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A model of Saudi airline Flynas is on display during a ceremony to sign a deal between Airbus andFlynas in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Saudi Flynas Makes First Commercial Flight to Baghdad Since 1990

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 18, 2017 | Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s budget airliner flynas announced on Wednesday making the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990, as ties with neighboring Iraq improved over the last period. National flag carrier Saudia, also known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, is...

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Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

Public Investment Fund to Establish Recycling Sector Company

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Monday planning to establish the Saudi Recycling Company, a new waste management government enterprise aiming to support and operate the PIF’s investments in domestic recycling sector projects....

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A damaged location is seen following a raid by Saudi security forces on an Islamic State cell in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout photo released by Saudi Press Agency on October 5, 2017. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Saudi Arabia Dismantles ISIS Cell

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi Arabia said it had dismantled an ISIS cell in a pre-emptive security operation in Riyadh. Two were killed – one suicide bomber blew himself up – and five others were arrested in raids on three locations, the Presidency of State Security said in a...

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Security forces found arms, ammunition and cash from the possession of the two terrorists. (SPA)

Top Scholars Say Terror Cells Target Saudi Youth

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Sep 13, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Chief of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Majid stressed that terrorist cells aim to target and deceive youth, adding that targeting national security is a crime of treason. The nationwide condemnation by all sects of the Saudi society against these...

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One of the explosives belts discovered with the would-be suicide bombers arrested by Saudi security. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Thwarts ISIS Plot against Defense Ministry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 12, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

The presidency of the Saudi Arabian state security agency revealed on Monday that it had thwarted a plot by the ISIS terrorist group against two Defense Ministry positions in the capital Riyadh. It also announced the arrest of members of an “intelligence cell” that...