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Saudi Arabia Releases US Citizen Jailed Over Tweets Against Kingdom
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, who also has Saudi citizenship, was arrested in November 2021 when he arrived in Riyadh from Florida to visit his family.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In Saudi Crackdown On Dissent In Royal Family, Fourth Prince Arrested
The crackdown on dissent against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman within the Saudi royal family widened on Saturday with the arrest of a fourth prince, the New York Times reported.
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Turkey Arrests Suspected Spies For UAE, Investigating Khashoggi Link
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in the consulate on Oct. 2 by a team of Saudi operatives, provoking an international outcry.
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Turkish Lawyer Demands Arrest Of 2 "Planners" In Khashoggi's Murder
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded that arrest warrants be issued against two Saudi nationals close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish source close to the investigation said Wednesday.
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Saudi's Attempt To Keep Prince From Khashoggi Case Hasn't Quieted Uproar
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister denied on Sunday that the nation's powerful young crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's killing, but the attempt to distance Mohammed bin Salman from the journalist's demise did little to blunt an international uproar that could test Saudi Arabia's status as a regional power.
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France Issues Arrest Warrant Against Saudi Crown Prince's Sister
France has issued an arrest warrant for the sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on suspicion of ordering her bodyguard to beat up a worker at her Paris apartment, sources close to the case told AFP on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia Frees Media Mogul Waleed al-Ibrahim Held In Anti-Graft Drive
Saudi Arabia on Friday released the owner of the influential Arab satellite network MBC nearly three months after his arrest in an anti-corruption drive targeting the kingdom's elite, sources told AFP.
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11 Saudi Princes Arrested For Objecting To Water And Electricity Bills
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had arrested a group of 11 princes who held a rare demonstration at a royal palace after the government halted payment of their electricity and water bills, according to a statement by the Saudi attorney general.
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Princes, Tycoons Detained A Month Ago In Saudi Pay Cash For Freedom
Most of those detained in a sweeping anti-corruption purge of the Saudi elite have struck monetary settlements in exchange for their freedom, the attorney general said Tuesday, a month after they were locked up in a 5-star hotel.
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Senior Saudi Prince Miteb Freed After $1 Billion Settlement, Says Official
Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an "acceptable settlement agreement" with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday.
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Prince 'Alive And Well': Saudi Rejects Death Rumours In Graft Crackdown
Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd, a son of the late king Fahd, was rumoured to have been killed in custody or while resisting arrest amid the crackdown at the weekend.
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Arrested Saudi Princes, Businessmen Reportedly Kept In Ritz Carlton Hotel
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman consolidated his control over Saudi Arabia's political system and foreign policy over the weekend in a series of orchestrated moves that included ordering the arrests of prominent officials and businessmen.
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Saudi Arabia Purge Phase 2: No-Fly List Drawn Up, Accounts Frozen
A campaign of mass arrests of Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen expanded on Monday after a top entrepreneur was reportedly detained in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the kingdom's affluent elite in its modern history.
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Saudi Royal Purge: Crown Prince's High-Stakes Gambit
With his sweeping royal purge, Saudi Arabia's future king has upended a decades-old system of governance adopted by previous rulers in what analysts describe as a bold but risky power play. Dozens of political and business figures were arrested at the weekend in what Saudi authorities have dubbed an anti-corruption swoop, including billionaire Prin...
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Saudi Arabia Releases US Citizen Jailed Over Tweets Against Kingdom
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, who also has Saudi citizenship, was arrested in November 2021 when he arrived in Riyadh from Florida to visit his family.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In Saudi Crackdown On Dissent In Royal Family, Fourth Prince Arrested
The crackdown on dissent against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman within the Saudi royal family widened on Saturday with the arrest of a fourth prince, the New York Times reported.
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Turkey Arrests Suspected Spies For UAE, Investigating Khashoggi Link
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in the consulate on Oct. 2 by a team of Saudi operatives, provoking an international outcry.
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Turkish Lawyer Demands Arrest Of 2 "Planners" In Khashoggi's Murder
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded that arrest warrants be issued against two Saudi nationals close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish source close to the investigation said Wednesday.
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Saudi's Attempt To Keep Prince From Khashoggi Case Hasn't Quieted Uproar
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister denied on Sunday that the nation's powerful young crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's killing, but the attempt to distance Mohammed bin Salman from the journalist's demise did little to blunt an international uproar that could test Saudi Arabia's status as a regional power.
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France Issues Arrest Warrant Against Saudi Crown Prince's Sister
France has issued an arrest warrant for the sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on suspicion of ordering her bodyguard to beat up a worker at her Paris apartment, sources close to the case told AFP on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia Frees Media Mogul Waleed al-Ibrahim Held In Anti-Graft Drive
Saudi Arabia on Friday released the owner of the influential Arab satellite network MBC nearly three months after his arrest in an anti-corruption drive targeting the kingdom's elite, sources told AFP.
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11 Saudi Princes Arrested For Objecting To Water And Electricity Bills
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had arrested a group of 11 princes who held a rare demonstration at a royal palace after the government halted payment of their electricity and water bills, according to a statement by the Saudi attorney general.
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Princes, Tycoons Detained A Month Ago In Saudi Pay Cash For Freedom
Most of those detained in a sweeping anti-corruption purge of the Saudi elite have struck monetary settlements in exchange for their freedom, the attorney general said Tuesday, a month after they were locked up in a 5-star hotel.
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Senior Saudi Prince Miteb Freed After $1 Billion Settlement, Says Official
Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an "acceptable settlement agreement" with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday.
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Prince 'Alive And Well': Saudi Rejects Death Rumours In Graft Crackdown
Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd, a son of the late king Fahd, was rumoured to have been killed in custody or while resisting arrest amid the crackdown at the weekend.
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Arrested Saudi Princes, Businessmen Reportedly Kept In Ritz Carlton Hotel
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman consolidated his control over Saudi Arabia's political system and foreign policy over the weekend in a series of orchestrated moves that included ordering the arrests of prominent officials and businessmen.
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Saudi Arabia Purge Phase 2: No-Fly List Drawn Up, Accounts Frozen
A campaign of mass arrests of Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen expanded on Monday after a top entrepreneur was reportedly detained in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the kingdom's affluent elite in its modern history.
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Saudi Royal Purge: Crown Prince's High-Stakes Gambit
With his sweeping royal purge, Saudi Arabia's future king has upended a decades-old system of governance adopted by previous rulers in what analysts describe as a bold but risky power play. Dozens of political and business figures were arrested at the weekend in what Saudi authorities have dubbed an anti-corruption swoop, including billionaire Prin...
