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‘Precautionary’ camp for 3,000 displaced in Asir
JIZAN – Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz has ordered that a camp to accommodate 3,000 persons displaced by ongoing military activity in Jizan be set up in the province of Asir. The Emir of Asir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled told Okaz that the order from the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Saudi refugees yearn to return home
JIZAN – Some Saudi citizens are finding it difficult to adjust to life at their refugee camp after being
Arms, swords and daggers in 2-month-old caches
JIZAN – Saudi members of the press were given a tour of arms caches discovered on Tuesday evening in the
Infiltrators disguised as displaced
SAUDI-YEMEN BORDER – Border Guard officers captured on Wednesday an unspecified number of armed infiltrators
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JIZAN – Infiltrators also dug two-meter deep trenches at the foot of Mount Dokhan prior to last week’s attacks in Jizan, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
RIYADH – Concerned over the spread of swine flu, members of the community have called on the management of the International Indian School in Riyadh
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
AL-BAHA – A teenager is recovering in hospital after being struck with a sword by a 70-year-old man in a village in Al-Baha. The 18-year-old victim of
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JEDDAH – Health inspectors from the Mayor’s Office in Jeddah have seized 7,000 cakes from a warehouse during inspections in the Al-Nazha District of the
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
By Fuleih Malak Al-ShamriRAFHA – Border Guard patrols detained three persons close to the border with Iraq after the vehicle in which they were traveling
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JEDDAH – Five persons from Chad have been arrested for a series of robberies and attacks on shops around the city. The five, reportedly wearing homemade
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
SAUDI-YEMEN BORDER – Hundreds of Saudis and foreign residents are still making their way to refugee camps set up to house evacuees from villages along
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JIZAN – Authorities in Jizan have stepped up efforts to round up Yemenis living illegally in the region, with approximately 1,500 being deported
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
KHAMIS MUSHAYT – The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) disposed of over 4,000 liters of alcohol Tuesday after discovering
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JEDDAH – A forger of official documents and identity papers who went by the nomenclature “Willy” was arrested on Tuesday after a police raid on his home
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
HAFR AL-BATIN – Police arrested on Sunday a hit-and-run driver responsible for seriously injuring a pedestrian. Investigators were provided with a description
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
JEDDAH – Two male and two female Ethiopians have been charged with prostitution after being arrested at an apartment in the Al-Faisaliya District of Jeddah
Thursday, 12 - November 2009
A silver Toyota Camry hangs from the front of a cold store truck after the Camry driver at high speed swerved off the detour on a main road in Arar
