MUST-READS

• Libya
  Libya’s Haftar left Moscow without signing ceasefire deal

  Haftar asked for a delay until Tuesday to consider signing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Monday. Hours later, however, Haftar and his entourage left Moscow without agreeing the deal.

• U.S. Congress
  Senate vote to limit Trump’s military actions against Iran in limbo

  The Senate vote on halting military action against Iran is up in the air, with the upcoming impeachment trial and Tuesday’s presidential debate scrambling the timing for floor action.

• Global Debt
  Global debt rockets toward potentially destabilizing record high

  Developed countries, known as mature markets, are now burdened with a total of $180 trillion in debt, or 383% of their combined GDP, Reuters said. Emerging-market countries’ debt has doubled since 2010 to hit $72 trillion, driven mainly by a $20 trillion increase in corporate debt, Reuters said.

• Healthcare IPO
  Saudi Healthcare Firm Said to Start IPO in Wake of Aramco Sale

  Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical initially planned to sell shares in 2016, people familiar with the matter said at the time. The company operates at least 14 medical facilities across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, according to its website.

• Syria
  For these Syrian artists, humor is essential to coping with oppression and war

  There is an Arabic proverb that says the worst tragedies are the ones that make you laugh. Alzakout is part of a flourishing community of Syrian artists in exile who are testing that notion. After eight years of conflict in Syria, at least half a million people have been killed and about 11 million have been forced to flee their homes. The war has devastated the country’s infrastructure and economy, plunging 80 percent of the population into poverty.

• Qasem Soleimani
  Trump authorized Soleimani’s killing 7 months ago, with conditions

  "There have been a number of options presented to the president over the course of time," a senior administration official said, adding that it was "some time ago" that the president's aides put assassinating Soleimani on the list of potential responses to Iranian aggression.

  • The Hill - Trump says it doesn't matter if Soleimani posed an imminent threat
• Selwa Al-Hazzaa
  Selwa Al-Hazzaa: The Saudi doctor giving the gift of sight

  Last November, Selwa Al-Hazzaa, alongside her colleague Dr. Mohamed Khuthaila and a medical team consisting of entirely of Saudis, put the Kingdom on the map as the first country in the Middle East, and the 5th globally, to utilize LUXTURNA, the first USA FDA-approved gene therapy treatment for any genetic disorder to treat blindness in children.

• Capital Punishment
  Human rights group: Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019

  Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019 the most in six years, human rights organization Reprieve said on Monday. Of those executed, 88 were Saudi nationals, 90 were foreign nationals and 6 were of unknown nationality, Reprieve said in a statement.

• Women
  Film festival breakthrough for five female Saudi directors

  Film festival organizers have given their backing to five female Saudi directors for a unique new movie project. Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Sara Mesfer and Fatima Al-Banawi will make five short films that will be combined into an omnibus documentary feature, with the award-winning Palestinian filmmaker Suha Arraf selected as screenwriting supervisor.

• Dakar Rally
  See Dakar drivers racing through the Saudi desert

  Despite the death of motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves earlier this week, the Dakar Rally is pushing on in its first Saudi rally. The event is just the latest in a string of high-octane sports to come to the kingdom under reforms being implemented since Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was appointed in 2017.

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