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Devices along with money and pistols, said to be seized by Saudi security forces after arresting suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, are seen in this handout photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), on September 28, 2015. (Reuters/HO/SPA)

Saudi Arabia intercepts ISIS-affiliated terror cell

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi security forces arrested three members of a cell suspected of belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, in coordinated counterterrorism raids in the capital Riyadh and the eastern city of Dammam. Spokesman for the...

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Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca late on September 26, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)

Muslim leaders reject Iran’s “politicization” of Hajj tragedy

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 29, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Brussels and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Muslim leaders around the world have strongly rejected what they called “politicization” of last week’s Hajj tragedy by Iran, which blamed Saudi Arabia—the organizer of the annual Muslim pilgrimage—for the incident that...

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A ship carrying aid from Saudi Arabia arrives in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on September 28, 2015. Saudi Arabia has already pledged over half a billion US dollars in aid to help Yemenis caught up in the country’s conflict. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)

Saudi-led coalition, Yemeni army recapture strategic Ma’rib Dam

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 29, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni army forces backed by airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthi movement in Yemen on Monday wrested control of a strategic dam in the central Ma’rib province, which has for months been under the control of Houthi...