Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 7/8/2002
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of July 8, 2002
- Al-Jazeera: One armed Saudi citizen storms the Qatari consulate, surrenders
The Qatari TV satellite station al-Jazeera said that one Saudi was arrested on Thursday after entering into the Consulate of Qatar in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Saudi Arabia-Qatar, Local, 7/12/2002 - Mubarak, al-Assad get message from Saudi crown prince on regional developments
Syria's President Bashar al- Assad on Wednesday received the Saudi Foreign Minister prince Saud al-Faisal. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/11/2002 - Joint Iraq- Saudi Arabia exhibition Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 7/10/2002
- Babel: An American plan to partition Saudi Arabia
The Iraqi daily Babel in an editorial thought to be written by Ode Saddam Hussein, son of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has warned against an American plan to partition the countries of the region starting as from Saudi Arabia and abrogating the Kingdom of Bahrain to have it back as a part of Iran and making Jordan a homeland alternative for the Palestinians. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/9/2002 - Saudi Arabia temporarily prevents pilgrims from Syria, Pakistan
The Saudi daily al-Watan said Monday that the ministry of pilgrims ( al- Haj) prevented "performers of the minor al-Haj rituals" (Omra) from Syria and Pakistan to arrive in Saudi Arabia temporarily because of the trade in the "Omra" visas. Saudi Arabia-Regional, Local, 7/9/2002 - Saudi crown prince confers with Syrian parliament speaker
The Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on Sunday in Jeddah received the speaker of the Syrian parliament Abdul Qader Qaddoura and members of the accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the chairman of the Saudi Shoura council Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Hameed and Prince Nawaf Ibn Abdul Aziz and the Syrian charge de affairs to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 7/8/2002