Saudi Arabia locks down Qatif region, suspends schools over coronavirus
Reuters – Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on Sunday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people…
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 9
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, January 9, and picked…
Saudi Arabia plans to execute first female political activist
Independent – Public prosecutor’s decision sets a ‘dangerous precedent’ for women activists in the kingdom, human rights watchdog says Human rights activists…
Car bomb hits predominantly Shia city in Saudi Arabia
Press TV – A car bomb has exploded in the predominantly Shia city of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, with initial…
Saudi forces kill young Shia man in troubled Qatif
Press TV – Saudi regime forces have reportedly shot and killed a young man in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province…
Future political outlook for Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia
Shia Muslims constitute the most important minority, and of course the most discriminated group of people, living within the national borders of…
Saudi regime detains prominent Shia cleric
Saudi Arabia has arrested a senior cleric from the country’s minority Shia community as the kingdom continues to impose more restrictions on…
Saudi says 7 citizens involved in Medina, Qatif bombings
Saudi authorities say they have arrested seven Saudi nationals and 12 Pakistanis in connection with the recent bomb attacks in the city of Medina…
Iran’s Zarif urges Muslims to stand united against terrorism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned a string of terrorist bombings in the Saudi Arabian cities of Qatif,…
Three bomb attacks hit near mosque in Qatif, security hq. in Medina
Two bomb blasts have hit near a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Qatif while a third bomb has gone…
Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists…