Saudi ground and naval forces are taking part in multinational military games being held in the Turkish cities of Ankara and Izmir.According to Saudi naval commander Colonel Ali Bin Mohammed Al-Shahri, the Turkish-led drill, is one of the largest (...)
With summer vacation around the corner, Saudi missions abroad have issued travel alerts to Saudi tourists who visit foreign countries.
Saudi missions in various tourist spots announced that they will be working full time during Ramadan and Eid (...)
A number of Shoura Council members and security specialists have called for enrolling Saudi women in military service, the Saudi Gazette reported.
They said women should get military training to teach them the use of light weapons.
Maj. Gen. Ali (...)
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a protocol to establish the Saudi-UAE Coordination Council.
The signing ceremony was held in the presence of King Salman and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi (...)
Saudi Arabia emphasized on Thursday that extremist ideology and rhetoric that advocates hatred of others "is as dangerous as perpetration of terror acts."
Addressing the United Nations Security Council session, Ambassador Abdullah Bin Yahya (...)
Four Umrah pilgrims were killed and 45 injured when a bus transporting them toppled over and fell into a ditch on kilo 90 highway near Madinah on Friday, said Madinah Health Affairs spokesman Fuad Dugl.
Seventeen injured pilgrims are Egyptians, 14 (...)
The land bridge between Saudi Arabia and Egypt across the Red Sea has been a long-cherished dream not only of the peoples of the two countries but the Arabs at large.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has announced the construction of (...)
Saudi Arabia condemned and denounced the attacks by Basher Al-Assad's forces on the city of Aleppo, causing the destruction of a hospital run by an international organization that killed dozens, including children and doctors.
An official source at (...)
The University of Cairo decided to confer an honorary doctorate on Saudi King Salman in recognition of his unique role and outstanding contributions in "serving Arabism, Islam and Muslims, as well as his support for Egypt and its people."
Jabir (...)
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud received Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan at Al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh on Wednesday.
The delegation from the United States included a number of House members, chairman of the Armed (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday on the crash of a flydubai passenger plane as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia, claiming the lives of all on (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received at Al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday Iraqi Parliament Speaker Dr. Salim Bin Abdullah Al-Jubouri and his accompanying delegation.
They discussed bilateral relations and aspects of (...)
Yemen's national army and popular resistance forces have liberated more than 85 percent of the Yemeni territories from Houthi militia control and the forces of the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi said in (...)
A United Arab Emirates soldier was killed and another was wounded while fighting in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led military coalition, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday, citing the army general command.
The coalition is fighting to stop the (...)
Some 27 people — mostly Saudis — are to appear before the Criminal Court in Riyadh for spying for Iran, Makkah daily reported on Sunday.
The accused were arrested in 2013 in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah and the Eastern Province.
The Saudi national (...)
Saudi security authorities are on the lookout for 154 wanted terror suspects named in nine lists published by the Ministry of Interior earlier, according to sources.
The ministry asked those who have any information about these wanted men to tip off (...)
Friday's terror attack on a mosque in Al-Ahsa that killed four people drew widespread condemnation across the world.
The attack on Imam Rida Mosque in Mahasen neighborhood in Al-Ahsa region of the Eastern Province also injured 18 worshipers.
The (...)
Many Saudis believe that Egypt is the best country to purchase a second home, with many buying houses as investment or vacation properties. Saudi Gazette interviewed some Saudis who own houses in Egypt.
Rashid Al-Salem, a Saudi who bought a property (...)
Mohammed Saad, a Syrian activist, was imprisoned by the Daesh terrorist group, hung by his arms and beaten regularly. Then one day, his jailors quickly pulled him and other prisoners down and hid them in a bathroom.
The reason? A senior cleric was (...)
Forty-nine suspects on terror charges were caught during the past 10 days in a preemptive crackdown in various parts of Saudi Arabia, security sources said.
The sources said the suspects surrendered without any resistance. They consisted of 36 (...)
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh said on Monday that the newly formed Islamic Military Alliance, led by the kingdom, aims to defeat ISIS.
In a telephone interview with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Asheikh said that the members of ISIS (...)
Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday the terrorist attack on a hotel in the country's capital Bamako which resulted in killing, wounding and taking many hostages.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the official source at the Ministry of (...)
Al-Nour Specialist Hospital has started taking the DNA of the next of kin of the unidentified deceased victims of the Mina Stampede.
Al-Nour Specialist Hospital Director Ayman Yamani said the Ministry of Health has assigned the hospital to take DNA (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General strongly condemned the occupation of the United Arab Emirates Embassy building by Houthi militias in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, calling it a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on (...)
A former Saudi soldier was on Monday found guilty of joining ISIS militant group.
A special criminal court in Jeddah sentenced the man to 9 years in jail and fined SR5,000. Besides, a travel ban of 9 years has also been imposed on him, effective (...)