MUST-READS

• Border Security
  The Great Wall of Saudi Arabia?

  Saudi Arabia has been constructing a 600-mile East-West barrier on its Northern Border with Iraq since September.

  • Daily Mail - The 600-mile barrier from Jordan to Kuwait in response to the threat of an invasion by ISIS
• Extremism
  Saudi Arabia jails 23 on terrorism charges

  Twenty-three people convicted of terrorism charges have each been sentenced to up to 20 years in jail in Saudi Arabia, state media has reported.

• Raif Badawi
  Saudi Arabian Blogger Faces Second Round of Public Flogging

  Saudi activist Raif Badawi is set to be flogged 50 times again on Friday, after being sentenced in May 2014 to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of more than $260,000 for setting up the Saudi Arabian Free Liberals Forum. The blog, which championed free speech, was shut down following his arrest in 2012

• Border Security
  Saudi Arabia’s ‘Great Wall’ to keep out Isil
  The proposal had been discussed since 2006, at the height of the Iraqi civil war, but work began in September last year after Isil’s charge through much of the west and north of the country gave it a substantial land border with the Kingdom to the south.

• Saudi Football
  Saudi Arabia eliminates North Korea 4-1 at Asia Cup

  With a small but vocal group chanting the name of Kim Jong Un during the match, North Korea was eliminated from the Asian Cup on Wednesday after losing to Saudi Arabia 4-1. Mohammed Al Sahlawi scored two goals in two minutes for Saudi Arabia, while Naif Hazazi and Nawaf Al Abid added the others. Ryang Yong Gi had given the North Koreans the lead in the 11th minute.

• 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.

• Snow in Saudi
  Winter Wonder in Saudi Arabia – Photos

  A Saudi man and his son pose for a photograph in front of camels in the Aleghan Heights, located some 1500 km northwest of the Saudi capital Riyadh in the Tabuk region, on January 10, 2015, after a heavy snow storm hit parts of the Middle East.

  • Time - Saudi Cleric Declares All Snowmen Abominable
• AIDB
  Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan to join Beijing-backed development bank

  Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan will join 24 other nations as founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

• Human Rights
  Saudi Arabia increases jail sentence for human rights lawyer

  A Saudi judge has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to an additional five years in jail, his wife said, after he refused to show remorse or recognize the court that handed down his original 10-year term for sedition.

• Saudi Culture
  Saudi Arabia’s historic Souq Okaz to kick off Thursday

  Saudi Arabia's Souq Okaz festival will start Thursday with different activities including presentations on old Arab poets, folklore theater and exhibitions.

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