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Equipment seized by Saudi authorities from the ISIS-related terrorist cell. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia arrests first ISIS-related terror cell

by Huda Al-Saleh | May 7, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday it had apprehended the first terrorist cell affiliated to the outlawed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, arresting a total of 62 suspects, including 35 Saudi nationals previously detained on...

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US President Barack Obama presents the executive director of Saudi Arabia’s National Family Safety Program Maha Al Muneef with the US Secretary of State’s International Woman of Courage Award in Riyadh March 29, 2014 (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque )

Obama presents award to Saudi female activist

by Huda Al-Saleh | Mar 30, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi women’s rights activist Maha Al-Muneef was honored by US President Barack Obama with the International Women of Courage Award on Friday. Obama, who was on a brief state visit to Saudi Arabia, handed the accolade to Muneef, founder of the...

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Somali women carry weapons during a demonstration organized by the Islamist Al-Shabab group which is fighting the Somali government in Mogadishu, July 5, 2010. (AFP Photo/Abdurashid Abikar)

The Women of Al-Qaeda

by Huda Al-Saleh | Jan 5, 2014 | Features

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although the fighting in Syria has been accompanied at every stage by warnings about the spread and growing influence of jihadist groups, it has shone a spotlight on a development which has taken everybody by surprise: the increasing...

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Melissa Cassidy pumps gas into her car from a pump with a sign indicating the gas is containing up to 10 % ethanol at Victory gas station on November 15, 2013 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (AFP/Joe Raedle)

Experts: Iran nuclear deal to have little effect on oil prices

by Huda Al-Saleh | Nov 26, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Global oil prices initially decreased on Monday following the announcement of Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of states, only to rebound on Tuesday on the back of strong US housing data and a general consensus that the Geneva deal will...

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FILE – This Jan. 23, 2009 file photo from undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group, File)

Yemen: Confusion over reported arrest of AQAP deputy leader’s widow

by Huda Al-Saleh | Nov 26, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Confusion continued on Tuesday over media reports claiming that Wafa Al-Shihri, widow of the late Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) deputy commander Saeed Al-Shihri, had been arrested in Yemen. Local media were reporting that Wafa...