MUST-READS

• Iran: Energy Policy
  Iran’s Energy Policy after the Nuclear Deal

  The “Economy of Resistance” seeks to increase the value of non-oil exports and of the valueadded chain of production inside the country

• War in Yemen
  ‘We don’t target civilians’ in Yemen: Saudi-led coalition

  In an exclusive interview with AFP, the Royal Saudi Air Force brigadier general -- who cannot be identified under the military's security restrictions -- accused rights groups and other critics of "looking through one eye only".

• Saudi Oil Policy
  Saudi Arabia Edges Out Russia in China Oil Sales as OPEC Digs In

  “Saudi Arabia never stopped fighting for market share in China and in Asia as a whole,” Gao Jian, an analyst at SCI International, a Shandong-based energy consultant, said by phone. “One year after OPEC announced its production policy to defend market share, their strategy seems to be working.”  

• Saudi Society
  Local: Saudi families keep close eye on their sons

  Family and society medicine consultant Dr. Khaled Jilban stressed the need to focus on children’s psychological and social growth, and provide society members with guidance and a good environment.

  • Saudi Gazette - Commentary: I will not apologize!
• Jason Rezaian
  Iran says Washington Post reporter Rezaian sentenced to prison

  An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to a prison term, the state news agency said on Sunday quoting a judiciary spokesman, a case that is a sensitive issue in contentious U.S.-Iranian relations.

• Syria in Crisis
  US Special Forces Going Into Syria ‘Very Soon’

  The special U.S. envoy to the global coalition to counter the Islamic State group (IS/ISIL) said dozens of U.S. special operations forces will be deployed "very soon" in Syria to work with Arab forces trying to isolate the group's self-proclaimed capital and end terrorist plots.

• Jordan
  The questions unanswered in Jordan attack that killed 2 U.S. contractors

  The shooting deaths of five people, including two U.S. contractors, at a police academy in Jordan this month was probably a violent workplace rampage by a disgruntled officer rather than an act of terrorism, Jordanian officials say.

• Paris Attacks
  Paris Attacks and Other Assaults Seen as Evidence of a Shift by ISIS

  The recent attacks in Paris and Beirut and the downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt were the first results of a centrally planned terrorism campaign by a wing of the Islamic State leadership that oversees “external” targets, according to American and European intelligence officials.

  • US News - A Look at the Rivalry Between Al-Qaida and IS
• Extremism
  KSA, US looking for Saudi Daesh member

  The United States has announced a reward of $5 million to those who provide information which would lead to the arrest of naturalized Saudi Tarrad Mohammad Al-Garba.

• Death Penalty
  Saudi Artist’s Death Sentence Follows a String of Harsh Punishments

  For years, Ashraf Fayadh, an artist and poet, has served as an unofficial ambassador for Saudi Arabia’s small contemporary art scene, organizing shows and working to introduce Saudi art to the world.

  • Salon - Western ally Saudi Arabia sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for renouncing Islam
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