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THOUSANDS TURN OUT FOR PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES IN IRAN
On Tuesday, in his first public remarks since the rallies erupted, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed external enemies for the turmoil... READ MORE›
A CLIMATE OF FEAR AND SILENCE EMERGES IN YEMEN AFTER KILLING OF FORMER DICTATOR
For now, it appears that the Houthis' regional enemies, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have not capitalized on Saleh's death... READ MORE›
EIGHT ELEMENTS BEHIND THE PROTESTS IN IRAN
There are three principal themes behind the recent protests in Iran... READ MORE›
FORMERLY DETAINED MINISTER JOINS SAUDI CABINET MEETING
The sweeping crackdown was seen by some as an attempt to strengthen the power of Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince and heir to the Saudi throne... READ MORE›
3. WHY INDIA PLANTED 66 MILLION TREES IN 12 HOURS
As part of that initiative, Philip Morris has published extensive scientific findings, based in part on clinical studies... READ MORE›
SAUDI SQUEEZE ON ALWALEED HAS MORE AT STAKE THAN MONEY
Almost two months into it, Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption is yielding at least some of the 100 billion the kingdom is targeting... READ MORE›
WHY TRUMP LASHED OUT AT SAUDI ARABIA ABOUT ITS ROLE IN YEMEN'S WAR
President Trump now has Saudi Arabia's attention, he said... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN KILL DOZENS OF CIVILIANS IN ONE DAY. BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF THE COUNTRY'S MISERY.
In the meantime, the United Nations estimates that at least 8,750 people have been killed by airstrikes since the Saudi-led coalition began its assault on Yemen... READ MORE›
A YEAR OF HISTORIC CHANGE IN SAUDI ARABIA, WITH MORE TO COME
Saudi Arabia HYPERLINK https apnews.com c602a848be074032a024e2a1e6f8926d, literally rolling out a red carpet for his arrival... READ MORE›
TRUMP HAS SCORED SOME SUCCESSES IN FOREIGN POLICY
, descriptionText President Donald Trump delivers first speech to UN General Assembly... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIAN WORKERS 'BEATEN AND ROBBED' BY SAUDI POLICE
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, is a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people from Ethiopia and other impoverished East African countries... READ MORE›
SALMAN, BINALI YILDIRIM URGE MUSLIM UNITY ON PALESTINE
Yildirim was also expected to meet Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA BLOCKS ISRAEL'S CHESS TEAM FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lior Aizenberg, spokesman of the Israeli Chess Federation, said the decision to prevent the Israelis from attending was indeed political... READ MORE›
SAUDI CHESS TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF AMID TENSIONS AFTER ISRAELI PLAYERS' VISAS DENIED
In November, Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura hit out against FIDE for awarding Saudi Arabia the tournament... READ MORE›
HEAD OF ENGLISH CHESS CALLS FOR SAUDI ARABIA TO BE STRIPPED OF WORLD SPEED CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER VISA SNUB
Meanwhile, players from Qatar and Iran, which have strained ties with Saudi Arabia, have been granted visas to participate in the tournament... READ MORE›
CHESS FEDERATION SAYS ISRAEL EXCLUDED FROM SAUDI-HOSTED MATCH
Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication said in a statement that more than 180 players would participate but did not immediately respond to a request for comment... READ MORE›
IT'S 'CHECKMATE' FOR ISRAELIS BARRED FROM INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA
At an international chess tournament in Saudi Arabia, women are not forced to cover their heads, but Israelis are excluded... READ MORE›
WORLDS LARGEST PLASTICS PLANT RINGS ALARM BELLS ON TEXAS COAST
But environmentalists have long tangled with the operators of plastic plants along the Gulf coast and are sceptical Exxon will prove a better neighbour... READ MORE›
NOVEMBER'S SWISS WATCH EXPORTS SHOW THAT CHINA IS ONCE AGAIN RED HOT
The main markets for Swiss watch industry exports alternated between strong rises and moderate falls in November, it said... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN MILITARY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR 6 SHIITES
The state-run Bahrain News Agency said the case involved 18 defendants, eight of whom were tried in absentia... READ MORE›
SAAD HARIRIS STRANGE SOJOURN IN SAUDI ARABIA
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's prime minister, Saad Hariri, was summoned at 8 30 a.m... READ MORE›
LEBANESE PM HARIRI 'PRESSURED TO RESIGN' BY THE SAUDIS
According to the report, Saudis were reprimanded by senior US state department official, David M Satterfield, for destabilising Lebanon ... READ MORE›
BAHRAINI MILITARY COURT CONVICTS SIX TO DEATH ON TERROR CHARGES
Bahrain in January executed three Shi'ite men convicted of killing three policemen, including an officer from the United Arab Emirates, in a 2014 bomb attack... READ MORE›
TUNISIA BANS UAE EMIRATES AIRLINE FROM LANDING IN TUNIS
Tunisian government officials said the UAE had banned Tunisian women from flying to or transiting through its territory... READ MORE›
ISRAELI CHESS PLAYERS DENIED VISAS FOR EVENT IN SAUDI ARABIA
Lior Aizenberg, a spokesman for the Israel Chess Federation, said efforts were still being made by various parties to allow Israeli players to take part... READ MORE›
BOEING WINS $6.2BN CONTRACT FOR QATAR'S F-15
This contract provides for the foreign military sales requirement to procure 36 new F-15QA aircraft for the Qatar Emiri Air Force, it said in a statement... READ MORE›
SAUDI SISTERS WHO FLED TO TURKEY FEAR FORCED RETURN
They tried to flee to New Zealand on February 8 from Hong Kong, where they had arrived from Saudi Arabia via undocumented methods... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE - LONDON-LISTED NMC IN TALKS TO RUN STRUGGLING SAUDI HOSPITAL: SOURCES
NMC Healthcare and the Saudi health ministry were not immediately available to comment... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION ON JERUSALEM CONDEMNED BY UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DESPITE US 'BULLYING' OVER VOTE OF CENSURE
The resolution was vetoed by the United States in the 15-member UNA security council on Monday, but the US cannot veto a general assembly resolution... READ MORE›
1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED CHOLERA IN YEMEN. YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED.
A Yemeni child thought to be infected with cholera cries at a hospital in the coastal city of Hodeidah last month... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Hejaz
YEMEN REBEL BALLISTIC MISSILE 'INTERCEPTED OVER RIYADH'
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthi rebels says it has intercepted a missile over Riyadh... READ MORE›
YEMEN: EX-PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH KILLED
A dominant figure in Yemen, Saleh, 75, ruled the Arabian Peninsula country for more than three decades before being deposed in 2012... READ MORE›
SAUDI KING SALMAN DECRIES TRUMP'S JERUSALEM DECISION
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has reiterated the Kingdom's stated commitment to a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital... READ MORE›
MYSTERY BUYER OF 450 MILLION DA VINCI IS REVEALED
But Prince Bader is a contemporary of Prince Mohammed... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SLAMS UAE OVER FM'S ANTI-TURKISH RETWEET
It was Fahreddin Pasha who bravely defended Medina against the British plans then, he wrote... READ MORE›
MYSTERY SALVATOR MUNDI BUYER WAS A SAUDI PRINCE
Mystery Salvator Mundi buyer was a Saudi prince report... READ MORE›
DID AMERICAN MISSILE DEFENSE FAIL IN SAUDI ARABIA
The official story was clear Saudi forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebel group last month at Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh... READ MORE›
BOMBED INTO FAMINE: HOW SAUDI AIR CAMPAIGN TARGETS YEMENS FOOD SUPPLIES
More than eight million Yemenis are now facing famine after Saudi Arabia tightened a blockade on the country on 6 November... READ MORE›
ISRAELI MINISTER KATZ 'INVITES SAUDI CROWN PRINCE'
Israel's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz has invited Saudi Arabia's crown prince to visit Israel in an interview with a Saudi news outlet, according to Haaretz... READ MORE›
TRUMP-SALMAN IMAGE IN ALGERIA ANGERS SAUDI ARABIA
-- ????????? Smwa2l December 16, 2017 The following day, Sami bin Abdullah al-Saleh, Saudi ambassador to Algeria, voiced the Saudi's annoyance with the image, Anadolu Agency said... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KUSHNER IS LEAVING TILLERSON IN THE DARK ON MIDDLE EAST TALKS, SOURCES SAY
The State Department's concerns about Kushner's approach predate reports this week that Trump may move to oust Tillerson by the end of the year... READ MORE›
QATAR SIGNS $8BN TYPHOON FIGHTER JET DEAL WITH THE UK
The deal between the two countries was signed in Doha by Qatar's Defence Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah and his British counterpart, Gavin Williamson... READ MORE›
HOUTHIS TAKE OVER YEMENI CAPITAL SANAA, ANNOUNCE 'END OF CRISIS' - LOCAL MEDIA
On Monday, Yemen's embattled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ordered his armed forces to launch a massive military offensive against Houthis in Sanaa... READ MORE›
HRW CALLS FOR UN TO SANCTION SAUDI CROWN PRINCE
Human Rights Watch has called on the UN to place sanctions on Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over abuses carried out in Yemen... READ MORE›
A SAUDI PRINCE IS THE MYSTERY BUYER OF THE $450 MILLION DA VINCI
Christie's said the artwork will be going to the museum, but declined to say whether the Louvre Abu Dhabi bought the painting... READ MORE›
UAE AND SAUDIS FORM NEW PARTNERSHIP SEPARATE FROM GCC
There has been no confirmation of the new partnership from the Saudis so far... READ MORE›
ARAB NATIONS BLOCKADING QATAR EXPAND BLACKLIST
Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar since June, accuse Doha of supporting terrorism... READ MORE›
TRUMP PHONES ARAB LEADERS OVER PLAN TO MOVE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO JERUSALEM
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has cautioned Trump about the hazards of moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem... READ MORE›
ROUHANI: SAUDI TENSIONS WITH IRAN 'TO COVER UP DEFEATS'
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels in Yemen and blamed it for a missile attack north of its capital earlier in November... READ MORE›
ANGER OVER GREEK PLAN TO SELL WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA
Greece plans to sell 66m euros worth of surplus bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing war in Yemen... READ MORE›
SAUDIS TO EASE YEMEN SIEGE BUT MILLIONS TO STILL SUFFER
Humanitarian aid alone cannot meet the needs of Yemenis who are unjustly bearing the brunt of this war... READ MORE›
"I COULDN'T STAND WATCHING A MAN DROWNING WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING TO SAVE HIM," BALINDONG SAID AFTER GETTING AN AWARD FROM THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY
On November 21, Dawood Balindong, 37, who has been working in Saudi Arabia for over a year, swam to the man's car and gave him a lifejacket... READ MORE›
NASRALLAH REJECTS ARAB LEAGUE STATEMENT ON HEZBOLLAH
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has rejected claims made by Arab foreign ministers that the Lebanese group is arming rebels in Yemen... READ MORE›
ALI ABDULLA SALEH KILLED FOR 'TREASON'
The official story was clear Saudi forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebel group last month at Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh... READ MORE›
TRUMP ASKS SAUDI ARABIA TO ALLOW IMMEDIATE AID TO YEMEN
Saudi Arabia has also split with Trump over his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel... READ MORE›
KEY GCC SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY DIPLOMATIC RIFT
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE cut ties with Qatar on June 5 after accusing it of supporting terrorism, allegations that Qatar strongly denies... READ MORE›
BILLIONAIRE SABIH AL-MASRI DETAINED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Palestinian billionaire businessman Sabih al-Masri has been detained in Saudi Arabia on a business trip to Riyadh, his family confirmed to Reuters news agency... READ MORE›
SAUDI WOMEN SCHOLARS CALL OUT PRINCE'S REFORM AGENDA
Saudi Arabia urgently needs to reform laws that treat women as second-class citizens in comparison to men... READ MORE›
MACRON STEPS INTO MIDDLE EAST ROLE AS U.S. RETREATS
Mr. Macron, who came to the job with few Middle East connections, put in place a team that knows the region intimately... READ MORE›
SAUDI PRINCE WHO WOOED WEST FINDS FEW FRIENDS IN TOUGH TIMES
Prince Alwaleed has been an important partner in my foundation's work to ensure that kids around the world receive life-saving vaccinations... READ MORE›