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Saudi Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Iraqi Shi’ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 30, 2017. (Reuters)

Moqtada al-Sadr: We don’t Want Two Armies in Iraq

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Aug 11, 2017 | Interviews

Jeddah – Moqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq’s Sadrist movement, underlined the importance to integrate government forces with the fighters of the Popular Mobilization Forces under the leadership of the prime minister and the commander of the armed forces,...

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Saudi artillery fires on Houthi positions. (Reuters)

Sana’a Insurgents Officially Acknowledge Targeting Mecca

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 29, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – The insurgents in Yemen recently acknowledged that they had launched on Thursday a ballistic missile towards a military base in the Mecca region in Saudi Arabia, reported a news agency affiliated with the coup in the war-torn country. An observer only...

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Houthi militants hold their weapons as they attend a tribal gathering. (AP)

Yemeni Government Informs UN Envoy of Houthi Violations

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 19, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – The Yemeni government, represented by the Ministry of Human Rights, has briefed the UN envoy on Tuesday on some files pertaining to violations committed by Houthi militias, including the torture and persecution of detainees inside prisons. The Ministry...

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A man walks past a branch of Qatar National Bank (QNB) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 5, 2017. Reuters

Qatari Banking Institutions Cut Spending as Precaution against Risks

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 18, 2017 | Business

Jeddah- Qatar’s intransigence, rejection of all the political moves taking place to settle the dispute and the implementation of the 13 demands of the four boycotting countries is putting pressure on Doha’s local economic situation, which depends on implementing many...

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Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel address a press conference in Jeddah on Monday. SPA

Jubeir: Qatar Must Change Harmful Policies

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that boycotting Gulf and Arab countries hope that Qatar’s response to the demands “will be positive.” “The aim of the measures taken against Qatar is to change its policies that harm it, the countries of the...