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US Warns Citizens Against Risks Of Travel To Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when travelling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.
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Gulf States Squeeze Qatar As US, Kuwait Probe For Solution To Row
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and several other countries severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha on Monday, accusing it of supporting Islamist militants and their arch-foe Iran.
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Oil Prices Fall For Third Day Despite Qatar Diplomatic Crisis
Leading Arab powers including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates cut ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of support for Islamist militants and Iran.
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Malaysian Police Say Foiled Attack On Arab Royalty Ahead of Saudi King Visit
Malaysian Authorities on Tuesday said seven militants arrested late last month ahead of a visit Saudi Arabia's King Salman were planning an attack on "Arab royalties".
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Saudi Arabia Says Arrests ISIS Suspects Plotting Attacks
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight suspected militants plotting killings and a car bombing, the Interior Ministry said today, and authorities were pursuing other accomplices.
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Bombers Raise Saudi Stakes With Back-To-Back Suicide Strikes
Militants escalated their campaign against Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family with three suicide attacks in a single day, in the biggest challenge to the kingdom's internal security since it crushed an al-Qaida insurgency a decade ago.
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Saudi Forces Kill Suspected ISIS Fighters Near Mecca
Saudi police shot dead two suspected militants and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, the interior ministry said.
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Saudi-Iran Dispute Jeopardises Yemen Peace Talks
Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardising peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist militants a foothold in Riyadh's backyard.
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Syria Needs New Constitution: Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.
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Saudi Rift With Iran Likely To Hinder US Peace Effort In Syria
Beneath this weekend's rupture in Iranian-Saudi relations lies a deeper fault line between the United States and Saudi Arabia that may hamper US President Barack Obama's efforts to end Syria's civil war, current and former US officials said.
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Saudi Arabia Key To Fight Against ISIS, Says German Foreign Minister
Saudi Arabia has a central role in fighting ISIS as it can help eliminate the ultra-hardline militant group's ideological breeding ground, Germany's foreign minister was quoted by newspapers in the Funke Medien Gruppe as saying.
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In Conservative Pakistani City, a 'Saudi Girl' Who Stood Out
Tashfeen Malik, a suspect in the California attacks, studied at a Pakistani university but spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia. The timing and circumstances of her shift into militancy, however, remain a mystery.
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Al Qaeda Threatens Saudi Arabia Over Plan to Execute Prisoners
Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen threatened the Saudi government over its plan to carry out a mass execution of prisoners, including al Qaeda members, the militant group announced in a statement posted on social media.
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Family Mourns Nigerian Pilgrim Who Fled Boko Haram But Died in Haj Crush
Three years after his family fled their northeastern Nigerian home to escape threats from Boko Haram militants, Mudasir Gambo must have thought his luck had changed when he won a ticket to attend the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Houthis Lose Ground in Yemen's South, Saudi Targets Shelled
Southern Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led air coalition seized more territory from Houthi militiamen near Aden on Friday, while three Saudi soldiers were killed when the kingdom came under shelling from Yemen, in an apparent Houthi attack.
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US Warns Citizens Against Risks Of Travel To Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when travelling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.
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Gulf States Squeeze Qatar As US, Kuwait Probe For Solution To Row
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and several other countries severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha on Monday, accusing it of supporting Islamist militants and their arch-foe Iran.
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Oil Prices Fall For Third Day Despite Qatar Diplomatic Crisis
Leading Arab powers including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates cut ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of support for Islamist militants and Iran.
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Malaysian Police Say Foiled Attack On Arab Royalty Ahead of Saudi King Visit
Malaysian Authorities on Tuesday said seven militants arrested late last month ahead of a visit Saudi Arabia's King Salman were planning an attack on "Arab royalties".
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Saudi Arabia Says Arrests ISIS Suspects Plotting Attacks
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight suspected militants plotting killings and a car bombing, the Interior Ministry said today, and authorities were pursuing other accomplices.
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Bombers Raise Saudi Stakes With Back-To-Back Suicide Strikes
Militants escalated their campaign against Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family with three suicide attacks in a single day, in the biggest challenge to the kingdom's internal security since it crushed an al-Qaida insurgency a decade ago.
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Saudi Forces Kill Suspected ISIS Fighters Near Mecca
Saudi police shot dead two suspected militants and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, the interior ministry said.
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Saudi-Iran Dispute Jeopardises Yemen Peace Talks
Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardising peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist militants a foothold in Riyadh's backyard.
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Syria Needs New Constitution: Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.
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Saudi Rift With Iran Likely To Hinder US Peace Effort In Syria
Beneath this weekend's rupture in Iranian-Saudi relations lies a deeper fault line between the United States and Saudi Arabia that may hamper US President Barack Obama's efforts to end Syria's civil war, current and former US officials said.
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Saudi Arabia Key To Fight Against ISIS, Says German Foreign Minister
Saudi Arabia has a central role in fighting ISIS as it can help eliminate the ultra-hardline militant group's ideological breeding ground, Germany's foreign minister was quoted by newspapers in the Funke Medien Gruppe as saying.
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In Conservative Pakistani City, a 'Saudi Girl' Who Stood Out
Tashfeen Malik, a suspect in the California attacks, studied at a Pakistani university but spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia. The timing and circumstances of her shift into militancy, however, remain a mystery.
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Al Qaeda Threatens Saudi Arabia Over Plan to Execute Prisoners
Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen threatened the Saudi government over its plan to carry out a mass execution of prisoners, including al Qaeda members, the militant group announced in a statement posted on social media.
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Family Mourns Nigerian Pilgrim Who Fled Boko Haram But Died in Haj Crush
Three years after his family fled their northeastern Nigerian home to escape threats from Boko Haram militants, Mudasir Gambo must have thought his luck had changed when he won a ticket to attend the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
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Houthis Lose Ground in Yemen's South, Saudi Targets Shelled
Southern Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led air coalition seized more territory from Houthi militiamen near Aden on Friday, while three Saudi soldiers were killed when the kingdom came under shelling from Yemen, in an apparent Houthi attack.
