saudi arabia

Turkey’s policies on Syria bring shameful catastrophe

Turkey’s policies on Syria bring shameful catastrophe

By Saeed Sadeghi 02/06/2013 16:26

Turkey has clear policies on Syria and the Turkish government has caused a tragedy in the Arab country by supporting terrorist groups which brought shame to the Muslim world, Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said .

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New Iqama

New Iqama

By Abdullah Sayel 23/05/2013 09:27

The Saudi Arabian Labour Ministry is considering to raise the validity of the Iqama (residency permit) to two years for employees of some companies, thereby making an exception to a decision issued earlier regarding Iqama renewal on an annual basis, according to local news reports.

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Complexity of the Syrian rebel front

Complexity of the Syrian rebel front

By Luis Vazquez 01/05/2013 10:43

Many of the fighters are Islamists and though they may not share the jihadist ideology, they consider the Damascus regime the terrorist and Al Nusrah the all.

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Saudi centre to calm extremism with spas

Saudi centre to calm extremism with spas

By Migdad Eldikhery 28/04/2013 11:38

Saudi Arabia is hoping to wean jailed al-Qaeda militants off religious extremism with counselling, spa treatments and plenty of exercise at a luxury rehabilitation centre in Riyadh.

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Saudi Arabia facing 'housing crisis'

Saudi Arabia facing 'housing crisis'

By Abdullah Sayel 22/04/2013 10:47

Saudi Arabia is facing a housing crisis and requires 350 million square metres of new accommodation to meet its burgeoning demand, an economic forum in Jeddah has been told.

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Saudi Arabia may block Skype, Viber, WhatsApp

Saudi Arabia may block Skype, Viber, WhatsApp

By Carlos Latuff 01/04/2013 07:29

Saudi Arabia may block access to popular Internet messaging applications like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if telecommunication providers there don't comply with rules and regulatory conditions, according to the country's official

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Terrorist attacks on the rise in Iraq

Terrorist attacks on the rise in Iraq

By sajjad Jafari 12/02/2013 08:45

At least, 34 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in the 3 terrorist attacks that occurred in the central part of Iraq in recent days.Iraqi analysts think that some foreign parties are plotting to topple the Maliki government in order to

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Power Rivalry In Saudi Arabia

Power Rivalry In Saudi Arabia

By Javad Tarighi Akbarpour 17/12/2012 20:52

News reports from Saudi Arabia revealed that the country has been practically divided into two parts reigned by the sons of King Abdullah and the sons of former crown prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, who plan to rule the country after the king's death.

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Anti Democratic Gulf States Jihad in Syria

Anti Democratic Gulf States Jihad in Syria

By Carlos Latuff 25/10/2012 08:50

Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists.At the same times Saudi Arabia and Bahrain forces open fire on pro-democracy protesters in their cities like Qatiff or Mamama.

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Rage over anti Islamic film continues

Rage over anti Islamic film continues

By Emad Hajjaj 21/09/2012 10:31

Anti-American protests continued their sweep across the Islamic world sparked by a low-budget video deliberately insulting the prophet Muhammad that was made in the US.

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Collapse of Turkey’s Middle East policy

Collapse of Turkey’s Middle East policy

By Luis Vazquez 09/09/2012 11:20

The Arab Spring will undoubtedly go down in history as an important moment in the liberation of the Arab people from tyranny. But, like most major political upheavals, it has had a number of unfortunate and largely unforeseen consequences.

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Ahmadinejad's Popular March on Medina Streets

Ahmadinejad's Popular March on Medina Streets

By Mohammad Kargar 18/08/2012 13:11

Ahmadinejad on the way to visit the tomb of the Great Prophet and then those of the infallible household marched on Medina streets afoot without usual diplomatic securities and showed his fame V sign to passing people.As a result many people reacted him with V or revolutionary or Islamic salut.

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Out of reach

Out of reach

By 12/08/2012 12:17

Saudi Arabia's Olympic Paradox: Insulting Women, Islam and "Prostitutes"

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Arab Spring in their step

Arab Spring in their step

By Fadi Abou Hassan 11/08/2012 09:38

Sarah Attar, who ran with her hair and limbs covered, may have finished out of the medal count, but she certainly won over the crowd in London.

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Saudi-Iranian truce on Syria is welcome

Saudi-Iranian truce on Syria is welcome

By Joep Bertrams 10/08/2012 09:31

Neither party is likely to back off before achieving their objectives in what appears to be a zero-sum game, but the Makkah summit will give both sides time to recalibrate their positions on the conflict

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OPEC readies no change on oil limits

OPEC readies no change on oil limits

By Mohammad Ali Rajabi 14/07/2012 07:22

OPEC prepared to keep oil output limits on hold on Thursday, leaving swing producer Saudi Arabia to unilaterally decide whether it needs to scale back supplies to stem a price slide.

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No Arab Spring in Saudi Arabia

No Arab Spring in Saudi Arabia

By Carlos Latuff 10/07/2012 17:44

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter and a key U.S. ally, has largely escaped the kind of protests that have toppled four Arab heads of state since last year.

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