MUST-READS

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Carter Cautions US Ground Troops Would ‘Americanize’ ISIS Fight

  Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers on Wednesday that adding a significant US ground force to the fight against the Islamic State group would “Americanize” the fight and fuel “a call to jihad” in Iraq and Syria.

  • Reuters - U.S. ready to send advisers, helicopters to Iraq to help retake Ramadi
  • The Hill - Pentagon blasts ISIS proposals that would lead to 'apocalyptic war'
• Turkey - Russia
  Russia, Turkey Fight Spreads to Energy Sector

  The fallout from the Turkish downing of a Russian jet last month is growing ever more dangerous, with even the seemingly untouchable energy sector now apparently the latest casualty of increasingly chilly ties between Ankara and Moscow.

  • RFE/RL - Turkey: Russia Trying To Carry Out 'Ethnic Cleansing' In Syria
• Paris Attacks
  Paris attacks: Geneva alert raised amid suspect hunt

  Police have raised the alert level in Geneva, saying they are hunting for suspects as part of the Europe-wide investigation into the Paris attacks.

• Saudi Students
  Saudi student makes major scientific discovery in Australia

  A Saudi scholarship student in Australia has improved and developed a method to recover ascaris eggs from sludge samples used as natural fertilizers for agricultural crops.

• Public Opinion
  What Americans really think about Muslims and Islam

  The contrasting American attitudes on Islam and Muslims have been around for some time, though views of Islam in particular worsened in the months after 9/11. They never recovered, even during the early days of the Arab uprisings, which generated much sympathy among Americans.

• War in Yemen
  Hopes for End of Yemen’s Conflict Turn to Geneva

  Six months after the last attempt to bring the warring parties in Yemen to the negotiating table collapsed before the talks even began, a new round is scheduled to begin in Geneva, perhaps as early as December 15.

• Yemen
  Red Sea Island off Yemen Cleared of Rebels

  Saudi state television is reporting that Saudi-led forces fighting in Yemen have cleared a Red Sea island of Shiite rebels.

  • Long War Journal - Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen
• Middle East History
  These Maps Illustrate the History and Demographics of the Middle East

  With its convoluted history and ever-shifting borders, the Middle East isn’t an area that can be easily understood through words alone

• Syrian Rebel Groups
  Syrian rebel group says Saudi meeting must rule out concessions

  The powerful Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham said on Wednesday that a Syrian opposition meeting in Saudi Arabia must insist that President Bashar al-Assad face justice and that Syria's "institutions of oppression" are dismantled.

  • Yahoo - Opponents of Syria's Assad agree joint group for peace talks
  • Reuters - Kerry says progress made in Saudi-led talks with Syrian opposition
• Islamophobia
  Donald Trump provokes varied responses in Middle East

  Many others in the Middle East are blasting Trump's latest comments, while others are just making fun of him.

  • Racked - Donald Trump's Home Decor Line Pulled From Stores in the Middle East
  • NYT (Paywall) - Donald Trump Loses Luster When Words Reach the Middle East
  • Daily Star - Trump says he is postponing trip to Israel till 'after I become president'
  • Al-Arabiya - Gulf leaders decry ‘racist’ rhetoric against Muslims
  • Arabian Business - Dubai tycoon Al Habtoor slams Trump as 'Islam's biggest enemy'
  • Al-Bawaba - What if Trump was banned from the Muslim-majority Middle East?
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