control again, and Libya is in a state of complete chaos.

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