MUST-READS

• Housing and Real Estate
  Shoura okays National Strategy for Housing

  The Shoura Council on Monday approved the National Strategy for Housing that outlines the mechanism to make housing available for people with special needs, widows, orphans and divorcees who do not have the support of their families.

• Iraq: Shiite Militias
  Nawaf Obaid: Why Saudis may take on Iraq’s Shiite militias

  While the Obama administration focuses its attention on the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, it is ignoring an equally deadly and unchecked terrorist force in the Middle East: the Shiite militias of Iraq. Groups such as Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Badr Organization are the main three of the nearly 40 Shiite militias working under Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, an umbrella organization created, funded and supported by Iran in mid-2014, ostensibly to take on IS. However, as the Saudis and their allies have long known, these militias are in fact a growing terrorist force that has been causing havoc and bloodshed for more than a decade in the name of a sectarian Shiite revolution.

• Foreign Investment
  Foreign investors remain absent in Saudi real estate

  Foreign investment companies remain absent in the real estate market in the Kingdom due to lack of clear laws and regulations. This was disclosed at a seminar recently held by Ewaan Global Residential Company.

• Art in Saudi Arabia
  15 Young Artists Are Changing the Face of the Saudi Art Scene

  Last May, 15 young Saudi artists rented a former shelter for widows in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad area. It had a charm about it: rustic and unfinished, many likened it to a Venetian palazzo. Led by Ramy Alquthamy, Nasser Al Salem and a few others, they called their initiative “Al Hangar,” meaning warehouse in Arabic, a moniker meant to insinuate speed vis-à-vis temporality.

• Mers
  MERS Update for Saudi Arabia: 6 New Cases in February

  Between 1 and 16 February 2016, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 6 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 3 deaths.

• Tourism
  Saudi Arabia tourism: Plan for beach resorts along Red Sea

  Although basic facilities such as piers, toilets and umbrellas exist on the main three islands – Farasan, Sajid and Muharraq – authorities hope to see more development, including high-end accommodation. 

• Saudi-Syria
  Coalition discussed Syria ground incursion: Saudi Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri

  Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago but they have not made a decision, an aide to Saudi Arabia's defense minister said on Monday.

• Oil Price
  US oil ends up 3% on Saudi freeze comments

  U.S. oil prices rose on Monday after China moved to boost its slowing economy and Saudi Arabia pledged to work with other crude producers to limit market volatility, feeding hopes the oil selloff would end.

• Comic Con Middle East
  Comic Con Middle East announces first guests including Stan Lee

  The Middle East Film and Comic Con has announced the first guests for this year’s fifth anniversary event, taking place from April 7-9 at Dubai World Trade Centre.

• Boeing F-15s
  Israel’s Angst Over Qatar Sale Could End Boeing’s F-15 Line

  Israeli angst over the potential US deal with Qatar, which is looking to build its fleet up to 72 fighters, has resulted in a two-year delay that has already driven Doha to embrace the French Rafale as an alternative to a portion of the fighters initially planned for purchase from the US.

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