Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia has carried out 50 executions in the first 10 days of 2016. Saudi Arabia is the chair of the UN Human Rights Council UNHRC. The 50th execution of the new year came on Jan. 10 when Jinat Farid from Ethiopia was executed for the murder of a Saudi woman, according […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia’s new king has launched a purge of the sons of his predecessor. Saudi King Salman has reshuffled the Cabinet and government in what appeared to be directed against his late brother. On Jan. 29, Salman ordered the dismissal of several sons of the late King Abdullah, who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have decided to enhance security cooperation. The two Muslim allies have signed what was described as major security cooperation accords during the three-day visit by Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz. Officials said the agreements would facilitate the extradition of suspects and the employment […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has reported a plot to destabilize the Gulf Cooperation Council state. Officials said the UAE captured a cell linked to Al Qaida in December. They said the cell consisted of nationals from Saudi Arabia assigned to conduct a destabilization campaign in the region. “The security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has named one of the last surviving sons of the kingdom’s founder as defense minister. King Abdullah has named Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, 76, the kingdom’s defense minister. Salman, the longtime governor of Riyad, would succeed the late Crown Prince Sultan, who held the defense portfolio […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt, a leading Arab ally of the United States, has been identified as a military supplier of Syria, a report said. Amnesty International said Egypt was one of more than a dozen military suppliers to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, Amnesty said Egypt’s defense industry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week that the United States is engaged in a war of ideas in battling Islamist extremists, setting a new tone for dealing with the terror war. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a speech Oct. 13 that at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has died, moving his brother Nayef in position to imminently succeed the king of the Gulf Cooperation Council. On Oct. 22, a Saudi palace statement announced Sultan’s death in the United States. Sultan, believed to be 86 and close to the United States, has been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi King Abdullah, the oldest leader in the Arab world, is preparing to undergo surgery. The Saudi royal court said Abdullah, believed to be 95, would be sent to a hospital in Riyad for another back operation. The court said the surgery was related to two operations the king […]