Tag: Saudi Arabia
U.S. agrees to sell billions of dollars of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, Iraq
The United States will go forward with some $41 billion worth of military equipment sales to two Middle Eastern countries. Saudi Arabia will get $30 billion in fights and Iraq will get $11 billion in jets, tanks and other equipment....
In Ethiopia, a Saudi company leases land to grow and export rice
Famine has swept through much of Ethiopia in the past year, but a new project will see a Saudi Arabian country convert one of the most fertile areas to produce rice for export. The idea is it's better to have people employed and making money....
VIDEO: Syrians take to streets to protest Arab League suspension
Syrian loyalists attacked embassies in Damascus over the weekend — retribution for those countries supporting an Arab League decision to suspend Syria over its violence against protesting citizens....
If true, Iran's terror plot would be new chapter for Quds Force
Many international experts are scratching their heads, trying to determine what Iran would have hoped to gain from an assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States — and why they chose to involve Mexican cartels....
Alleged Iranian terror plot has 'B-movie' quality
Story by The Takeaway. Listen to audio above for full report. One suspect is in custody and another suspect is on the run — presumed to be...
U.S. foils Iran's plot against Saudi ambassador
American officials say they disrupted a major terror plot with a connection to Iran....
Saudi Arabian women protest for right to drive
A protest to end the ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia is about more than driving laws. It's also about women's rights in the Arab world. ...
Saudi Arabian women defy driving ban
Women aren't allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia, but some, inspired by the Arab Spring, are defying the ban and driving openly. ...
Tension in OPEC as oil prices rise and Saudi Arabia raises concerns
Saudi Arabia says that it wants OPEC to increase oil production to keep the price of oil down. Some think that high oil prices could, in fact, threaten the global economy....
Saudi Arabia's economy hurt by global protests
"No problem," say Saudi Arabian officials, though protests in neighboring countries, and unemployment at home, threaten Saudi Arabia's ruling families. ...
