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• Global Oil Markets
  Oil Rises to 2-Week High as Saudi Arabia Bombs Targets in Yemen

  Oil climbed to the highest in more than two weeks in London as Saudi Arabia and its allies bombed rebel targets in Yemen, which is near the center of global energy trade.

  • Yahoo/Reuters - Oil prices surge after Saudi air strikes in Yemen
• Saudi - Yemen: Air Strikes
  U.S. Statement on Situation in Yemen

  The United States coordinates closely with Saudi Arabia and our GCC partners on issues related to their security and our shared interests. In support of GCC actions to defend against Houthi violence, President Obama has authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to GCC-led military operations. While U.S. forces are not taking direct military action in Yemen in support of this effort, we are establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to coordinate U.S. military and intelligence support.

  • SUSRIS - Saudis, Partners Act to Recover Yemen from a “Dark Tunnel”
  • SUSRIS - Special Report | Crisis in Yemen – Saudi Arabia Strikes
  • SUSRIS - Saudi Leaders at Military Command Center in Photos
• Iran and the Middle East
  Opinion: Iran’s regional ambitions are clear and worrying

  Tehran has troops actively engaged in two Arab countries - Iraq and Syria - and has proxy forces in two others - Lebanon and Yemen. Such direct Iranian involvement in Arab states is unprecedented, and ironic given Tehran's denunciations of foreign meddling in countries' internal affairs.

  • Stratfor - Saudi Arabia and Iran Compete in Yemen
• Women in Saudi Arabia
  Using technology to empower women in Saudi Arabia

  Born in Riyadh, Princess Reema grew up in Washington DC while her father was Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States. She is now the CEO of Alfa International, a Saudi Arabia-based luxury retailer, and she’s also a major advocate for breast cancer awareness in her country.

• Oil
  Saudis Up The Pressure On Oil Markets

  Part of the reason for the plunge in prices was the virtual flood of oil from the boom in US shale production. As prices kept falling, OPEC was urged to cut production at its November meeting in Vienna to shore them up. But under Saudi leadership the cartel decided to keep its combined production limits at what are now 4-year-old levels of 30 million barrels a day.

• Tadawul
  Saudi hardware retailer SACO to launch share sale in April

  Saudi Company for Tools and Hardware (SACO) plans to sell 30 percent of the firm in an initial share sale set to launch next month, a statement from the kingdom's market regulator said on Wednesday

• Society
  Saudi Arabia: Genetic tests lead to 165,000 break-ups

  Thousands of couples have called off their engagements in Saudi Arabia as a result of mandatory pre-marital health checks, it's reported.

• MERS
  Saudi doctors face jail, loss of licence over MERS

  Health professionals in Saudi Arabia face up to six months in jail, fines of up to SR100,000 ($26,650) and loss of their medical licence if they fail to report suspected cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), local media have reported.

• Food and Beverage
  Saudi’s Almarai says gets $67 mln compensation for bakery fire

  Saudi Arabia's Almarai, the Gulf's largest dairy company, received 250 million riyals ($66.7 million) from an insurer in compensation for a fire at one of its bakeries, it said on Thursday.

• Saudi - Yemen: Air Strikes
  Saudi Arabia leads air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels

  Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shi'ite Muslim rebels fighting to oust Yemen's president on Thursday, a gamble by the world's top oil exporter to check Iranian influence in its backyard without direct military backing from Washington.

  • Washington Post - Saudi Arabia targets strategic areas around Yemen in heavy bombardment
  • Reuters - Instant View: Saudi Arabia coalition air strikes in Yemen risks wider conflict
  • The Guardian - Saudi Arabia launches Yemen air strikes as alliance builds against Houthi rebels
  • Reuters - Pakistan says considering Saudi request for troops for Yemen
  • CNN - Saudi-led coalition strikes rebels in Yemen, inflaming tensions in region
  • NPR - U.S. Confirms It Is Supporting Saudi Military Operations In Yemen
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