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Foreign workers show their passports as they gather outside a Saudi immigration office on November 4, 2013, in downtown of Riyadh.(AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE)

Saudi Arabia exempts Syrian workers from labor permit regulations

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 5, 2013 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi authorities announced on Monday that Syrian workers who had violated their labor permit conditions would be exempt from deportation. Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said: “Current circumstances in Syria...

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Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakeih. (AAA)

A Few Choice Words on a Hot Topic

by Hussein Shobokshi | Apr 7, 2013 | Opinion

Touching upon any hot topic is like standing in the eye of a storm, but here I intend to comment upon the wide-ranging campaign in Saudi Arabia to address the country’s labor, residence, and sponsorship systems. This is an intensive, focused, and unprecedented...

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)

Algeria Hostage Crisis Death Toll Rises

by The Majalla | Jan 21, 2013 | Middle East

London, The Majalla – A raid by the Algerian army on Saturday ended the four-day hostage crisis wherein a total of at least 80 people are said to have died. On Sunday an Algerian security source reported that 48 foreigners were amongst those killed. The death...