Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi King Abdullah has cut short his vacation amid the intensification of the war in Syria. The king arrived on June 14 in Jedda after being in Morocco for two weeks. Abdullah, struggling with declining health, cut short his vacation in North Africa for what a government statement attributed [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has become a training center for foreign security forces. The Interior Ministry has overseen the training of hundreds of Western and Asian security forces in the state-owned Prince Nayef University for Security Sciences in Riyad. Officials said the training for officers from such countries as Austria, Britain, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi King Abdullah, believed to be in declining health, has left for Morocco. Officials said Abdullah, said to be more than 95, arrived in the Moroccan port of Casablanca on late May 31. They said the Saudi king would stay in his villa in northern Morocco for an undetermined [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to award natural gas exploration and development deals that total $68 billion. The Western consultant, Deloitte, issued a report that the six GCC states were moving to develop gas resources to preserve crude oil assets. Deloitte said Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported record oil production. The state-owned Saudi Aramco said crude oil production reached 3.47 billion barrels in 2012. Aramco said the figure, which amounted to more than 9.1 million barrels per day, marked the highest production in its history. “Demand for oil and gas products is [...]
Sol W. Sanders As the shale gas revolution begins to ripple through, reordering the world economy, another fossil fuel revolution is in the offing which will again torpedo most conventional wisdom concerning energy. So-called “peak oil”, the end of petroleum exhausted by expanding consumption and diminishing discoveries, the love story of environmental fanatics, has [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Army has captured scores of foreign fighters, including those from Qatar and European Union states. Arab diplomatic sources said the Army detained Qatari military officers as well as a senior ally of the Saudi intelligence community in the rebel-held town of Qusair. They said the Saudi captured near [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported a major cyber attack that crippled the security services. Officials said Saudi government websites were the target of cyber attacks in mid-May. They said several of the sites, including that of the Interior Ministry, were brought down by foreign hackers. The Interior Ministry said an investigation [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — King Abdullah has expanded his purge of the Saudi military. On May 10, Abdullah dismissed the commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, Gen. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al Ayesh. The royal decree, which named a successor, did not elaborate. “The order instructed the defense minister to act accordingly and [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has reported fresh battles with Iranian-backed Shi’ite insurgents. Officials said police came under fire from suspected Shi’ite fighters in the oil-rich Eastern Province in late April. They said a Shi’ite fugitive and organizer, identified as Abdullah Al Asri, was captured. “Security forces will not hesitate to pursue [...]
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