by Huda Al-Saleh | Apr 4, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Asharq Al-Awsat has obtained new information about the Iranian espionage cell detained while operating clandestinely on Saudi soil. The Saudi Interior Ministry initially announced that eighteen men—one Iranian national, one Lebanese national,...
by Badr Al-Qahtani and Huda Al-Saleh | Mar 27, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yesterday, Saudi Arabia officially declared a link between the defendants accused of operating in an espionage cell, which was revealed last week, and the Iranian intelligence apparatus, citing preliminary investigations conducted by the Saudi...
by Badr Al-Qahtani | Mar 25, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Major General Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry, has stressed that Riyadh did not point the finger at Tehran when it announced the arrest of the Saudi espionage cell last week. His clarification comes in the...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Mar 24, 2013 | Opinion
Some Saudi Shi’ite intellectuals have issued a statement rejecting the Saudi authorities’ announced arrest of an espionage cell consisting of 18 members, including 16 Saudi Shi’ites, accused of collaborating with Iran. It should be noted here that Riyadh...
by Huda Al-Saleh | Mar 21, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Information obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat has revealed that one of the 18 men arrested by Saudi authorities in connection with an espionage cell—the detection of which was announced the day before yesterday—works in the main branch of a...