Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has decided to locate its new military command in Saudi Arabia. Officials said the GCC would establish the headquarters of the new joint military command in Riyad. The officials said GCC leaders agreed to immediately implement its Dec. 10 decision to form a joint command […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has linked the arrest of two suspected insurgents to an Al Qaida plot against Western embassies in the Gulf. Officials said two Muslims arrested in July were determined to have planned suicide strikes on Western embassies and other interests in the Gulf. They said the suspects, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — China, which has also signed a nuclear cooperation accord with Riyad, will play a key role in Saudi Aramco’s oil refinery plans. Aramco and China’s Sinopec Group have signed a $10 billion refinery agreement to develop the 400,000 barrel per day refinery in Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — A prominent Saudi said Riyad could consider the feasibility of joining any nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Former Saudi intelligence director Prince Turki Al Faisal said the Gulf Arab kingdom would not fall behind the nuclear weapons programs of Iran and Israel. “Our efforts and those of […]