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One has only to read William Simpson’s biography of Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz to understand why the Saudi King, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, has accepted his resignation as head of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services, writes Abdelbari Atwan. William Simpson is a personal friend of Prince Bandar and studied with him ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding the insurgents his troops are battling in western Anbar province, in his strongest such statement since fighting started there early this year. Security forces have been fighting insurgents from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq ...

For over a decade, Mecca – the holiest city in Islam – has been undergoing an unprecedented level of reconstruction to accommodate millions of pilgrims arriving year round. However, critics argue the massive expansion efforts have mercilessly destroyed invaluable historical and cultural sites, substituting them for crass commercialization and symbols ...

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens waging insurgency wars abroad to return back to the kingdom within 15 days or face imprisonment. The Friday ultimatum was an extension of a month-long deadline given to Saudis fighting outside the country to return home, the interior ministry said. Those failing to ...

Presidential Political and Media Advisor Buthaina Shaaban said that the essential, big problem in the search for a political solution through Geneva track lies in the fact that “we don’t know whom representing those who came by the name of opposition, how many, and what is their relation to Syria.” ...