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• Bahrain
  Bahrain policeman killed in bomb attack

  Bahraini authorities said a policeman has been killed in a "terrorist" attack using a bombing provided by Hezbollah. The explosion took place in the village of Damistan, around 20km southwest of the capital Manama, late on Monday, killing an on-duty policeman, the interior ministry said on Twitter.

• U.S.-Afghanistan
  Symbolic ‘end’ to Afghanistan war overshadowed by new Obama plans (+video)

  The United States military and NATO officially shuttered their combat command in Afghanistan in a little-noticed ceremony Monday, more than 13 years after the start of the longest war America has ever fought. But what had long promised to be a major milestone in the war has been overshadowed by recent strategic changes on the ground. Even as troops lowered the flag of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) joint command – which was in charge of combat operations – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made it clear that the US will be jettisoning its original plan to cut forces to 9,800 by year’s end.

• U.S. - Israel
  American Public Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  After the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations earlier this year and the devastating violence of this summer’s Gaza war, tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are on the rise. Voices on both sides of the conflict question the United States’ traditional role as shepherd of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, and Americans seem increasingly skeptical about their government’s engagements in the Middle East. Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami conducted a survey on American public attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; below are several key findings and a download to the survey's full results.

• MERS
  Saudi Arabia issues fresh warning regarding contact with camels

  Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has issued a fresh warning against approaching camels unless necessary amid continuing concerns about the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The ministry said those who work with camels should wear a long-sleeve medical gown, gloves and a mask over their nose and mouth.

  • Medical Press - Saudi names new health minister to combat MERS virus
• Women Driving
  Saudi Extends Detention of Women Drivers

  Two Saudi women detained nearly a week ago for violating the kingdom's female driving ban were ordered held for 25 more days on Sunday, a relative told The Associated Press. The women, who were arrested Dec. 1 after driving into Saudi Arabia from the United Arab Emirates, are supporters of a grassroots campaign launched last year to oppose the ban. The two women have a combined Twitter following of more than 355,000.

• UAE Attack
  US embassy in Abu Dhabi urges Americans to beware more terror attacks

  The US diplomatic mission to the United Arab Emirates has warned American citizens to remain wary of further terror attacks after a school teacher was stabbed to death in a shopping mall and a bomb left outside the house of an American family.

• Zaki Bani Rushaid
  Brotherhood Leader’s Arrest in Jordan Is Seen as Warning From Monarchy

  For years, Jordan did nothing as he railed — often on nationwide television — against Jordan’s “meager” political reforms and what he sees as continued attempts to cozy up to the United States, which he calls “the cause of tyranny in the Middle East.” Despite his high profile, the kingdom appeared not to see him, or the Brotherhood, as a threat.

• Saudi-Yemen
  Exclusive: Saudi suspends aid to Yemen after Houthi takeover

  Saudi Arabia has suspended most of its financial aid to Yemen, Yemeni and Western sources said, in a clear indication of its dissatisfaction with the growing political power of Shi'ite Houthi fighters friendly with Riyadh's regional rival, Iran.

• Global Defense Industry
  How Defense Offsets Help Drive the Global Defense Industry

  Amid all the talk surrounding the Pentagon’s new Defense Innovation Initiative, also called the “third offset strategy,” we should be mindful of another type of offset that is in the forefront of defense companies’ growth strategies and increasingly becoming a C-suite agenda item. I refer to defense offset agreements, pledges that U.S. defense companies make to foreign entities—usually foreign governments—in order to secure their business.

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