Saudi Government

Saudi Arabian and Egyptian armed forces have begun joint military exercises in the Western Area of Saudi Arabia aimed at improving the technical competence of troops as well as...

Human rights activists in Saudi Arabia have confirmed that the Kingdom's security forces have detained the prominent academic Dr Mohsen Al Awaaji. It is believed that his political views,...

Sources allegedly "close" to the Saudi royal family have claimed that a number of princes in the kingdom are "upset" at the government's support for the coup in Egypt....

Arab Secrets website has revealed that Saudi Arabia has engaged the services of the British company G4S to provide security for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. The Website...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS A number of Palestinian pilgrims from the Gaza Strip have been stranded at the Rafah Crossing with Egypt after being prevented from passing for no reason. The...

The National Committee for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop dealing with G4S because the security company is involved in Israel's violations...

Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood in a manner similar to the UAE, where security services have already arrested over 90 members...

A source has revealed that Saudi intelligence services chief, Prince Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz has told European diplomats that his country would restrict relations with the United States in protest...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has said that Saudi Arabia and Israel share a position on Iran but cooperation between the two countries is difficult due to the continued Palestine-Israel...

The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khalid Suleiman Al-Jarallah denied on Thursday the reports suggesting that his country would take the UN Security Council seat which the Kingdom of Saudi...

VIDEOS Saudi Arabia's official news agency has reported clashes between police and expatriate workers in the capital city of Riyadh, leaving dozens injured. According to neighbourhood witnesses, the anti-riot...

After it was rejected by Saudi Arabia, Jordan is expected to accept the Arab seat in the UNSC, Western diplomats said on Friday. Saudi rejected the seat in protest...

The assistant spokesperson of the Prisons' Directorate General in Saudi Arabia, Major Abdullah Al-Harbi, revealed that the state has so far detained 33,350 foreign workers of different nationalities, deporting...

Syria's permanent representative to the UN, Bashar Al-Ja'afari, has stated that his country refuses to recognise a resolution on human rights in Syria that Saudi Arabia submitted to the...

A diplomatic source told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Sunday that the tripartite meeting held on Saturday night in Riyadh between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar came in the...

Former head of the Al-Jazeera News Network Waddah Khanfar has argued that it would be wise for Saudi Arabia to quickly reconcile with its Arab neighbours, especially regarding Egypt,...

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has repatriated more than 100,000 citizens after Saudi Arabia decided to expel all illegal workers several months ago. According to the...

According to the former chief of Saudi Arabia's intelligence services, Amir Torky Al-Faisal, the Gulf States believe in the necessity of establishing a union "whether Oman agrees or not"....

A senior Saudi military delegation has secretly visited Israel and discussed issues related to Iran's nuclear programme, Israeli sources revealed on Monday. According to Israeli radio, Deputy Defence Minister...

Israel's official state radio has reported that a "historic meeting" was held between Israeli and Saudi diplomats on the sidelines of the World Policy Conference in Monaco. According to...

Lebanese President Michael Suleiman revealed on Sunday that Saudi Arabia have decided to pay $3billion in support to the Lebanese army to buy weapons from France. "It is the...

Oman is gaining an increasing significance in the Gulf region at a time when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gradually losing its role and importance. In a pronounced...

Iran's cooperative relationship with its Gulf State neighbours is "growing", its Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs has claimed. Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the official Iranian news...

US Secretary of State John Kerry returned on Sunday to Jerusalem after visiting Amman and Riyadh, where he met with key Arab leaders and received their full support for...

Two German diplomats escaped unharmed when gunmen attacked their car on Monday in eastern Saudi Arabia, said the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Quoting the spokesman of the Eastern...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday that Ethiopia has now repatriated almost 140,000 of its citizens who were living illegally in Saudi Arabia. Thousands of others...

Leaked documents have revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) monitored 124.8 billion phone calls in just one month earlier this year. Although most of the calls originated...

Below is the text from Ismail Patel's open letter to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in the United Kingdom. Click here to read about G4S's contract with Saudi Arabia...

French President Francois Hollande's visit to Riyadh this week has made headlines in the French media. The French newspaper Le Monde has been particularly interested in the objectives of...

What has the record of 2011's Arab uprisings taught us so far? One could list many things, but to me, the most striking reality is the now open nature...

The alliance between the apartheid state of Israel and the absolutist monarchy of the Saudi royal dictatorship is no longer merely tacit. After recent diplomatic moves to cool tensions...

When Mohammed Morsi was ousted by the Egyptian military on 3 July, Saudi Arabia was one of the first nations to express its support for the new regime. The...