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Saudi Arabia releases Osama bin Laden’s half-brother
- By Omar Haddad
- . May 14, 2021
Saudi Arabia released construction magnate and patriarch of the bin Laden family, Bakr bin Laden, who was arrested in November 2017 and detained at the…
Winds of change in the Middle East. Iran confirms ongoing dialogues with Saudi Arabia
- By Omar Haddad
- . May 12, 2021
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cut bilateral relations in 2016 over scandals over the execution of a Shiite cleric…
Syria and Saudi Arabia ready to re-establish full diplomatic relations, Arab media reveal
- By Omar Haddad
- . May 6, 2021
The Syrian conflict, after more than ten years from its beginning, could have come to a turning point. Indeed, local media revealed the arrival of…
Iran – Saudi Arabia secret negotiations in Baghdad, turning point in diplomatic relations?
- By Omar Haddad
- . April 20, 2021
Iran and Saudi Arabia have started direct confidential talks to try to lower the tension between the two historical rivals in the Persian Gulf. On…
The coalition responds to Houthi rebels’ attacks targeting an Aramco site in Saudi Arabia
- By Omar Haddad
- . April 16, 2021
Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, claimed to have attacked with drones and missiles the city of Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia, including a…
Saudi Arabia charts a game plan for Umrah this year
- By Omar Haddad
- . April 6, 2021
Saudi authorities said, on Monday, only people immunized against Covid-19 are to be allowed in the Kingdom to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage starting from…
Saudi Arabia, the Beijing-Riyadh axis is born
- By Omar Haddad
- . March 28, 2021
Beijing is trying to fend off a new wave of international sanctions on alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, with its foreign minister Wang Yi…
An act of sabotage sets off a fire at an oil station in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh confirms
- By Omar Haddad
- . March 26, 2021
Riyadh confirmed that a station for the distribution of petroleum products in the city of Jizan, in the southern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was subjected…
Saudi Arabia presses for tolerance as Islamophobia soars
- By Omar Haddad
- . March 18, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, on Wednesday, said that “unfortunately, Islamophobia is pervasive almost everywhere,”, to a high-level international meeting. The…
US strongly condemn Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
- By Omar Haddad
- . March 16, 2021
The US government condemned the latest attacks on the civilian population in Saudi Arabia by the Yemen based Houthi militias. “We strongly condemn all appalling…