MUST-READS

• Saudi-Iran: Soccer
  Iran-Saudi tensions play out on soccer field

  There is much at stake in this controversy. If it’s not resolved, it is unclear how it will affect other athletic competitions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and especially the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

• MENA Airspace
  Congested airspace could cost Middle East $16 billion over next decade

  A crowded airspace above the UAE and the wider GCC has been described by the International Air Transport Association (Iata) as one of the most serious problems threatening the growth of the aviation in the region.

• Government Payment
  Foreign governments press Saudi Arabia on workers’ delayed wages

  In absolute terms, the state does not lack money to pay its debts; it still has nearly $600 billion in overseas assets. But austerity controls imposed on government departments have slowed approvals for payments and their disbursement.

• Gulf Stock Markets
  Three Gulf Bull Markets in Two Weeks as Saudi Stocks Inch Closer

  Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index is closing in on a bull market of its own, having gained about 17 percent since a recent low on Jan. 20.

• Saudi Arabia in the Opinion Pages
  Perspective: It’s Open Season on Saudi Arabia

  The shift in Saudi regional policy has spawned the sudden popularity of two narratives in the Western press, think tanks and even some official circles.

• Donald Trump and the Middle East
  What does the Middle East think of Donald Trump? – Video

  What do Gulf business leaders think of Donald Trump? John Defterios reports.

• Online Ordering
  Online food ordering fast catching up in KSA

  The YouGov survey revealed that 28 percent of respondents order once a week, 22 percent order two to three times a week, 5 percent order daily, 1 percent order more than once a day and 44 percent order once a month.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Perspective: From the Levant to Libya, This Is How You Beat ISIS

  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) serves as the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Undercover teams, increased surveillance and hardened borders: Turkey cracks down on foreign fighters

  Over the past year, Turkey has launched a broad crackdown on militants streaming across its territory.

  • Washington Post - EU leaders to press Turkey, back Greece at migrant summit
• U.S. Middle East Policy
  Biden vows US, allies will ‘squeeze the heart’ of IS on trip

  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden began a Mideast tour Monday vowing that the United States and its allies would destroy and "squeeze the heart" of the Islamic State group, while thanking both American airmen and Emirati troops.

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