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• Saudi-Lebanon
  Lebanese Army commander Kahwagi meets with Saudi ambassador over Army aid

  The Lebanese Army commander discussed the pledged Saudi aid to the military with the kingdom’s ambassador to Lebanon Tuesday.

• MENA Markets
  Saudi, UAE and Egypt in focus at investment talks

  The debate about the resurgence of the MENA region took center stage at the Emirates Stadium as institutional investors from 27 countries with aggregate assets under management in excess of $8 trillion gather alongside senior management from over 70 of the largest and most actively traded companies in the MENA region for the opening session of the conference — the largest MENA-focused investment conference in the United Kingdom.

• Forbes Power List
  Forbes Middle East reveals the region’s 200 most powerful women

  Of the 200 Most Powerful Arab Women ranking, Egypt dominates with 29 entries. The largest economy in the region—Saudi Arabia—has 27, followed closely by the UAE, with 26 entries.

• 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.

• Women in the Workplace
  Opinion: Real-life challenges to Women in the Workplace

  Yet identifying the causes of why women become discouraged with their career goals is fairly obvious. We are bound by tradition, customs and unwritten rules that allow men to rule our lives with an iron hand. Intellectually, most people agree that women in the workplace is beneficial to Saudi society, but emotionally we pull back by exerting needless control over working women.

• 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.

• 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
• Labor
  Small retailers to face Saudi feminisation rules for the first time

  Saudi Arabia’s feminisation program will be expanded to include some retail stores will fewer than five employees for the first time from October 25. Retailers selling women’s perfumes, maternity wear, abayas, shoes, bags, clothes and fabrics are to be included in what will be the third phase of the government’s plan to increase female employment.

• Social Media
  Social media in Saudi Arabia: A virtual revolution

  Tune into one of Saudi Arabia’s television channels and you are likely to find a stuffy report praising the government or a sheikh spinning a dreary sermon. Little wonder that so many Saudis turn to YouTube and other online broadcasters for light relief. That has led to the emergence of new media companies, mainly in the more liberal coastal city of Jeddah, dedicated to amusing the kingdom’s growing population.

• U.S. Wars
  ‘American War Generals’ a sobering reflection on U.S. failures in Iraq

  As the U.S. escalates its campaign against jihadists in Iraq and Syria, a new documentary offers a cautionary tale about putting too much faith in technology and forgetting hard-fought lessons from the past. “American War Generals,” which airs Sunday at 8 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel, looks at how the U.S. military recovered from its disastrous endeavor in Vietnam, remade itself into an all-volunteer force that focused on fighting conventional wars, and then came close to defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan as it faced a type of enemy it vowed never to fight again.

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