Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Saudi King Abdullah has imprisoned his daughters for more than a decade, the opposition said. The Institute for Gulf Affairs charged that the Saudi king had confined four of her daughters since 2001. The opposition institute, based in Washington, said the four women were under “physiological torture.” “The sisters have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s massive crude oil infrastructure makes an inviting target for an Iranian attack, a report said. The Institute for Gulf Affairs asserted that the Saudi energy infrastructure could come under attack from a range of Iranian assets. In a report, the Washington-based institute cited the prospect of an Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Saudi King Abdullah has long kept women drivers from military facilities. An opposition group released an order by Abdullah that banned women from driving within two hospitals operated by the National Guard. The Institute for Gulf Affairs said the ban by Abdullah, then crown prince and issued more than a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline was struck by an explosion that could have been conducted by Iranian agents, Western intelligence sources said. The sources confirmed the report of an explosion at Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq-Ras Tanura oil export pipeline on March 1. They said the oil pipeline was damaged in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Saudi opposition has reported that Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz was seriously ill. The opposition Institute for Gulf Affairs said Nayef, 78, might have suffered a stroke in February. The Washington-based institute, which represents the Shi’ite opposition in Saudi Arabia, asserted that Nayef was flown to Morocco for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The global oil market was shocked by reports of a bombing of Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline. The March 1 report by the Saudi opposition and the Iranian media of the bombing of the Abqaiq-Ras Tanura pipeline sparked the greatest rise in the price of crude oil since 2008. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The opposition has reported the bombing of the main oil pipeline of Saudi Arabia. The opposition Institute for Gulf Affairs said an explosion on March 1 destroyed the main pipeline that supplied oil to Ras Tanura in the Qatif province. The province contains a large Shi’ite population that has been […]