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Widow of Briton Shot by Terrorists: I Attended the Hearing in Saudi Arabia and the Killers did not Express any Remorse

by Najlaa Habriri | Dec 2, 2015 | Middle East

A year after two terrorists who killed British expat Michael Hamilton in Al-Khobar (eastern Saudi Arabia) were sentenced, his widow Penelope Hamilton expressed her acceptance of the verdict sentencing her husband’s killers to death and considers the ruling to be...

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FILE – This June 30,1996 file photo, show a general view of the destroyed Khobar Towers and crater where a truck bomb exploded at a U.S military complex killing 19 Americans and injuring hundreds in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Ahmed al-Mughassil, suspected in the bombing has been captured, a U.S. official tells The Associated Press, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Al-Mughassil was described by the FBI in 2001 as the head of the military wing of Saudi Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Saleh Rifai, File)

Opinion: Where are the other three Khobar Towers suspects?

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 29, 2015 | Opinion

All the 19 years he spent living in hiding and under assumed identities did not protect Ahmed Al-Mughassil from being eventually caught. Mughassil, who thought he had escaped from justice, was caught by the Saudi authorities in a complex intelligence operation this...

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A poster released 10 October 2001 showing the photo of Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Mughassil, one of the FBI’s 22 most wanted terrorists.(EPA/FBI)

Mughassil was arrested by Lebanese authorities at Beirut airport: report

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Aug 28, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ahmed Al-Mughassil, the suspected mastermind of the 1996 Kohbar Towers bombing, was arrested at Beirut’s airport by the Lebanese authorities three weeks ago, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said on Thursday, quoting a senior Lebanese security...

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In this June 27, 1996 file photo, a Saudi and a US serviceman, right, walk through the rubble in front of the Khobar Towers housing complex, at a US military base in Dhahran that was devastated by a truck bomb killing 19 US servicemen and injuring hundreds. (AP Photo/Greg Marinovich, File)

Khobar Towers bombing mastermind arrested in Beirut, transferred to Riyadh: Saudi officials

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Aug 26, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—The mastermind of the 1996 bombing in eastern Saudi Arabia that killed and injured hundreds of US service personnel has been arrested, Saudi security officials told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday. Ahmed Al-Mughassil has been arrested in the...

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Actors perform on stage during the play ‘Yaby Lahu’ on Tarout island, on Saudi Arabia’s east coast. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Gulf theater showcased in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province

by Ali Al-Qattan | Oct 8, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thespians from across the Gulf enjoyed the limelight during Saudi celebrations of Eid Al-Adha in the Eastern Province region with plays staged in Dammam and Tarout Island. Al-Rehla (The Journey), a socio-comedy co-starring Saudi actors Mohamed...