Two Saudi boys, one Sunni, another Shiite, push their desks together and sit side-by-side smiling in a classroom.
08 Mar 2016 2:30 AM
Gulf monarchies on Wednesday declared Lebanon’s Hezbollah a “terrorist” group, escalating tensions with the Shia militant organisation that is fighting in support of Syria’s regime.
03 Mar 2016 2:31 AM
It practices a strict Islamic legal code under which murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape etc are punishable offence.
17 Feb 2016 7:28 PM
Armed forces from around 20 countries were gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for “the most important” military manoeuvre ever staged in the region, the official news agency SPA reported.
15 Feb 2016 2:50 AM
Switzerland will handle Saudi Arabia’s consular affairs in Iran and will facilitate Iranian pilgrims coming to the kingdom, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Sunday, following a diplomatic dispu
15 Feb 2016 2:49 AM
Riyadh has deployed Patriots designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, which have been fired occasionally since March.
14 Feb 2016 1:35 PM
Saudi authorities arrested nine American citizens among 33 “terror” suspects rounded up over the past days, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported on Sunday.
01 Feb 2016 5:42 AM
A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Shia-populated eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, killing two people and wounding seven, the interior ministry said.
30 Jan 2016 5:24 AM
Syrian Opposition members met for a third day Thursday to decide whether to attend UN peace talks, with less than 24 hours before the negotiations were due to open in Geneva.
29 Jan 2016 5:30 AM
US secretary of state John Kerry met with Gulf Arab officials on Saturday to ease their concerns about warming US-Iranian ties and seek consensus on which Syrian opposition groups should be represente
24 Jan 2016 6:10 AM
The five nations are concerned about the security ramifications of the Iran nuclear deal.
23 Jan 2016 4:20 PM
Several shells from Yemeni territory landed in the Jazan region.
08 Jan 2016 4:48 PM
07 Jan 2016 8:20 AM
The Islamic State (ISIS) threatened to destroy Saudi Arabian prisons holding jihadists after Riyadh’s execution of 47 people including 43 convicted Al Qaeda militants.
07 Jan 2016 2:36 AM
05 Jan 2016 9:16 AM
Police came under heavy fire during the attack on Sunday night in the eastern village of...
04 Jan 2016 11:48 AM
04 Jan 2016 9:21 AM
Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shias cleric and dozens of Al Qaeda members on Saturday, signalling it would not tolerate attacks by either Sunni jihadists or minority Shia seeking equality, but sti
03 Jan 2016 5:57 AM
02 Jan 2016 2:35 PM
Saudis have deployed Patriot missile batteries designed to counter attacks.
01 Jan 2016 4:51 PM