Tag: Saudis
Saudis open consulate in Iraq in sign of warmer ties
Iraq says Saudi Arabia has opened a consulate in Baghdad for the first time in nearly 30 years in a sign of improving ties.
The...
What we know about the Saudi suspects in Khashoggi’s murder
PARIS: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered on October 2 in his country's consulate in Istanbul.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor and critic of Saudi...
Turkey urges Saudis to allow search of consulate
ISTANBUL: Turkey's top diplomat has reiterated a call to Saudi Arabia to allow Turkish authorities to enter the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul for an...
Saudis seek wide-ranging deals with South African arms firms
JOHANNESBURG: Saudi Arabia is in talks with South Africa's major arms manufacturers and is considering taking an equity stake in the struggling state-owned defense...
Iran’s Khamenei says the attackers were paid by Saudis and UAE
LONDON: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday that the attackers who killed 25 people at a military parade were paid by...
Saudis pledge $100m to rebuild Syria’s northeast
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Friday pledged $100 million to reconstruct areas of northeastern Syria formerly held by the Islamic State group, in a move...
After Saudis assail Trump move, US urges kingdom to show caution...
PARIS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Saudi Arabia to take a more cautious approach to regional conflicts Friday amid growing concern over...
Saudis walk out of Arab League meeting after Iraqi minister’s comments
The Saudi delegation at the Arab League stormed out of a meeting after Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari defended the Shia Hashd Shaabi...
Iran accuses Saudis of ‘sectarian hate-mongering’ at UN
Iran told the United Nations on Friday that it does not want to escalate tensions in the Middle East, even as it took a...
Pakistan values Saudis but it supports peace too
Pakistani leadership assures Saudi FM of formally joining ‘alliance against terrorism’ but says it won’t send combat troops to Yemen or Syria
PM Nawaz urges...
Iran reacts with fury after Saudis execute Shia cleric
Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday morning as the country reacted with fury to Saudi Arabia's execution of a...
Saudis face ‘divine revenge’ for executing al-Nimr: Khamenei
Saudi Arabia will face “divine revenge” for its execution of a prominent Shia cleric, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned.
Ayatollah Khamenei described...
Saudis commute maid’s stoning death sentence: Sri Lanka
A Saudi Arabian court has commuted the death-by-stoning sentence passed on a Sri Lankan maid convicted of adultery, the government in Colombo said on...
Britain criticised over arms sales to Saudis by rights groups
A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday criticised Britain for weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia, saying arms sales to Riyadh would violate a...
Saudis elect 17 women in landmark local council polls: report
Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation,...
Pakistan first, Saudis tell India
Saudi royals decline defence pact proposed by Indian premier PM during Gulf states visit
Saudi Arabia has reassured Pakistan that it continues to be the...
Pakistan rules out sharing nukes with Saudis, anyone else
Foreign secretary says Pakistan has significantly cracked down on proliferation in recent years
Pakistan ruled out sharing its nuclear weapons with Saudi Arabia, insisting Thursday...
