Saudi Arabia tries 7 al Qaeda-linked suspects: report

2011-10-02T03:00:11Z

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is trying seven Saudis accused of creating an al Qaeda-linked "terror cell" and setting up a training camp on the mountains near the country's southern border with

US embassy in Saudi warns of 'terror kidnap plot'

2011-09-28T17:30:30Z

The US embassy in Riyadh warned American citizens on Wednesday of a plot by a "terrorist group" to kidnap Westerners in the Saudi capital.

In a statement on its website, the embassy advised "US citizens in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that we have received information that a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia may be p...

U.S. warns on possible Saudi abduction plot

2011-09-28T12:00:27Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned on Wednesday that a terrorist group may be planning to abduct Westerners in the capital, Riyadh, and urged U.S. citizens ...

Clashes kill 12 in "liberated" southern Yemen city

2011-09-14T11:30:29Z

ADEN (Reuters) - Fighting between the Yemeni army and militants in and around the southern provincial capital of Zinjibar killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, just days after the government declared it had "liberated" the city from Islamist fighters.

An army official said seven militants and one soldier were killed in a suburb o...

Yemeni army "liberates" southern city from al-Qaeda

2011-09-10T13:30:08Z

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's army has recaptured a southern provincial capital held by Islamist militants since May, the state news agency said Saturday, citing the provincial governor and military officials.

The army launched an offensive two months ago against the militants controlling the coastal city of Yemen's Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawer returned to Sanaa on Tuesday from hospital in Riyadh, more than two months after he was hurt in a bomb attack on the president's compound, state television said.

Mujawer is the first top Yemeni official to return from medical treatment in <...

Yemen PM returns from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

2011-08-23T11:30:13Z

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's prime minister became the first senior politician injured in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return home from Saudi Arabia, a government official said on Tuesday.<...

Yemen PM to return from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

2011-08-23T05:00:14Z

ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's prime minister plans to become the first senior politician injured in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return home from Saudi...

Yemen President Saleh to leave hospital soon: source

2011-08-06T13:00:14Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will soon leave the Saudi hospital where he has been recuperating from wounds suffered in an attack on his palace, but will remain in Riyadh for the time being, a Yemeni government source said on Saturday.

Saleh wo...

Yemen's Saleh out of intensive care: state media

2011-06-09T06:30:18Z

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is out of intensive care in neighbouring Saudi Arabia where he is being treated for bomb blast wounds, state media said, prompting celebratory gunfire by his supporters that left dozens wounded.

Fireworks rang out over the Yemeni capital during Wednesday night as Saleh loyalists took to the streets of

US warns Qaeda thriving in Yemen turmoil

2011-06-08T15:30:26Z

The US warned Al-Qaeda is thriving from Yemen's turmoil as protesters rallied Wednesday against the return of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is undergoing treatment for bomb wounds in Saudi Arabia.

Bin Laden sea burial not in line with Islam, clerics say

2011-05-03T10:00:07Z

RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Clerics in Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally and the country of Osama bin Laden's birth, dismissed Washington

Saudi hopes with bin Laden death an "evil has ended"

2011-05-03T06:00:21Z

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, hopes that with his death, an "evil has ended," the Gulf A...

Saudi hopes bin Laden death will aid anti-terror fight

2011-05-02T05:30:06Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the country of Osama bin Laden's birth, hopes his killing will help the international fight against terrorism and stamp out the "misguided thought" behind it, the Saudi state news...

Saudi tries 5,080 'terror' suspects: prosecutor

2011-04-02T16:30:23Z

A total of 5,080 "terror" suspects are being tried or have already been sentenced in Saudi Arabia, which battled a wave of Al-Qaeda attacks in 2003-2006, the kingdom's prosecutor said Saturday.

A court specialised in "terror crimes" has issued its verdicts in the case of 1,612 people, while 603 other cases are still being examined, the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecutio...

Saudi says 5,080 convicted of terrorism crimes

2011-04-02T08:30:14Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - A total of 5,080 people have been convicted of terrorism crimes in Saudi Arabia, where al Qaeda launched a campaign in 2003 to overthrow the Western-allied monarchy, state media reported on Saturday.

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Saudi finance 'critical' for Qaeda: leaked memos

2010-12-05T14:30:23Z

Saudi Arabia is the key source of funding for radical Islamist groups including Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hamas, according to US diplomatic cables released by In secret documents, US grumbles about Gulf nations' commitment to terror funding fight

Saudi Arabia has made "important progress" in aggressively trying to curtail the flow of funds to terrorist groups, but the oil rich kingdom and its Gulf Arab neighbors still remain major sources of financing for militant movements like RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia seized up to 2,000 illegal migrants a day at its remote border with Yemen during fighting there in January, the Saudi anti-terrorism chief said, according to U.S. diplomatic cables issued by

Mideast funding of militants irks U.S.: WikiLeaks

2010-12-05T07:00:13Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials have grown frustrated over the resistance of allies in the Middle East to help shut the financial pipeline of terrorists, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing secret diplomatic dispatch...

Al Qaeda planned to kill Saudis with poisoned gifts

2010-12-04T03:00:12Z

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices, an interior ministry official told Reuters on Saturday.

The group "planned to rob banks and companies to finance their operations...

Saudis Haul in al-Qaeda Suspects

2010-11-29T14:29:50Z

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Saudi arrests 149 Qaeda-linked militants

2010-11-26T14:30:43Z

Saudi Arabia has arrested 149 suspected Al-Qaeda-linked militants in 19 separate cells planning attacks on state officials, foreigners and journalists, the interior ministry said on Friday.

The arrests, which took place over the past eight months, involved both Saudi and foreign nationals with links to Al-Qaeda operations mainly in Yeme...

Foiled Saudi Qaeda cells were recruiting, goverment says

2010-11-26T09:00:12Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had captured 149 al Qaeda militants in recent months who were raising money and recruiting members to carry out attacks inside the kingdom, with links to other militants in

Saudi Arabia arrests 149 suspected of Qaeda links

2010-11-26T05:30:51Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia arrested 149 people from 19 cells linked to al Qaeda over the past 8 months and foiled attacks against government and security officials as well as journalists, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

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Saudi forces arrest 149 al-Qaida suspects

2010-11-29T14:41:40Z

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2010-11-30T13:55:46Z

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2010-11-30T13:55:46Z

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Al Qaeda denies plot to target Muslim pilgrims

2010-11-14T00:00:06Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia says it is on alert for possible al-Qaida attack during pilgrimage next week

The Interior Minister says Saudi Arabia is on alert for a possible al-Qaida attack next week during hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that draws millions of worshippers to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina

Saudi tip led to finding of parcel bombs

2010-11-29T14:44:32Z

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2010-11-29T15:03:50Z

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2010-11-04T15:02:13Z

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Yemen: Al-Qaida turncoat alerted Saudis to plot

2010-11-01T08:00:50Z

Yemeni officials: Al-Qaida militant who surrendered to Saudis gave tip on mail bomb plot

A leading al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said Monday.

The officials said Jabi...

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2010-11-04T14:33:24Z

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2010-11-03T03:13:21Z

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Ex-Gitmo inmate who joined al-Qaida surrenders

2010-11-02T12:28:20Z

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2010-11-03T00:01:42Z

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2010-11-03T00:15:55Z

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2010-11-03T00:15:57Z

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2010-11-03T00:15:59Z

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Saudi has foiled 230 terror attacks: minister

2010-09-27T05:15:27Z

Saudi Arabia's interior minister said his country had foiled 230 planned terror attacks in recent years, with only 10 actually being carried out, local press reported on Monday.

"Saudi Arabia is tackling terrorism with all its might and authorities have so far been successful in foiling 230 of the 240 terrorist attempts," the Saudi Gazette quot...

Westerners in Saudi face attack threat: U.S. embassy

2010-08-07T05:30:06Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said Westerners face possible attack from unidentified extremists in the central province of al-Qassim, in the first warning of its kind this year.

"We have received credible information that an unidentified extremist (s) in US warns Americans living in Saudi Arabia of threat in conservative province

The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has warned American citizens that extremists may be planning to attack Westerners in the country.

The warning issued Wednesday said the timing and method of the potential attacks were not known.

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25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy

2010-06-19T10:15:14Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday...

Qaeda urges Saudis to abduct royals, Christians

2010-06-03T08:16:17Z

Al-Qaeda has urged supporters in Saudi Arabia to kidnap Christians and Saudi princes to press for the release of a female militant the group says was nabbed north of Riyadh, in an audio message released on Thursday.

"Form cells to kidnap Christians and princes from the Saud family and their top officials of ministers and officers,"

US-Saudi security cooperation 'very strong': Napolitano

2010-05-31T11:15:21Z

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday the US and Saudi Arabia were cooperating closely on security, and both shared a deep concern about Yemeni militant activities.

"We all share a concern about terrorist activity emanating from Yemen. Actions of the US in Yemen are with the consent (and) cooperation ...

Iraq official alleges Qaeda plotted World Cup attack

2010-05-17T11:00:30Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have arrested a Saudi al-Qaeda member who an official said on Monday was involved in a plot to attack next month's World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa.

Saudi Arabia arrests 113 al-Qaida suspects

2010-03-25T06:16:49Z

Saudi Arabia arrests 113 al-Qaida suspects, foiling planned attacks on oil installations

Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al-Qaida militants in a months-long sweep.

Many of the suspects had come to Saudi Arabia on visas to visit holy sites or by sneaking across its bord...

Riyadh says arrests militants planning oil attacks

2010-06-12T00:13:03Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had arrested 113 al Qaeda militants including suicide bombers who had been planning attacks on energy facilities in the world's top oil exporter.

The interior ministry said its sweep, among the biggest in several years,...

Saudi dismantles 101-strong Qaeda cell: ministry

2010-03-24T07:16:09Z

Saudi Arabia has dismantled a 101-strong Al-Qaeda cell operating in the oil-rich kingdom, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

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Somali militants say Canadian recruit killed

2010-03-18T09:15:31Z

A young Canadian Muslim recruited to fight for the creation of an Islamic state has died in combat in Somalia, the Somalia-based hardline Shebab militia said Thursday in a Youtube posting.

The video shows a man described as Mohamed al-Muhajiri at a historic site in Saudi Arabia, and claims "our dear brother Moham...

Religious schools under scrutiny in Yemen

2010-03-03T04:30:42Z

TARIM, Yemen (Reuters) - Malaysian student Mohamed Fatri Ben Kazrah flew half way round the world to fulfill his dream of studying Islam and Arabic at a Yemeni religious school.

Ben Kazrah is one of hundreds of students from Asia and Africa in Tarim, a historic town acknowledged as the theolog...

Yemen's Saleh hopes to woo Gulf cash in Saudi visit

2010-04-16T06:59:39Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh visits Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to try to persuade Riyadh to lead Gulf Arab donors by example in assisting his impoverished country as it battles an al Qaeda

Saudi grand mufti denounces terror

2010-04-16T07:02:35Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saudi Arabia's top religious authority on Friday denounced terror attacks as un-Islamic and condemned the killing of civilians, saying such attacks have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Terrorism is criminal and spills the blood of innocents," said Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, the kingdom's senior most cleri...

Shi'ite rebels kill Yemen officer, official says

2010-04-16T07:05:30Z

SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni army officer was killed by northern Shi'ite rebels days into a ceasefire in a war that has drawn in Saudi Arabia and has raged off and on since 2004, a government official said Tuesday.

The 51-year-old colonel was killed Monday while eating lunch at a checkpoint in the northern Jawf province after coming under rebel fire, a website of ...

Somali minister dies of wounds after suicide bomb

2010-09-01T12:12:12Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's sports minister has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, relatives and officials said on Saturday.

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Yemen al Qaeda urges jihad, wants Red Sea blocked

2010-04-16T07:10:26Z

SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called for a regional Muslim holy war and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off U.S. shipments to Reuters) - Yemen rejected a ceasefire offer from Shi'ite rebels on Sunday and said there had been clashes with government forces, as neighboring Saudi Arabia accused the insurgents of mounting sniper attacks inside its territory.

The conflict with the northern rebels, who complain of social, religious and economic...

Yemen rebels say completed Saudi withdrawal

2010-04-16T07:20:24Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels said on Tuesday they had withdrawn from Saudi soil as part of a truce offer extended to the oil giant after months of border fighting.

The pullout could not be independently confirmed.

Rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, whose fighters have been battling bot...

U.N. Security Council sanctions al Qaeda's Yemen wing

2010-04-16T07:30:57Z

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee on Tuesday added al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing and two of its leaders to a U.N. blacklist, which U.S. envoy

Saudis say Sept blast killed 3 wanted militants

2010-04-16T07:33:15Z

RIYADH (Reuters) - Three wanted Saudi militants on a government list of al Qaeda sympathizers were killed in September in a blast outside Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said on Monday.

An interior ministry spokesman hinted that the blast occurred in

Yemen says captures three al Qaeda militants

2010-04-16T07:36:04Z

SANAA (Reuters) - Three al Qaeda militants were captured in Yemen early on Saturday, close to the Saudi Arabian border, a Yemeni security official said.

Meanwhile, Shi'ite rebels, in conflict with government forces in northern Yemen and cross-border fighting with Saudi Arabia, said they had shot down a Saudi military hel...

National security adviser Jones to Middle East

2010-04-16T07:44:14Z

White House national security adviser Jim Jones heads to Middle East

President Barack Obama's national security adviser is heading to the Middle East this week.

The White House says retired Gen. Jim Jones will meet with leaders in...

Yemen rebels ready for talks once fighting stops

2010-04-16T07:57:58Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels are ready for talks with the government once fighting stops, their leader said on Saturday, responding to a presidential plea as fears grow that al Qaeda could exploit the country's instability.

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the northern Yemen-...

Yemeni forces clash with Shi'ite rebels, kill 11

2010-04-16T07:58:50Z

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces clashed with Shi'ite rebels, killing 11 in a country where Washington and Riyadh fear al Qaeda may be gaining a stronger foothold, and Yemen's president reiterated a call to rebels to end the violen...

Yemen says Houthi rebel leader may be dead

2010-04-16T08:06:02Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's Shi'ite rebels may have died after being severely wounded by government forces in the north of the country, a Yemeni government website and media said on Sunday.

In a separate development, al Qaeda's wing in Yemen said in an Internet statement that...

Yemen says security forces hit al Qaeda

2010-04-16T08:19:48Z

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen said its security forces backed by warplanes killed up to 30 al Qaeda militants on Thursday, and a security source said the operations had foiled a planned series of suicide bombings.

According to a government website, Yemeni forces hit a number of al Qaeda targets including a training center in the south...

Iraqi PM to be grilled over Al-Qaeda bombing

2010-04-16T08:31:06Z

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will submit to a grilling Thursday by furious MPs demanding to know how Al-Qaeda bombers slipped past security cordons to launch devastating attacks in Baghdad.

Maliki, who sacked the capital's security chief on Wednesday, was called before parliament after the coordinated bombings killed 127 ...

Iraqi MPs to question interior minister over blasts

2010-04-16T08:31:35Z

Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani is to appear before furious MPs on Thursday after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief over attacks in the capital that killed 127 people.

Maliki acted shortly after police claimed that the bombers, who also wounded around 450 people, were backed by g...

Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security chief over blasts

2010-04-16T08:32:15Z

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief on Wednesday after attacks which killed 127 people, with police charging that the bombers were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia.

Maliki's intervention came as enraged MPs demanded answers from the country's le...

Baghdad attackers backed by foreign groups: police

2010-04-16T08:32:43Z

Baghdad bombers who killed 127 people were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia, Iraqi police charged on Wednesday, as enraged MPs demanded answers from the country's leaders over the blasts.

The death toll from Tuesday's attacks was more than the number killed by ...

Iraq bombers backed by foreign groups: police

2010-04-16T08:33:03Z

The attackers who carried out a series of co-ordinated bombings in Baghdad that killed 127 people were backed by groups based in Syria or Saudi Arabia, a senior Iraqi policeman said on Wednesday.

"This material could not have been manufactured in Baghdad, it came from abroad," Majo...

Yemenis protest at Iran embassy over northern war

2010-04-16T08:53:55Z

SANAA (Reuters) - Around 200 protesters gathered outside the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, shouting slogans against what Yemen says is Iranian backing for northern rebels.

The group of 200 chanted slogans such as "No to the plot of Persian expansion" and "Yemen will remain free and independent" and called for the expulsion of Reuters) - Shi'ite rebels in Yemen accused forces from neighboring Saudi Arabia on Monday of firing into a northern border town in support of the Yemeni government's offensive against them.

The insurgents, who say they are fighting political, economic and religious marginalization, have often accused Sunni power S...

Killed militants planned 'imminent' attack: Saudi

2010-04-16T09:46:57Z

Two men killed in a gunfight in southern Saudi Arabia were known Al-Qaeda militants who carried a store of explosives and four suicide vests for use in an "imminent" attack, the government said Sunday.

Saudi authorities have arrested six Yemenis in the wake of the shootout in Jizan province on Tuesday, and are searching for more people believed involved in the planned attack, acc...

Bin Laden: 'an austere dad who loved nature': wife

2010-04-16T09:48:19Z

Osama bin Laden was an austere father who banned toys and modern appliances at home, but also a flower-growing nature lover who spoke fluent English and adored fast cars, according to his wife and son.

In a book to be published at the end of this month, the Al-Qaeda boss's first wife Najwa and fourth son Omar give a rare glimpse into bin Laden's personal life up to the Sept...

Osama bin Laden, austere father, nature lover: wife

2010-04-16T09:48:51Z

In a book to be published at the end of this month, the Al-Qaeda boss's first wife Najwa and fourth son Omar give a rare glimpse into bin Laden's personal life up to the Sept...

Two Qaeda suspects with explosive vests shot dead in Saudi

2010-04-16T09:51:22Z

Saudi authorities killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members carrying explosive vests in a shootout Tuesday, the government said, in a sign the group is plotting new attacks in the kingdom.

A police official was also killed and a third suspect arrested in the firefight near Saudi Arabia's southern border with Yemen, interior ministry spokesman...

Two Qaeda suspects, policeman shot dead in Saudi

2010-04-16T09:51:28Z

Two suspected members of Al-Qaeda were killed and a third was arrested in a firefight in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that also resulted in the death of a policeman, the interior ministry said.

The official SPA news agency quoted ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki as saying the early morning shootout took place at a...

More Saudi help needed on terror finance: U.S. report

2010-04-16T10:04:50Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's drive to disrupt al Qaeda financing networks should be more strictly enforced while Yemen is emerging as a new base for terror groups plotting against U.S. and Saudi interests, a U.S. government watchdog report said on Tuesday.

The

Yemen's Qaeda wing seeks donations in Saudi Arabia

2010-04-16T10:07:06Z

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemeni wing is targeting Saudi individuals to ask for donations to support its fight against the U.S.-allied government of Sanaa, Al Arabiya television reported Sunday.

The campaign comes at a time w...

Saudi aims for the moon with new hi-tech research oasis

2010-04-16T10:10:16Z

Saudi Arabia launched a new hi-tech, co-ed university on the Red Sea coast on Wednesday, aiming to catapult into vanguard global technological research and break through religious barriers to women's opportunities.

King Abdullah inaugurated the multi-billion dollar Saudi Arabia was on Wednesday to launch a new hi-tech mixed-sex university on the Red Sea coast aimed at catapulting the kingdom into the forefront of global technological research.

Jammed with equipment most scientists can only dream of and sporting one of the world's fastest supercomputers, King Abdullah ...

Major airplane hijackings since 1990

2010-04-16T10:25:22Z

A look at major airplane hijackings since 1990

A look at major airplane hijackings since 1990:

_ January 2007: Sudanese plane carrying 103 passengers and crew is hijacked and diverted to Chadian capital, N'Djamena, where hijacker surrenders.

_ August 2004: Four Eritreans armed with knives hijack plane that left

Islamic summer camp in Saudi targets extremism

2010-04-16T10:30:12Z

With Islamic summer camps, Saudi Arabia tries to keep youth away from al-Qaida

Young men spray hoses in a car-washing contest and play pool. Children make paper crowns in an art class, while their parents have a picnic. Alongside the fun and games, Muslim clerics answer questions about jihad or give lectures about the proper dress for women.

This is Islami...

Al-Qaeda launchpad in Yemen gives Saudis new headache

2010-04-16T10:32:11Z

Al-Qaeda's regrouping in Yemen is proving a headache for authorities in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, who have dealt severe blows to the jihadists but have failed to eliminate the root causes of extremism in the kingdom, analysts say.

The suicide attack on anti-terror chief DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi interior ministry on Tuesday issued a recording of a telephone conversation between the prince who heads the kingdom's anti-terrorism campaign and an Al Qaeda militant who tried to assassinate him days later.

Last Thursday, a suicide bomber posing as a repentant militant blew himself up in the

Yemenis fleeing fighting say Saudis turned them back

2010-04-16T10:33:33Z

Thousands of civilians fleeing fighting between the army and Shiite rebels in north Yemen who found refuge in Saudi Arabia say they were sent back across the border to the war-ravaged area.

The Yemeni military launched an all-out offensive on August 11 against Zaidi rebels also known as Huthis, in the mountainous Saada province of north Yemen. The

Saudi prince defends policy on militants

2010-04-16T10:35:25Z

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef defended late on Saturday the policy of enticing "repentant" militants after one tried to assassinate his son, but warned there could be more and worse attacks ahead.

A suicide bomber posing as a repentant militant blew himself up in the Jeddah offic...

Saudi royal survives attack claimed by Qaeda

2010-04-16T10:36:43Z

JEDDAH (Reuters) - A suicide bomber failed in his attempt to kill the prince who heads Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign, the first attack on a member of the royal family since the start of a wave of violence by al Qaeda six years ago.

Saudi Arabia arrests 44 suspected militants, seizes weapons in yearlong sweep

Saudi authorities arrested 44 suspected militants with al-Qaida links in a yearlong sweep that also uncovered dozens of machine guns and electronic circuits for bombs, the government said Wednesday.

Thirty members of the group hold advanced university degrees, mostly in the field...

Saudi Arabia arrests 44 Qaeda suspects

2010-04-16T10:44:48Z

Saudi Arabia arrested 44 people with alleged close links to the "original" Al-Qaeda leadership and seized large amounts of arms and explosives meant for attacks in the kingdom, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

The 43 Saudis and one foreigner were "a core" of Qaeda operatives that was recruiting and indoctrinating others to carry out attacks, interior ministry spokesman

US senators talk terrorism, Gitmo issues in Yemen

2010-04-16T10:47:55Z

US senators led by McCain discuss al-Qaida threat, Guantanamo detainees with Yemen leader

A delegation of U.S. senators led by John McCain and the president of Yemen discussed on Monday ways to help the imp...

Saudi Arabia convicts 300 al-Qaida suspects

2010-04-16T11:26:56Z

Court convicts more than 300 militants on terrorism charges in Saudi's 1st terrorism trial

A Saudi criminal court has convicted and sentenced an al-Qaida militant to death and given more than 300 others jail terms, fines and travel bans in the country's first known terrorism trials for suspected members of the terror network, officials said Wednesday.

A Justice Ministry spokesman said the court looked into 179 ...

US loosens security rules for diplomats in Saudi

2010-04-16T11:36:29Z

The United States has eased tight security controls on its diplomats in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging an improvement in security four years after Riyadh squelched an Al-Qaeda campaign of attacks.

But restrictions remained tighter than in most other countries as Reuters) - Three German women from a party of nine kidnapped foreigners have been found dead in north Yemen, a government and a tribal source told Reuters on Monday, a rare killing that comes as separatist and militant tensions intensify.

The three women found near the Saada area were believed to have been shot, the two sources said, in a dramatic escalation of violenc...

Al-Qaeda financier arrested in Yemen: official

2010-04-16T11:49:30Z

Yemeni authorities have arrested the financier of Al-Qaeda operations in the country and in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, an official said Sunday, as cited on the defence ministry news website.

"The arrested man is named Hassan Hussein bin Alwan, a Saudi national, and he is the financier for attacks laun...

Obama heads to Cairo for landmark speech

2010-04-16T11:58:00Z

US President Barack Obama left Saudi Arabia for Cairo where he is to deliver a landmark address laying out his vision for a new US partnership with the Muslim world.

On Thursday afternoon Obama will deliver a personal appeal for reconciliation to the world'...

WikiLeaks Saudi Arabia Vice

2010-12-08T14:03:23Z

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2007 picture, a veiled woman reads in a book store in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. According to a U.S. diplomat, in Saudi Arabia, home of roving Islamic morality police enforcing the most austere codes in the Middle East, "the underground nightlife of Jiddah's e...

Mideast Saudi Pakistan WikiLeaks

2010-12-03T11:30:19Z

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2010 file photo, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud performs Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, second from right, as Crown Prince Sultan, right, looks on at Riyadh airport, shortly after Ahmad...

Saudi Womens Rights

2010-11-27T21:31:27Z

In this Nov. 11, 2010 photo, Saudi woman with cell phones smoke tobacco from a water pipe as they drink coffee in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Saudi King Medical

2010-11-23T04:01:19Z

This photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, left, bidding farewell to Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, center, as Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz, the Saudi ...

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