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Embattled Trump Starts Foreign Tour with Saudi Arms Deal
2017-05-21
The White House announced a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday as President Donald Trump took his first steps on the world stage, looking to leave mounting troubles behind at home.
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U.S., Saudi Firms Sign Tens of Billions of Dollars of Deals as Trump Visits
2017-05-20
U.S. and Saudi Arabian companies signed business deals worth tens of billions of dollars on Saturday during a visit by President Donald Trump, as Riyadh seeks help to develop its economy beyond oil.
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Yemen's Houthis Say Fire Ballistic Missile toward Saudi Capital
2017-05-20
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Friday it had fired a ballistic missile toward the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Arab coalition waging war in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed a projectile around 200 km (120 miles) west of the city.
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Saudis, United States Blacklist a Hezbollah Leader
2017-05-20
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted Hashem Safieddine, a prominent leader of the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah that is a close ally of Riyadh's arch-regional adversary Iran.
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Sudan's Al-Bashir will not Attend Saudi Summit for "Special Reasons"
2017-05-20
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend a gathering in Saudi Arabia on Saturday where U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first international trip, state news agency SUNA said on Friday.
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Yemen Sets Chaotic Backdrop for Trump's Saudi Visit
2017-05-19
Young men mangled in an explosion cling to life, motionless amid the chaos of a crowded hospital in Yemen's main southern city of Aden.
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Photos: Thousands Take Part in Funeral Procession of Martyr Ali Aqaqa Killed by Saudi Regime in Al-Awamiyah
2017-05-19
Thousands of Umm Al-Hamam residents took part in the funeral procession of martyr Ali Mohammad Kazem Aqaqa who was killed on Friday (May 12, 2017) by the Saudi forces while passing on the public street in Al-Awamiya that has been witnessing a siege and military invasion since over a week.
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Sudan’s President to Attend Riyadh Summit with Trump
2017-05-18
Sudanese Foreign Minister announced Wednesday that Sudan President Omar al-Bashir will attend the Riyadh summit which US President Donald Trump will also take part in.
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Saudi Arabia Launches Military Industries Company
2017-05-18
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday announced the launch of a state-owned military industrial company aimed at contributing more than 14 billion riyals ($3.7 billion) to the Kingdom's gross domestic product by 2030.
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Sudan’s Bashir, Wanted for War Crimes, Invited to Trump Summit
2017-05-17
Saudi Arabia has invited Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, to a summit with US President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders, a Saudi official said Wednesday.
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Trump to Deliver Speech on ‘Peaceful Vision of Islam’ in Saudi Arabia
2017-05-17
US President Donald Trump will urge unity between the world’s major faiths on an ambitious first foreign trip that will take him to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican and Jerusalem, the White House said Tuesday.
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Saudi Soldier Killed, Five Wounded in Restive Qatif Province
2017-05-17
A Saudi soldier was killed and five others were wounded fighting suspected militants in the Kingdom's Qatif province, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, days after a child and a Pakistani builder were killed in the same town of al-Awamiya.
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U.S. Nears $100 billion Arms Deal for Saudi Arabia: White House Official
2017-05-15
The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals for Saudi Arabia totaling more than $100 billion, a senior White House official said on Friday, a week ahead of President Donald Trump's planned visit to Riyadh.
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Saudi Forces Continue Attack on Awamiyah Town, Fire Shells at Residents Houses
2017-05-13
Saudi forces continued their military attack on the eastern town of Awamiyah, already launched at dawn Wednesday (May 10, 2017), claiming the lives of at least 3 martyrs and injuring dozens.
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Two Bahrainis Killed, One Injured in Car Accident in Al-Hasa
2017-05-12
Two Bahraini citizens were killed and a third injured in a road accident in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia.
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Photos: Saudi Arabia Raids Al-Masoura Neighborhood in Eastern Awamiyah Town
2017-05-11
Activists reported news on social media that Saudi security forces launched a large-scale bloody attack on the Al-Masoura Neighborhood in the town of Awamiyah, in the Kingdom’s Eastern province of Qatif.
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Bomb Threat Causes Panic on Saudi Airliner
2017-05-10
An apparently mentally unstable man caused panic among passengers on an airliner heading for Cairo from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday when he threatened to blow up the aircraft, airport sources said.
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US Preaches Human Rights yet Fails to Order Countries like Bahrain to Cease HR Abuses
2017-05-09
It isn’t much good preaching about human rights and then embracing a policy conveying the message that if a country has “strong military ties” with the United States then it is of no consequence if it persists in “torture and abuse…”
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Iran Minister Warns Saudi Arabia after Battle Comments
2017-05-08
Iran will hit back at most of Saudi Arabia with the exception of Islam's holiest places if the kingdom does anything "ignorant", Tehran's defense minister was quoted as saying on Sunday after a Saudi prince threatened to move the "battle" to Iran.
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Doubts over Saudi Order that Eases control over Women
2017-05-06
Saudi women no longer need a man's consent to carry out certain activities, local media reported on Friday, but activists said the royal order does not go far enough.