Greater Middle East
Saudis crack down on Yemeni smuggling pipeline
Border Guard patrols along Saudi Arabia's rugged mountain frontier with Yemen report mounting interceptions of hashish, weapons and other contraband.
Tag: Saudi Arabia
Greater Middle East
ISIS take village in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
The capture of an ISIS commander by the Lebanese army prompted Syrian jihadist forces to seize a village in the Bekaa Valley, sparking gun battles that have left some 20 dead.
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Saudi Arabia: death sentences in 2003 attacks
A special anti-terrorism court in Saudi Arabia sentenced three people to death for their roles in attacks on expatriate resident compounds in Riyadh in May 2003.
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Saudi Arabia detains human rights lawyer
Attorney Waleed Abu al-Khair, chair of the Saudi Arabia Monitor of Human Rights, was taken into custody on vague charges of "inciting public opinion."
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Saudi court hands down death for 2004 bombing
A Saudi Arabian court sentenced to death a member of a militant cell in connection with a 2004 suicide attack on a western company operating in Yanbu port.
Iran
Persian Gulf militarized —by drug war
In addition to the naval face-off over a global oil outlet, the Persian Gulf has seen escalating militarization by international forces in the guise of narcotics enforcement.
Greater Middle East
Saudi Arabia sentences activist to prison, lashes
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced political activist Omar al-Saeed to four years in prison and 300 lashes for urging the kingdom to become a constitutional monarchy.
Watching the Shadows
US transfers two Gitmo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Two Guantánamo Bay detainees were transferred to Saudi Arabia—with “humane treatment assurances.” The total number of detainees at the facility now stands at 160.
Greater Middle East
Syria war portends Middle East ‘balkanization’?
Elements of Washington wonkdom are calling for the break-up of Syria into ethno-sectarian mini-states, and see the separatist contagion spreading to the rest of the Middle East.
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HRW: Syria continuing use of cluster bombs
The Syrian government is currently using cluster munitions in its ongoing conflict, according to a report by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Moniter.
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Saudi Arabia sentences activist to 8 years
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced Abdulkarim al-Khader, co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, to eight years in prison for sedition.
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Saudi court sentences rights activists to 10 years
A criminal court in Riyadh sentenced two Saudi Arabian human rights activists on to at least 10 years in prison on charges of sedition and operating an unlicensed organization.