MUST-READS

• Saudi Stock Market
  Saudi bourse’s rules for opening to foreigners expected by end-April

  With roughly the same value as all other Gulf Arab markets combined, and worth more than stock markets in either Russia, Malaysia or Turkey, the kingdom is also one of the last major global bourses to open itself for foreigners to directly invest in the exchange.

• Social Entrepreneurship
  Opinion: Why social entrepreneurship is critical for MENA

  The concept of social entrepreneurship has its own challenges in this part of the world. Developmental work is traditionally associated with the nonprofit mentality and in many cases is accused of sinister agendas and corruption. As such, it’s difficult for community stakeholders to accept the concept of profit-making companies that address social challenges.

• Housing and Real Estate
  Opinion: It’s time for Saudi Arabia to finally make good on housing promises

  Of the social spending packages unveiled by King Abdullah at the time, more than half ($67bn) went on home-building. To say the results have been disappointing would be an understatement.

• Syria
  Syrian military source alleges Turkish role in Idlib offensive

  A Syrian military source accused Turkey on Monday of helping Islamist rebels to stage an assault on Idlib, a provincial capital which fighters seized at the weekend.

  • Yahoo/AP - US leads pledges with $507 million at Syria donor conference
  • Defense One - In Syria, Today's 'Lost Generation' Could Be Tomorrow's Militants
  • Al-Monitor - Idlib in the eye of the storm
• ISIS in Iraq
  An Interview with Iraq’s President: ‘ISIS will soon be forced out of Iraq’

  ISIS will be out of Iraq soon . . . because the military balance of power is now in Iraq’s favor. However, other non-ISIS groups could emerge and the war against terrorism is an open file that could last for decades.

  • Yahoo/AFP - Iraq forces retake government HQ in Tikrit from IS
  • Washington Post - Shiite militias in Iraq say they have assurances that U.S. will stop strikes
• Military Equipment
  BAE Systems touts use of Saudi-made aircraft parts

  Jet trainers being acquired by the Royal Saudi Air Force will feature avionics components produced by a Saudi Arabian company.

• Interview with SAGIA’s Prince Saud al-Faisal: Saudi Arabia seeks to attract non-oil capital

  "There is a strong effort by the government to diversify this revenue," said Prince Saud al-Faisal of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, or SAGIA.

  • Gulf Business - Saudi To Link Foreign Investment To Infrastructure Projects
• Aramco
  Saudi Aramco signs $10 billion loan as oil companies raise funds

  Saudi Arabian Oil Co. has signed an agreement with a group of regional and international lenders for $10 billion of standby revolving credit facilities, one of the biggest loan deals in the Gulf region since 2011.

• Egypt-Russia
  Saudi Arabia’s hostile relationship with Russia is leaving Egypt stuck in the middle

  At a gathering of Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh this weekend, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi read a letter from Vladimir Putin. "We support Arab nations in their effort to ensure a safe future and urge them to resolve all emerging challenges peacefully without any foreign involvement," the Russian president's message read, according to Sputnik News.

• Saudi-Egypt
  Though Cooperating in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt Show Discord Over Syria

  Egypt and Saudi Arabia are cooperating militarily to thwart a power grab in Yemen by Shiite rebels, but the agreement on how to deal with the region's complex and intertwined conflicts may stop there. The two countries' diverging interests were evident at the Arab summit over the weekend, particularly over the crises in Syria and Libya.

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