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Bystanders watch as flames engulf a car explosion in Qatif neighborhood in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Photo shared by social media outlets

Life Comes Back to Awamiyah, Eastern Province Governor Welcomes Town Delegation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

​ Dammam- Saudi Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Eastern Province, said that the doors for forgiveness and amnesty are still open to those who have deviated from the right and have reformed with the will to stand by their country. Speaking to a...

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Members of the Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Al-Awamiyah Riots..Five Years Later: The State Prevails

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion

Five years have passed since Saudi Arabia’s eastern costal village, al-Awamiyah, witnessed turmoil, disorder and rabble-rousing speech that resulted to riots inciting sectarian strife. Shootings, bottle bombs, murder and terrorist acts targeted citizens, institutional...

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Terrorist Attack on a Saudi Citizen in Al-Awamiyah

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Saudi Eastern Province police have announced that a Saudi citizen was abducted and beaten by unknown terrorists who intend to provoke a riot in Awamiyah for the second time in one week. The police explained in an official statement that the incident happened on...

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A delegation from Qatif meets with Prince Saud bin Nayef (3rd from R) on December 16, 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Qatif dignitaries condemn killing of Saudi soldier

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Dec 17, 2014 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clerics, businessmen and other dignitaries from the city of Qatif in the Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province issued a statement condemning the “treacherous” killing of a Saudi soldier by unknown gunmen near the town of Al-Awamiyah on Sunday. “We...

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Saudi security forces patrol Riyadh’s Al-Munissiyah district. AFP

Saudi Authorities Detain Wanted Protester/Activist

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | May 1, 2013 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Eastern Province police force announced that its headquarters in the town of Al-Awamiyah in Al-Qatif had been fired upon following the capture of a wanted fugitive. Police in Saudi Arabia announced that they had shot and wounded Abdullah...