Saudi Arabia

As Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel, El Al will take its own fight for access to Saudi airspace to the Supreme Court in Israel, officials said...

Saudi authorities are preparing to auction billions of dollars of real estate and cars belonging to billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company as they look to hasten an end to one of the kingdom’s longest-running debt...

Saudi police have arrested 11 princes for protesting at the ruling palace in Riyadh and refusing to leave, sources confirmed to Sabq local online news on Saturday. The princes protested over the decision of the Saudi...

Saudi Arabia has made its first installment of 2 billion riyals ($533.33 million) into the kingdom’s household allowance program, with 10.6 million beneficiaries, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Thursday. Known as the Citizens Account,...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Riyadh on Wednesday and reiterated the kingdom’s support for the Palestinian people, state news agency SPA reported. The king reassured the Palestinian leader that Saudi Arabia...

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz told reporters that “all government approvals” are in place for the launch of electronic visas next year to “all nationals whose countries allow their citizens to visit” Saudi Arabia. Saudi...

Saudi Arabia has come under frequent cyber attacks, including “Shamoon”, the aggressive disc-wiping malware employed in attacks against the Saudi energy sector in 2012. Saudi authorities said on Monday they had detected an “advanced” cyber attack...

Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss confronting Iran and its Lebanese Shi‘ite ally Hezbollah, who the Arab allies say are interfering in their internal...

Hezbollah’s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon’s prime minister to destabilize the country....

Saudi authorities have questioned 208 people in an anti-corruption investigation and estimate at least $100 billion has been stolen through graft, a top official said on Thursday as the inquiry expanded beyond the kingdom’s borders. “Based on...