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• Syria
  Saudi Arabia To Host Syrian Opposition Talks

  audi Arabia says it will host a conference in mid-December aimed at uniting the Syrian opposition in the run-up to planned peace talks to end the nearly five-year civil war.

• Saudi - China
  Why Saudi wants a Silk Road route with China

  Saudi Arabia revealed its intention to enter into negotiations with China to develop the economic belt of the historic silk road, which is the road that links the east and the west commercially and passes through the Arabian Peninsula. That came after the recent Latin American and G-20 summits.

• Tourism
  What about tourism in Saudi Arabia?

  Many people have recently been discussing the important and rapidly growing tourism industry in Saudi Arabia. The tourism sector which focuses primarily on religious tourism has suffered from opposition to the issuing of tourist visas.

• Labor Reforms
  Saudi labor reforms ‘may help curb rampant abuses’

  Saudi Arabia’s recent labour reforms may help curb rampant abuses, but they exclude domestic workers and institutionalise bias against women, according to an international human rights organisation.

• OFWs in Saudi Arabia
  Rights group urges justice for Nepali maids allegedly gang raped by Saudi diplomat

  India and Saudi Arabia should bring justice to two Nepali maids allegedly gang raped and tortured by a Saudi diplomat, Amnesty International has said. The case is one of many reported abuses of domestic workers.

• Saudi Oil Policy
  Saudi seeks to quell supply glut fears

  Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Opec allies have lined up to try and quell mounting fears of a prolonged supply glut in the oil market, warning of future shortages in the sector if investments fall further.

  • Calgary Herald - Saudi minister says country will work with OPEC, other oil producers to stabilize market
  • WSJ (Paywall) - Saudi Minister Calls for More Investment in Oil Production
• Syria
  Saudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition talks

  Saudis aim to foster ‘unified position’ among factions, while John Kerry says separately that conference will help set up formal peace talks

  • Saudi Gazette - Saudi Arabia to host conference to unify Syrian opposition in Mid-December
  • AP - Saudi Arabia Will Host Conference to Unite Syrian Opposition
• Capital Punishment
  Saudi court sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy

  A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for apostasy, abandoning his Muslim faith, according to trial documents seen by Human Rights Watch, its Middle East researcher Adam Coogle said on Friday.

• Islamic Extremism
  Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, take 170 hostages

  Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital on Friday, killing at least three people and taking about 170 hostages in a city that serves as a logistics hub for French forces helping in a fight against Islamist insurgents.

• Captagon
  The tiny pill fueling Syria’s war and turning fighters into superhuman soldiers

  "You can't sleep or even close your eyes, forget about it," said a Lebanese user, one of three who appeared on camera without their names for a BBC Arabic documentary that aired in September. "And whatever you take to stop it, nothing can stop it."

  • Al Jazeera - Growing up in Aleppo: 'We are scared of the bombs'
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