Articles tagged with: Saudi Arabia
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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
A Talk with Turkish Deputy PM Bekir Bozdağ
Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish deputy prime minister, Bekir Bozdağ, emphasized that the visit paid by Saudi crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to Turkey “will contribute greatly in developing relations between the two countries.” In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat against the backdrop of the official Saudi delegation's visit to Ankara, Bozdağ spoke about Saudi-Turkish ties, the deteriorating situation in Syria, and Gulf security. The following interview has been e...
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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia-Turkey strengthen defense cooperation
Ankara/Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a key defense industry agreement. Crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, deputy prime minister and defense minister, witnessed the signing of the bilateral agreement on the first day of his official visit to Turkey. The agreement was signed by Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, and his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoğlu, in the attendance of Turkish president Abdullah Gül and Saudi crown p...
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Visits Turkey
Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, emphasized that his visit to T...
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
IMF says Saudi outlook ‘positive’ for 2013
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave Saudi Arabia’s economy a clean bill of health in its latest report on the kingdom’s economic affairs this w...
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Saturday, 18 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia repels cyber-attacks
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A number of Saudi Arabian government websites were subject to a series of “coordinated and simultaneous attacks” by unknown hackers over the past ...
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Saturday, 18 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia to prevent EU pork-fed fish from entry
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Not long after the European horse meat scandal shocked the world, the European commission has approved a decision to feed fish with processed animal p...
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
Lawrence Wright on the Riyadh Compound Bombings
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lawrence Wright, Al-Qaeda expert and author of The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, said that the Riyadh Compound Bombings marked the beg...
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
Saudi envoy: UN resolution a victory for the Syrian people
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria was passed by the UN General Assembly yesterday, despite a noticeable drop in intern...
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Tuesday, 14 May, 2013
US Security Expert on Al-Qaeda, Iran, and the Riyadh Compound Bombings
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the week of the tenth anniversary of the Riyadh Compound Bombings, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to US counter-terrorism expert Brian Fishman on the implic...
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Tuesday, 14 May, 2013












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