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Saudi Arabia: Retail Meat Market Maintains High Rates Despite 30% Rate Cut on Livestock

by Ali Al-Qattan | Sep 12, 2016 | Business

Riyadh, Damam- Meat market rates sustained rocketing digits across many retail outlets despite the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock announcing a 30 percent cut on livestock rates. Given the current Hajj season, which brings about Eid al-Adha, there has been...

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Detainees Ghonaimy and Mohammed (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Foils Two Terrorist Attacks

by Ali Al-Qattan | Aug 25, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Dammam-Saudi police have foiled two attempts by the ISIS terrorist network to attack a restaurant on Tarout Island in the Eastern Province and Um al-Hamam Mosque in Qatif. Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said that the first operation occurred on Friday...

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People attend a mass funeral for victims of last year’s suicide attack on a mosque in Qatif. Reuters

Saudi Arabia Foils Suicide Attack on Mosque in Qatif

by Ali Al-Qattan | Aug 24, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Dammam-Saudi Arabia has foiled a planned suicide attack on a mosque in the Qatif region, eastern Saudi Arabia, killing the aggressor and injuring another, security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, the sources said Saudi...

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Activities of the audiovisual convention at the Eastern province, Asharq Al-Awsat

2.5-Billion-Dollar Investment in the Saudi Audiovisual Media Sector

by Ali Al-Qattan | Apr 27, 2016 | Media, Saudi Arabia

Dammam- The General Commission for Audiovisual Media, at a convention held on audiovisual investment, revealed that the size of investment directed to audiovisual media amounts to over 9.5 billion SAR (an approximate 2.5 billion dollars), also pointing out that the...

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People Gathering at the site of the attack in support of Security Forces

Security Forces Thwart Mass Slaughter in Al-Ahsa Mosque

by Ali Al-Qattan | Jan 30, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Al-Ahsa- Four people were martyred, and 36 injured, among which were security men, after two suicide bombers attacked Imam Rida Mosque in Mahasen neighborhood in the al-Ahsa region during Friday prayers on Jan. 29. Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Saudi Arabian...