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The custodian of the two holy mosques receiving guests at the Al-Janadriah festival yesterday. Prince Khalid bin Fahd bin Khalid, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd bin Faisal, the Emir of Riyadh Prince Faisal Bin Bandar and the Mufti of Mauritania Sheikh Ahmed Al-Murabit can be seen (SPA)

Janadriyah, Years of Intellectual Interlacing

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 14, 2016 | Opinion

When the Janadriyah Festival and forum celebrated its 30th annual activity, especially with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s death, may he rest in peace, some predicted that the event has come to an end. However, in 2016, Janadiriyah’s activities were inaugurated...

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A Lebanese selling Valentine’s Day gifts in Beirut, Lebanon – AFP

Valentine’s Day Banned in Tehran, Pakistan Overlooks the Celebration

by Adil Alsalmi | Feb 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Valentine’s Day was officially added to the list of prohibited practices in Iran by local security forces. Thus the celebration of the event in public areas is completely banned. Media across the country stated that police had circulated a statement of warning for...

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Arabian-led Intervention Sends Special Operations Forces to Free Al Mukalla, Al Hudaydah, Mokha

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

A senior Yemeni official, in close proximity to the joint forces of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the National Army alongside the Arabian coalition forces has head towards three Yemeni cities in order to free them from Houthi militia and...

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Dr. Abdullah al-Rabiah: King Salman Relief Centre Prepared to Provide Aid to Syria within 24 Hours

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Feb 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabiah, supervisor-general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre, revealed a plan on merging the center’s framework with the Saudi campaign to assist Syria. The merger aims to unify all humanitarian foreign aid...

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Syrian Refugees at Bab al-Salam, crowding on Turkish borders to recieve humanitarian aid from Turkish relief organizations

Turkey Takes Part in the Saudi Initiative on Ground Troops Deployment

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Turkey has joined Saudi Arabia in the fight against ISIS in Syria in a resolve to send ground troops there.   Turkey now is witnessing unprecedented activity. The entire Turkish whirl on a military and political level suggests that the countdown for the Turkish-Arab...