Topic: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia tries 7 al Qaeda-linked suspects: report

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 Yemen, al-Watan daily newspaper said on Sunday.The trial ...

US embassy in Saudi warns of 'terror kidnap plot'

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 ...

U.S. warns on possible Saudi abduction plot

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 to exercise caution."U.S. Embassy in Riyadh advises U.S. citizens in the Kingdom ...

Clashes kill 12 in "liberated" southern Yemen city

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 ...

Yemeni army "liberates" southern city from al-Qaeda

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 ...

Yemen PM returns to Sanaa: state TV

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 ...

Yemen PM returns from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

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.The official told Reuters that Prime Minister Ali Mohamed ...

Yemen PM to return from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

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 Arabia, a government source said Tuesday.The source told Reuters that Prime Minister Ali ...

Yemen President Saleh to leave hospital soon: source

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 ...

Yemen's Saleh out of intensive care: state media

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 ...
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