MUST-READS

• Iran
  Rafsanjani breaks taboo over selection of Iran’s next supreme leader

  A group of Iranian clerics is examining potential candidates to be the next Supreme Leader, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said, breaking a taboo of talking publicly about succession in the Islamic republic.

• Oman
  Oman’s Port of Salalah inaugurates terminal worth US$ 143 mn

  A leading transshipment hub in the West Central Asia region, Port of Salalah’s new terminal will add 20 million tonnes of dry cargo and six million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo to its annual handling capacity, said the port in a statement.

• Dubai
  ‘190 skyscrapers built in Dubai since 2000’

  Almost 190 skyscrapers, including the Burj Khalifa, have been built in Dubai in the last 15 years, a staggering figure compared to London's 23 for the same period.

• Afghanistan
  Next Stop Jalalabad: Traveling on One of the World’s Most Dangerous Roads

  Security threats on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway have drastically increased over the last few weeks.

• Syrian Rebels
  The Rebel Commander of Damascus

  Zahran Alloush, head of the Army of Islam, talks to The Daily Beast about a four-year siege, the future of Syria, accusations that he’s just another dictator in Islamic garb.

• GCF 2016
  GCF 2016 to Examine Key Drivers of Competitive Sectors

  Leaders from business, politics, academics and media will meet in Riyadh to discuss the key components that drive competitiveness at the Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) on January 24-26, 2016, hosted by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) under the patronage of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Salman.

• Syria
  Russian airstrikes force a halt to aid in Syria, triggering a new crisis

  Aid agencies are warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Syria as sharply intensified Russian airstrikes paralyze aid supply routes, knock out bakeries and hospitals and kill and maim civilians in growing numbers.

  • Washington Post - The story of a Texas man, his truck and the Syrians who put an anti-aircraft gun in the back of it
  • Aviationist - Russian Mi-35M gunship helicopter appears in Syria for the first time
  • USNI News - Britain's Anti-ISIS Strategy: More Air Strikes in Syria, No Ground Troops
• Petrochemicals
  SABIC announces completion of US$ 3.4 bn Kemya complex

  Full commercial operations at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya), a 50-50 joint venture between SABIC and Exxon Chemical Arabia, could start in the second quarter of 2016, SABIC said in a Tadawul filing.

• Nitaqat
  Saudi student working as part-timer to be considered in Nitaqat: Minister

  Saudi students working in part-time jobs will be considered as Saudi employees in the Nitaqat program on condition that they work only after their school hours, Labor Minister Mofrej Al-Haqbani has said.

• Breast Cancer Awareness
  Saudi Arabia women break Guinness World Record for breast cancer awareness on day of historic vote

  Women in Saudi Arabia have broken the Guinness World Record for the largest human “ribbon” to promote breast cancer awareness – on the same day as they voted for the first time in the country’s history.

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