Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 8/11/2003
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of August 11, 2003
- London expels a Saudi diplomat at bribe claim
The British foreign office yesterday announced the expulsion of a Saudi diplomat described as an intelligence officer accused of bribing a police officer in London. Saudi Arabia-UK, Politics, 8/16/2003 - Australia joins western warnings against traveling to Riyadh
Australia yesterday ( Friday ) joined the US and Britain in warning its citizens from traveling to Saudi Arabia because of what it described as terrorist threats for western interests in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia-Australia, Politics, 8/16/2003 - Saudi crown prince vows to defeat evil forces
Saudi Arabia's crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has vowed to attain his country's victory against what he called forces of evil. He also vowed to continue the campaign against what he called extremism and terrorism, and warned the citizens of the kingdom against the consequences of supporting what he had described as terrorists. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/15/2003 - London stops flights to Saudi Arabia for security reasons
The British airline company (British Airways) yesterday said it has suspended its flights to Saudi Arabia for security reasons. The government said that it has intelligence information of serious danger for its planes in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia-UK, Local, 8/14/2003 - Riyadh: a clash with wanted persons resulted in killing 3 police men
Saudi Arabia's security forces yesterday launched a new confrontation with wanted gunmen who resisted the police force which tried to break into several buildings in al-Sweidi quarters in southern Riyadh and this resulted in killing three members of the Saudi security forces and one of the wanted persons. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/13/2003 - Mubarak, Abdullah hold closing session of talks on Arab issues
Maher asserted that the Egyptian paper on activating joint Arab action was welcomed by all the Arab states, adding that the Egyptian and other Arab papers remained tabled. He said "the Egyptian-Saudi-Syrian paper sought to summarize the main principles featured in the different papers in just one." Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/12/2003 - Saudi security forces arrest 10 al-Qaida organization suspects
Saudi Arabia's security sources announced that the police arrested 10 suspected persons following a fire exchange in Riyadh and it had found mortars following the clashes which took place on Sunday and resulted in no casualties. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/12/2003 - Saudi Crown Prince in Morocco Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/12/2003
- Mubarak-Abdullah talks focus on Mideast peace, Iraq's future Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/11/2003
- On al-Assad - Abdullah meeting
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad yesterday held a meeting with Saudi Prime Minister and Chief of the National Guard Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on the regional and international situation including the situation in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. Syria-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/11/2003 - Syrian- Saudi summit significance widely highlighted
The Syrian- Saudi summit which was held yesterday in Damascus between President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Chief of the National Guard Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz attracted the attention of the Saudi media. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Politics, 8/11/2003