by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh- A Saudi court issued on Tuesday an initial death sentence against two Saudis on charges of decapitating Saudi intelligence colonel Nasser al-Othman in 2007, after tying him up. A third suspect, however, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and was given a...
Black and white file photo of Al-Qaeda in Iraq commander Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. (AP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2013 | Features
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Over the past year in Saudi Arabia, one story has continued to be cited and mentioned across the Internet and on social media. This is the story of Wafa Al-Yahya, the woman who went from being a university lecturer to become the wife of one of...