MUST-READS

• Higher Education
  Three Saudi universities improve global rankings

  King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) ranked number 225, surpassing the renowned Paris Sorbonne University and the UK’s Dundee University, as well as the University of Miami and other well-known institutions.

• Energy
  Deeper Saudi Oil Cuts Seen After Biggest Drop Since ’12

  Saudi Arabia will need to keep cutting oil output to sustain prices above $100 a barrel, even after the kingdom’s largest reduction in two years, according to BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale SA.

  • Natural Gas Intelligence - U.S. Shale Revolution Supplanting Saudi, West African Oil Imports, IEA Finds
• MERS
  Saudi Arabia camel traders unalarmed by disease

  Health officials in Saudi Arabia say they are doing all they can to avoid an outbreak of the new deadly Mers virus at this year's Hajj pilgrimage. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has killed just over 300 people in the Kingdom since it first emerged there in 2012.

• Historical Makkah
  Sustaining development of Saudi Arabia’s historical Makkah

  Historian Fawaz Al-Dahas said most visitors are knowledgeable about the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) life and his journeys but when they come to the holy capital they wish to witness Islamic history with their own eyes. In light of all of this, it is the Kingdom’s duty to preserve these historical artifacts in order to maintain the authenticity of Makkah as the cradle of Islam. As people of the land, Saudis must be aware of the history behind these artifacts, including their correct historical names.

• Syrian Rebel Groups
  Potential U.S. allies? Syrian rebel groups at a glance

  President Obama has said a key part of his strategy to degrade and defeat Islamic State militants will be working with moderate Syrian opposition groups. He has called on Congress to authorize $500 million to train and arm Syrian rebels to become America's partners. But who are these groups, and to what degree can the U.S. rely on them?

  • Lawfare - Opinion: The Foreign Policy Essay: Is this How to Win the war on Terrorism?
  • Small Wars Journal - Opinion: If You Liked Vietnam, You'll Love the War With the Islamic State
  • NYT - Syrian Leaders See Opportunities and Risks in U.S. Striking ISIS on Their Soil
  • NYT - Opinion: To Stop ISIS in Syria, Support Aleppo
• GCC+4
  Analyzing the emergence of the GCC+4 against ISIS

  First, the GCC+4 is to develop a multi-prong approach to soft power options to break ISIS’s logistical chains in manpower and finance as well as to develop counter-narratives to negate the group’s capabilities and messaging. Stronger border controls around ISIS are in the planning process, key funders are being targeted and to be arrested or at least harassed into submission to the law, and an information campaign is being developed to debunk ISIS’s perversion of Islam including that of other extremists such as al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. The GCC+4 seek to enlist clerics and opinion-shapers to neuter ISIS’s social media campaign with more than just denouncements, but with well thought out arguments up to and including the issue of several fatwa throughout the course of operations. A united stand by the moderate Sunni community is a key aspect that is required to begin now.

  • Al-Monitor - Turkey abstains on US coalition against Islamic State
• Camel Fashion
  The latest compression-suit technology comes to camel racing and beauty contests

  A skin-tight fit for a camel, however, has its own difficulties – after six months of research, the design is still a work in progress. While race horses have a sleek and streamlined uniformity, race camels are too lumpy for a one-size-fits-all suit. It’s not just the variability in hump size, but hump placements that ­matters.

• Gaza
  Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

  Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three U.N.-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and August, killing Palestinian civilians who had sheltered there. The New York-based group issued a report on Thursday that it described as the first in-depth documentation of the incidents, which took place during a 50-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants that ended in a ceasefire on Aug. 26.

  • New Yorker - Friends of Israel
  • NYT - Opinion: A War of Choice in Gaza
  • NY Review of Books - Opinion: Failure in Gaza
• U.S.-Saudi
  Joint Statement: Foreign Minister Prince Saud & Secretary of State Kerry

  Another important item that we discussed today is the importance of being clear in our plans and policies and to share responsibilities – this, in addition to being serious and continuous in our action to eliminate and wipe out all these terrorist organizations.

  • Politico - The deal that upended Washington's September
• Saudi Entrepreneurs
  Young entrepreneurs become the toast of Saudi Arabia

  Young entrepreneurs were recognized at the prestigious Injaz-Saudi Arabia awards at Jeddah Hilton Tuesday night. The competition was launched in 2010 and attended annually by winners from all over the Kingdom. This year’s competition focused on preparing Saudi youths as the future leaders of the entrepreneurship world and involved 691 schools from more than 50 cities around the country.

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