Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 8/15/2005
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of August 15, 2005
- Wanted Saudi among the killed in clashes
The Saudi Arabian authorities announced on Friday the killing of one wanted person suspected to be a member in al-Qaida organization, in clashes which took place with the security forces on Thursday in the capital Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/20/2005 - Saudi Arabia announces killing four al-Qaida members
Saudi Arabia's ministry of interior said on Thursday that it killed four members of al-Qaida organization, including its leader in Saudi Arabia, Saleh Muhammad al-Oufi, during confrontations in the capital Riyadh and the city of al-Madina al-Munawara. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 8/19/2005 - Four killed in clashes with Saudi security
At least four gunmen were killed, believed to be wanted, in a clash that took place on Thursday with the Saudi security forces in one of the quarters north of the capital Riyadh and in Madina city, west of the country. Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/19/2005 - al-Thawra: Saudi tourism to Syria great growth
The official numbers pointed out that the number of the Saudi tourist headed for Syria during the first six months of this year reached 155,000 tourists compared with 122,000 in 2004 and 75,00 in 2003 Syria-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 8/19/2005 - Symposium on renowned Syrian poet Badawi al-Jabal
A 3-day Arab symposium on the great Syrian poet Badawi al-Jabal held by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with Saudi Abdulaziz Saud al-Babtin Establishment For Poetry Creativity was opened Tuesday with the participation of critics and intellectuals from Syria and other Arab states. Syria-Saudi Arabia, Local, 8/17/2005 - Saudi Arabia calls Israel to withdraw from West Bank Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 8/16/2005