Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is said to have sent a strongly worded letter to the United States categorically refusing the return of Iraq's former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki...

The Saudi ministry of interior has recently decided that new preachers have to pass "security clearance" prior to their appointment at mosques, the Saudi daily Al-Hayat reported Sunday. The...

Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz says the international community has been 'unjustifiably silent' towards Israeli assaults on Gaza. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz condemned Israel's "massacres and war crimes"...

It is tough work being the Saudi ambassador to the UK. First, you have to stir yourself into action to deny the undeniable: The Israeli attack on Gaza comes...

A poll conducted by Rakin Saudi pollsters has disclosed that 95 per cent of the Saudi people support the continuation of Palestinian resistance factions. Only 3 per cent of...

The war on Gaza is planned and orchestrated by Israel, Saudi and Egypt, a report by DEBKA-Net-Weekly said yesterday. According to DEBKA the three-way cooperation has set up the...

Qatari-Saudi relations are taking a positive turn amidst expectations that the Saudi ambassador to Doha is likely to return soon, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed website said yesterday. The website said that...

Saudi preacher Sheikh Aidh Al-Qarni emphasised the importance of supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the resistance, stressing that it is a religious duty. Speaking to Palestinian...

There are many hands behind the Israeli army's onslaught on Gaza. America is not unhappy that Hamas is getting such a beating. As footage of the scenes of carnage...

As Israel continues to prosecute its criminal war against the people of the Gaza Strip, its leaders in Tel Aviv are counting more and more on the Arab regimes...

Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz has donated $53.3 million to the victims of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the official Saudi news agency reported yesterday evening....

Saudi Arabia's abilities to maneuver in Yemen are limited because it is not open to dealing with most of the key players in the Yemeni arena including the Houthis,...

Is King Abdullah the most progressive, liberal Saudi monarch to date? Quite possibly, though it's a limited field and a low bar. Still, thanks to him, seventy thousand Saudi...

The veteran Bahrain human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has renewed his call for discussions with the government with the hope of ending more than three years of unrest in...

A criminal court in Saudi Arabia has convicted lawyer and human rights activist Waleed Abul-Khair to 15 years in jail after finding him guilty of "harming the Kingdom's reputation...

Anti-Syrian groups in Lebanon have expressed their concerns about the potential nomination of Bahjat Suleiman as the new Syrian ambassador to Beirut after he was dismissed as Syrian ambassador...

Both Saudi King Abdullah and the US Secretary of State John Kerry agree that the Sunni population of Iraq need to have greater involvement in the political arena in...

Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has issued a royal decree appointing Prince Khalid Bin Bandar as head of Intelligence and Prince Bandar Bin Sultan as adviser and special...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah issued a royal decree Saturday sacking the deputy defence minister Prince Khaled Bin Bandar Abdulaziz Al-Saud barely six weeks after appointing him, the official Saudi...

The more that we view it, the humiliating display of Egypt's president boarding that Saudi Arabian aircraft with solemnity and bowing to kiss the head of King Abdullah Ibn...

There are no hidden messages in the controversial return of the Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan to the political arena, but his return proves that the crisis between Saudi...

There are no surprises in the recent British Petroleum report which provides statistics pertaining to main energy resources. The report, which is considered as a main reference in this...

A proposed donor conference to support Egypt's economy is expected to dominate Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi in Cairo, a Saudi diplomatic source...

Iraq is heading towards a civil war fuelled by hate with unexpected consequences, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal warned yesterday. Al-Faisal also accused the Iraqi government of adopting...

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has called for international intervention to stop Israel's escalation against the Palestinians. "The Israeli military has committed crimes against Palestinian civilians under the...

An Iraqi TV channel with links to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki aired commercials calling on Iraqis to boycott Turkish and Saudi products. According to the Anadolu news...

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said at a joint press conference in Jeddah Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Ibrahim al-Assaf that developments in Iraq indicate the need for redoubling...

The countries participating in the Rome Conference to support the Lebanese army affirmed their readiness to provide it with special technical support. The Conference, which was held in the...

A spokesperson for the US State Department rejected on Tuesday statements made by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki accusing Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism. Jen Psaki described his claims...

Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that French arms sales increased by 42 per cent or €6.7 billion in 2013 compared to 2012 and are expected to...

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)'s ability to control large areas in northern Iraq "was expected because of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's sectarian policies and...

In George Orwell's novel 1984, Winston Smith, whose job it is to edit historical documents so they reflect the party line, reads from Goldstein's book. "In accordance to the...