Is driving a luxury or a necessity for Saudi women?
For the large majority of Saudi women, the prohibition on female driving comes from a morality based view of their national character. This will be tough to change
- 28 October 2013
Russia adopts "told you so" stance at Egyptian coup; Obama's America shamed by Africa
Vladimir Putin's Russia feels vindicated by Egyptian coup, Saudi Arabia supports it, while anti-colonial Africa condemns it outright
- 6 July 2013
New deal gives Saudi Arabia "unrestricted" access to U.S. airspace
U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith and Dr. Faisal bin Hamad Al-Sugair, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Director of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, signed the deal on May 28
- 6 June 2013
Saudi self-help writer urges men to molest women in the workplace
Saudi writer Abdullah Mohammad Al Dawood has used his Twitter following of nearly 100,000 to encourage the sexual harassment of women in the workplace
- 29 May 2013
Saudi Arabia and Turkey announce military co-operation
Saudi Arabia and Turkey have signed new industrial and defence agreements seeking to "enhance" both countries "in all fields"
- 21 May 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia blocks Jerusalem Post access
The Commentator can exclusively reveal that access to the Jerusalem Post website has been restricted in Saudi Arabia
- 21 May 2013
Saudi Arabia beheads Yemenis, displays corpses in public
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has reported the beheading and subsequent display of five Yemeni men charged with murder and robbery
- 21 May 2013
Has Saudi Arabia blocked the Jerusalem Post?
A lecturer from Saudi Arabia has claimed that the country is blocking access to the Jerusalem Post website
- 20 May 2013
Saudi panic as virus spreads
More and more people are reporting to emergency centres in Saudi Arabia as panic over the new coronavirus sets in, reports AFP
- 14 May 2013
Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani drug smuggler
A Pakistani man executed for drug smuggling takes Saudi Arabia's beheading total to 38 this year, indicating a crack down on offences
- 10 May 2013
The coming Arab Winter
While the extent of the fracking-induced geopolitical tremors are still to be felt, the shaking up of the Middle East's tyrannical oil policies is moving the regional tectonic plates as politics never could
- 1 May 2013
OPEC fracked
The days when OPEC could hold the West to political ransom are gone
- 24 April 2013.jpg?1366210926)
Three men deported from Saudi for being 'too handsome'
At least three men have been deported from Saudi for being 'too handsome', according to reports
- 17 April 2013
Eye for an eye punishment leads Saudi Arabia to paralyse 24-year-old man
A Saudi Arabian man is due to be medically paralysed after a court ruling, if he does not raise the $266,000 needed to pay off a man he attacked ten years ago
- 3 April 2013
After Obama snub, Saudis tap up South Africa for armed drone
Saudi Arabia is reportedly purchasing an armed drone from South Africa, creating concern over the regime's human rights record and its implementation of such technology
- 2 April 2013
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