While the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has developed a reputation for successfully recruiting using social media, this week, a call from “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—demanding more Muslims join the jihadist group—was met with a chorus of mockery and jeers.
Saudi Arabia’s air force intercepted a Scud missile launched from Yemen Saturday night, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as Houthis and their allies.
JAFFA, Israel – The Islamic State is an “army of terrorists” and its fighters are “soldiers for Israel,” the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abd al Aziz bin Abdullah el-Sheik, said on Monday. “IS were set up against Muslims and at
Both the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran announced Monday that hundreds of tons of illegal drugs had been smuggled into their respective countries, with record-breaking shipments of contraband making their way in.
JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi authorities have banned a controversial woman poet from participating in cultural events for 15 years, the Qatari-British Al Quds newspaper reported on Sunday. Hind Al-Mutairi (pictured), a critic of patriarchy and polygamy, was precluded at
Israel’s Welfare Minister says Palestinians “should go to Jordan, they don’t want peace and they manipulate our weakness,” Israeli website Arutz 7 reported. On Saturday, Chaim Katz (Likud) made the following comments about the two state solution: “The land of Israel
TEL AVIV – The former editor of two Saudi government newspapers harshly criticized the Saudi Arabian government for promoting extremism and allowing Saudi youth to become “criminal murderers in the ranks of ISIS.”
JAFFA, Israel – A young Saudi woman driver came under fire this week after a video of her driving a car in the city of Tabuk has gone viral on social media in the kingdom.
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced reformist writer Zuhair Kutbi to fours years in prison and banned him from travel.
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A missile fired from Yemen Saturday struck the Saudi southwestern border city of Najran, killing three civilians and injuring others, according to the Gulf Kingdom.
Nine months of war between a Saudi-led military coalition and a Yemeni rebel group have left thousands of civilians dead, a nation gravely polarized and the land strewn with debris, mines and unexploded bombs.
A newly-wed Saudi man divorced his wife when his mother threatened to disown him after she saw her son’s new bride kissing a newborn baby camel, suggesting the move violated social and religious rules.
JAFFA, Israel – Mujtahid Bin Hareth Bin Hammaam, the prominent Saudi blogger and critic of the ruling elite, claimed on Twitter that Saudi Arabia’s announcement of an “Islamic military alliance” may not be what it seems. Hammaam is well-known in
Pakistani authorities seemingly have no idea when they were included on Saudi Arabia’s list of the 34 Islamic nations that allegedly teamed up to fight terrorism in the Middle East.
EILAT, Israel – Saudi Arabia’s newly announced “Islamic military alliance” purportedly meant to fight terrorism continues to unravel, with Pakistani officials saying on Wednesday the country was not consulted before their nation was announced as a member of the 34-country bloc.
The much-touted seven-day cease fire in Yemen began on Tuesday afternoon and lasted maybe an hour, before there were reports of both Saudi warplanes dropping bombs on Houthi insurgents, and the Houthis shelling a loyalist stronghold. Naturally, each side blames the other for breaking the agreement.
At the heart of Korea’s Onsan Refinery lies a street called “A.I. Naimi Road,” an homage to Saudi Arabia’s oil minister. The reason: state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. holds a 65 percent stake in the complex.
EILAT, Israel – Breitbart Jerusalem was hard-pressed to find a single Palestinian Authority official willing to publically comment on Saudi Arabia’s newly announced “Islamic military alliance” purportedly forged to fight terror. “Palestine” is listed as one of 34 Muslim nations
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Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 countries to fight terrorism including powerful Gulf states, Egypt and Turkey but excluding Iran, the SPA state news agency announced Tuesday. The Saudi-led alliance will be based in Riyadh “to coordinate and
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that 34 nations have agreed to form a new “Islamic military alliance” to fight terrorism with a joint operations centre based in the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh. The announcement published by the state-run
TEL AVIV – Saudi Arabia has arrested four Americans accused of joining the Islamic State, sources told the country’s Al Jazirah newspaper. The paper, one of four leading daily publications in the kingdom, reported on Sunday that the Americans were arrested as part of a broader anti-terrorist operation in which a total of 377 people have been detained over the past 57 days on suspicion of joining ISIS.
A week-long cease-fire in Yemen’s civil war is scheduled to begin on Monday, followed on Tuesday by peace talks in Switzerland brokered by the United Nations.
The chaotic nature of the Syrian civil war was illustrated by the presence of over a hundred representatives from opposition groups in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to lay the groundwork for peace talks with dictator Bashar Assad.
