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Opinion: Human Rights amongst Dragged Corpses and Executions

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 4, 2016 | Opinion

“Why are they focusing on protecting the perpetrators of the crimes more than the victims?” This is how the widow of Briton Michael Hamilton who was killed at the hands of a group of terrorists belonging to Al-Qaeda in 2004 after he was shot 9 times and his body was...

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Bahrain Announces Cutting Ties with Iran

Bahrain Announces Cutting Ties with Iran, Following Ally Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 4, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Bahrain announced Monday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following the suit of Saudi Arabia, its ally, as the United Arab Emirates downgraded Iran’s diplomatic presence as tensions continued to escalate. Manama ordered Tehran’s diplomats in the...

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Opinion: Why should Saudi Arabia Overlook al-Nimr?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 4, 2016 | Opinion

A New York Times reporter deleted a tweet posted on his account saying that all those executed in Saudi Arabia were Shia, only to later clarify that the information was incorrect. Nevertheless, he failed to point out the fact that only four of the condemned were Shia...

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Tehran Executed Hundreds of Kurds

Iranian Kurdish Parties: Tehran Executed Hundreds of Kurds in Past Nine Months

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 4, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Kurdish opposition sources in Iran have revealed yesterday that the executions carried out by the Iranian regime against the Kurds and other components are increasing annually, indicating that during the past nine months, according to the Iranian calendar, executed...

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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receiving the President of Tajikistan in Riyadh yesterday (SPA)

Saudi –Tajik Summit Culminates in 4 Agreements

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jan 4, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz convened official talks with the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday at the Al-Yamamah Palace in which they discussed bilateral relations and ways of developing them in addition to recent regional...