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• Aramco
  Saudi Aramco still betting on oil expansions, says GlobalData

  Somayeh Davodi, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The major expansions at Saudi Aramco’s offshore oil fields of Marjan, Zuluf, Safaniyah and Berri are expected to comprise the majority of the company’s upstream investment over the next three years. Although these developments will also add gas and NGL capacity, the main addition will be oil.”

• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
  As Aramco hails record IPO, Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC whips up $19 billion

  However the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, to give its full name, has raised more than $19 billion over the past three years from overseas investors, according to Reuters calculations based on publicly released size of investments, signing fees and share sales.

• Transportation
  Saudi’s Flynas sees 15% rise in air passengers in 2019

  Saudi’s national airline Flynas has seen a 15% rise in travellers in 2019 at 7.9 million compared to 6.6 million in 2018, according to the Saudi Gazette.

• ICT
  Saudi Arabia to issue more MVNO licenses

  The RFP document indicated that companies awarded with a MVNO license will gain access to a market of more than 43.8 million mobile subscribers, with a mobile penetration rate of 129 percent of the total population.

• Capital Markets
  Saudi CMA approves clearing center rules

  The Saudi Securities Clearing Center Company (Muqassa) announced that the board of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) has approved the securities clearing centre rules and procedures. The rules regulate the clearing members responsibilities and enhance Muqassa’s role as a Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing house in the Saudi capital market, according to a statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

• Turkey
  Turkey Removes Ban on Wikipedia After Almost Three Years

  The Turkish government has blocked access to other popular websites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook in the past, for allegedly promoting terrorist propaganda or insults against Turkish political figures.

• Dakar Rally
  Photos From the 2020 Dakar Rally

  Leaving from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on January 5, a group of 560 competitors began the 42nd annual Dakar Rally: a 12-day, 4,660-mile (7,500-kilometer) off-roading adventure held entirely in Saudi Arabia this year.

  • Arabian Business - Carlos Sainz extends Dakar Rally lead in Saudi Arabia
• U.S. Department of Defense
  Perspective: Esper Is Attempting the Biggest Defense Reform in a Generation

  The memos reveal Esper as an ambitious reformer, with goals broader than predecessors Robert Gates, who closed Joint Forces Command; and Chuck Hagel, who slimmed various headquarters staffs.

• Afghanistan
  There is a ‘disincentive’ to tell the truth about progress in Afghanistan, Pentagon official says

  The sunny outlooks reported by senior leaders in Afghanistan over the last two decades created a vicious cycle, a Defense Department special inspector general told lawmakers on Wednesday, because each successive rotation of troops was expected to produce results.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  US military resumes counter-Islamic State operations in Iraq

  One official said some joint operations between the U.S. and Iraqi forces have already begun, but there are not yet as many as before. The official said details are still being worked out to restore the training of Iraqi forces, but that could happen relatively soon.

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