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Britain Expresses Regret over 'Disturbance' during Saudi Aide's London Visit
2017-04-03
Britain has expressed regret to Saudi Arabia after what it described as a "disturbance" during a visit by an aide to Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to London last week.
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Egypt Court Overturns Block on Islands Transfer to Saudi Arabia
2017-04-03
An Egyptian court ruled on Sunday that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia is void, judicial sources said, potentially reviving a deal that triggered protests in Egypt.
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Saudi Police Shoot Dead Two Gunmen in Farm Raid
2017-03-30
Saudi police shot dead two gunmen after they opened fire on security forces during a raid near a Shiite town, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
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Saudi Shoots Down “Smuggled” Yemen Rebel Missiles
2017-03-29
Saudi Arabia intercepted four missiles fired by Yemeni rebels on Tuesday, a Saudi-led coalition said, in what it described as evidence of arms smuggling through a rebel-held Red Sea port.
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U.S. Weighs Bigger Role in Yemen's War, Boosting Aid to Allies
2017-03-29
The United States is considering deepening its role in Yemen's conflict by more directly aiding its Gulf allies battling Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, officials say, potentially relaxing a U.S. policy that limited American support.
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Reuters: Thousands of Yemenis Rally in Sanaa on War’s Second Anniversary
2017-03-27
Thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital Sanaa on Sunday on the second anniversary of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people and pushed the impoverished country to the brink of famine, Reuters reported.
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Amnesty Urges President Trump to Halt Arms Deal to Bahrain & Saudi Arabia
2017-03-26
In a letter to President Trump, Amnesty International urged him not to approve pending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and not to sign off on the sales because of the Saudi-led coalition’s conduct in Yemen's civil war.
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Minister of Commerce: Saudis Own 5% of Bahrain’s Commercial Records
2017-03-22
Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Zayed Al-Zayani said that “The Saudi market is a priority for us. The Saudi investor center was announced during the visit of the Saudi Crown Prince. This will facilitate the establishment of Saudi investor companies who owns 5% of Bahrain’s records.”
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Families of Sept. 11 Victims Sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. Court over Attacks
2017-03-22
Hundreds of relatives of individuals killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have sued Saudi Arabia in U.S. court, seeking to take advantage of a law passed by Congress last year that allows victims of such attacks on U.S. soil to sue state sponsors.
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Bahraini King Receives Letter from Emir of Kuwait, Holds Phone Call with his Saudi Counterpart
2017-03-20
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received a written letter from his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Jaber conveyed by the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain, Azzam bin Mubarak Al Sabah. Bahraini King Receiv
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Saudi Says Arrangements Complete for Iranian Haj Pilgrims
2017-03-18
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had completed all necessary arrangements for Iranian pilgrims to attend the annual haj pilgrimage, the official SPA news agency said, an issue that has created tensions between the two regional powers in the past.
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Tehran Rejects Comments from U.S.-Saudi Meeting as "Nonsense"
2017-03-18
Iran dismissed as "nonsense" comments made after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis met with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that condemned Tehran's destabilising regional influence, state news agency IRNA reported on Friday.
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KSA to Carry Out $533M worth Projects, Two Housing Projects in Wadi Al Sail, Galali
2017-03-18
Saudi Ambassador to Bahrain Abdullah bin Abdulmalik Al Sheikh said nine agreements will be signed by both countries on March 19 to carry out projects worth SR 1 billion ($ 533 million) in Bahrain.
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Saudi Says Security Forces Kill Youth in Shi'ite Muslim Town
2017-03-13
A wanted person has been fatally wounded during an operation by Saudi security forces in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said on Sunday, in the second incident of its kind since Friday.
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Child Critically Injured after Saudi Forces Attacked Old Qatif Neighborhood
2017-03-11
A Saudi child sustained critical injury today (Saturday March 11, 2017) after Saudi forces raises an old neighborhood in the Al-Awamiyah town in the Eastern Saudi province of Qatif.
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Christopher Davidson Discusses in Interview Role of the West in the Middle East
2017-03-04
In an interview Christopher Davidson discusses the West’s often covert counter-revolutionary activities in the Middle East region.
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Video: Abdollahian Says Bahrain’s Rulers Completely under Saudi Hegemony, Cannot Make Any Decisions on their Own
2017-03-02
Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs and Assistant to Parliament Speaker, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said that Bahrain’s king could have built constructive relations with his people, if it wasn't for Saudi Arabia's military occupation of Bahrain.
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AFP: Gulf Cyber Attacks on Rise, Conference Told
2017-02-28
Gulf countries must tighten coordination to fight an increasing number of cyber attacks, experts said on Monday, as one official blamed hackers in Iran.
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Reuters: Saudi Arabia May Raise Gasoline Prices by 30% from July
2017-02-28
Saudi Arabia may increase its domestic gasoline prices by 30 percent from July, industry sources said, part of a reform plan by the world's top oil exporter to align its fuel prices with global benchmark levels, Reuters reported.
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Saudi FM in First Visit to Iraq since 2003
2017-02-27
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir held talks in Baghdad with Iraq's leadership Saturday, the first such visit by a chief diplomat from the kingdom since 2003.