MUST-READS

• U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy
  American Public Attitudes Toward ISIS and Syria

  Although the fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS, found broad support in Congress and amongst a growing international coalition, questions remain about America’s commitment to a mission to “degrade and ultimately destroy” this terrorist organization, and about the efficacy of the current military strategy in stopping ISIS from seizing territory and massacring civilians.

• Global Oil Markets
  Oil down almost 10 percent in two days as hunt for bottom continues

  Global oil markets on Tuesday slumped for a fourth straight session as mounting worries about a supply glut pressured crude prices, which have fallen almost 10 percent this week to their lowest since spring 2009.

  • Forbes - Time To Buy? 'It is up to American producers to cut oil supplies.'
• Jordan and Daesh
  ISIS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot

  First Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh's F-16 went down near ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa Wednesday. The 26-year-old Jordanian is the first foreign military pilot to fall into the extremists' hands since an international coalition began its aerial campaign against ISIS in September.

• US-Saudi
  JSMC receives $100 million contract from Saudi Arabia

  This renewed contract comes on the heels of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s announcement approving the possibility of another foreign military sale of Abrams tanks to Iraq.

• Saudi-Lebanon
  Why Saudi Arabia is Picking Up Lebanon’s $3 Billion Weapons Tab

  French foreign affairs minister Laurent Fabius welcomed the agreement, which he said "reflects the exceptional quality of French-Saudi relations." But the complex arms-sharing ménage à trois involves more than just the three actors, with Iran and Syria also factoring into the equation.

• Expatriate Employment
  Booming Employment Opportunities in Saudi Arabia

  There are plenty of job opportunities available for expat job seekers in Saudi Arabia, provided you can show the required knowledge and expertise in any field such as construction, financial services, medicine, IT, baking, and health care.

• Libya
  Photo Essay: Libya’s Path to Civil War

  More than three years after the fall of strongman Muammar Qaddafi, Libya is in the midst of a bitter civil war. Political factions and armed groups fight for control of a country struggling with democracy, and state institutions barely function, particularly the army and police.

• Middle East: Defense Spending
  Mideast Budgets Cushioned From Oil Price Drops

  The compound annual growth rate of the region’s defense spending will grow about 3.48 percent from 2015-2019, according to a report by Nicole Auger, who covers Middle East defense spending for Forecast International. The figure for 2010-2014 was 8.45 percent, she said. Some of this decline is tied to the anticipated fall in oil prices, she said.

• Saudi - Jordan
  Jordan, Saudi kings in talks as they battle IS

  Jordan's King Abdullah II met his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh Sunday for talks as both nations participate in a US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State group extremists in Syria.

• Lima Climate Talks
  Saudi Arabia says zero carbon emission goal not realistic

  Setting a target of zero carbon emissions by 2050 is not “realistic,” Saudi Arabia’s chief negotiator at U.N. talks for a new, world climate pact said in Lima. “The zero-emissions concept — or let’s knock fossils fuels out of the picture without clear technology diffusion and solid international cooperation programs — does not help the process,” the Kingdom’s envoy, Khalid Abuleif, told journalists on the sidelines of the talks.

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