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Saudi Arabia warns U.S.

04/16/2016 — Leave a comment

Saudis threaten economic reprisal if 9/11 bill passes

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, gives an interview to AFP at his ministry in the capital Riyadh on February 18, 2016. Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen will continue until the country's legitimate government is fully restored to power, the Saudi foreign minister said. / AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

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‘This really could get very ugly’

01/04/2016 — Leave a comment

Other nations join Saudis in curtailing relations with Iran

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn an effigy of King Salman of Saudi Arabia during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Demonstrations are also being called for in the predominantly Shiite southern cities of Najaf and Basra, after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, sparking anger in Iran and among Shiites across the region. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede

09/24/2015 — Leave a comment

At least 700 killed, 800 hurt near Mecca during ‘stoning the devil’ ritual

Saudi ambulances arrive with pilgrims who were injured in a stampede at an emergency hospital in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 24, 2015. At least 310 people were killed and hundreds wounded during a stampede at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, in the second tragedy to strike the pilgrims this year. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mecca crane collapse

09/13/2015 — Leave a comment

Saudi inquiry into Grand Mosque disaster

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Saudi Arabian King Abdullah dead at 90

01/22/2015 — Leave a comment

Ally of U.S. in fight against al Qaeda had sought to modernize conservative Muslim nation

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