Saudi Arabia

Saudi minister: EU plays important role in Iranian nuke question

Mohit Joshi 22 October 2008

Iran, Tehran, NuclearRiyadh - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Tuesday expressed appreciation for European Union efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to the growing controversy over Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology.

He said the best way to solve the region's nuclear question is complete disarmament of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. The disarmament would have to include Israel, he said.

Saudi minister: trial of hundreds of terrorist suspects underway

Mohit Joshi 21 October 2008

Prince Nayef Bin Abdel Aziz Riyadh  - Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdel Aziz confirmed Tuesday that the trial of 991 terrorist suspects is underway.

The number is significantly higher than the 70 defendants reported in Saudi media Monday. Legal proceedings are believed to have started on Monday.

The minister said the defendants were responsible for more than 30 attacks in the conservative Muslim kingdom since May 2003, the Saudi News agency reported.

Saudi Arabia indicts 991 suspected militants

Mohit Joshi 21 October 2008

Riyadh, Oct. 21:Saudi Arabian authorities have indicted 991 suspected militants on charges that they participated in terrorist attacks carried out in the kingdom over the last five years.

News agency reports quoted the country''s Interior Minister, Prince Nayef, as saying on Tuesday that over the past few years, the kingdom has been "the target of an organized terrorist campaign linked to networks of strife and sedition overseas."

The Saudi Press Agency further quoted Prince Nayef as saying: "This campaign targeted the way of life, economy and principles of Saudi society and sought to create chaos,'''' he added. ''''It has direct links to a deviant group that adopts the (mind-set) of al-Qaida.''''

Trial of al-Qaeda terror suspects starts in Saudi Arabia

Sahil Nagpal 20 October 2008

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRiyadh- The trial of Al-Qaeda militants, arrested for taking part in a series of terrorist attacks around Saudi Arabia, started on Monday in Riyadh, according to Saudi media reports.

"The General Court in Riyadh has set up a 10-member panel to look into the cases of 70 terrorists including Saudis and foreigners," the Saudi daily al-Riyadh newspaper reported.

Solana arrives in Riyadh on Middle East tour

Sahil Nagpal 20 October 2008

Javier SolanaSaudi Arabia - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia, the second leg of a Middle East tour that will also take him to Qatar and Syria.

Solana is expected to meet Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal during the day.

Topics on Solana's agenda include relations between the EU and countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the latest developments of the Middle East peace process, and Tehran's nuclear file, an EU statement said.

Saudi beheaded for murder of an Indian man

Sahil Nagpal 16 October 2008

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Oct. 16 : A Saudi was beheaded by the sword on Thursday for murdering an Indian man

Fatin bin Fallaj al-Shibani al-Otaybi was found guilty of stabbing the victim to death and stealing his belongings, the Interior Ministry here said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.

This brings to 78 the number of people executed by the Saudi Arabian Government this year.

On Tuesday, Amnesty International charged that poor migrants were bearing the brunt of a surge in executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

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