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11 Feb 2016, 1:09 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Defense News tells us that Turkey and Saudi Arabia are planning to hold joint military drills in what Turkish diplomats describe as efforts to “cooperate against common threats. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 1:03 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The UAE’s decision comes days after Saudi Arabia revealed that it too was ready to combat the Islamic State. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 11:13 am by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
Saudi Arabia is already engaged in one proxy war with Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen. [read post]
29 Jan 2016, 12:27 pm by Alex R. McQuade
A suicide bombing and gun assault on a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia killed at least four people and injured another 18. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:23 am by Elina Saxena
The panel’s conclusions have raised questions about the United Kingdom’s “arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the role of British military advisers. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 9:54 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries: 2015 is a comparison of the education system in the United States with those in the other Group of 20 (G-20) countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 6:38 am
The figure is more than one-third of the total number of executions of 158 people in the Middle Eastern kingdom last year. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 2:08 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The AP also provides a report that a top-level delegation from Pakistan visiting Saudi Arabia called for an open line of communication between the Kingdom and Iran. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 12:15 pm by Naz Modirzadeh
Now suppose you read the letter submitted on Dec. 4, 2015 to the United Nations by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, purportedly on behalf of the “Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen. [read post]
10 Jan 2016, 7:28 am by Ariane Tabatabai, Dina Esfandiary
For Saudi Arabia, however, matters are more complex. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 3:40 pm by Cody M. Poplin
” In a letter to the United Nations, Iran has expressed its “regrets” over the assault on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 3:35 pm by Tom Smith
Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle East following the kingdom's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 1:17 pm by Cody M. Poplin, Elina Saxena
In rapid escalation of tensions in the Middle East, on Sunday Saudi Arabia moved to cut off all diplomatic ties with Iran, telling Iranian diplomats they had 48 hours to leave the kingdom. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 6:44 pm
Source: The Independent (1 January 2016)http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/putting-saudi-arabias-execution-of-47-people-into-historical-context--b1ePJGtzpixSaudi Arabia has executed 47 people convicted of terrorist offences, including prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.Al-Nimr was an outspoken supporter of the protests in the east of the kingdom in 2011, and was arrested alongside his nephew Ali al-Nimr (17 at the time) in 2012, for charges of (among other… [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 2:54 pm
"... after Saudi Arabia executed an outspoken Shiite cleric who had criticized the kingdom’s treatment of its Shiite minority. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 11:22 am by Tom Smith
Saudi officials said the mass execution, one of the largest in the kingdom in decades, was aimed at deterring those committed to violence against the state. [read post]
1 Jan 2016, 3:33 pm by Tom Smith
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 9:44 am by Kelly Buchanan
The first municipal elections were held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2005. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 12:53 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
" Saudi Arabia announced an anti-terror coalition comprised of 34 Muslim countries yesterday, amid concern that the Arab kingdom has not done enough to aid in Western efforts against terrorism. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 1:14 pm by Elina Saxena
In a rare appearance at the Pentagon today, President Barack Obama declared that U.S. coalition forces are making progress in the fight against the Islamic State. [read post]