Middle East

Billionaire, Princes Among Dozens Arrested in Saudi Anti-corruption Sweep

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi Arabia has arrested dozens of princes and former government ministers, including a well-known billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, as part of a sweeping anti-corruption probe,...

Saudi Arabia arrests princes, replaces ministers in anti-corruption crackdown

Saudi Arabia arrested 11 princes, including a prominent billionaire, and dozens of current and former ministers in a sweeping crackdown as the kingdom's young crown prince consolidates power. Saudi Arabia's King Salman...

Saudi Arabia: Missile intercepted near international airport

Saudi Arabia’s state media says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and aimed at the King Khalid International Airport northeast of Riyadh. Iran-backed Houthi fighters in Yemen have claimed...

Cleared of Islamic State, Raqqa remains a deadly battlefield

PENTAGON — Syrians hoping to return home to Raqqa now that the city has been liberated from the clutches of the Islamic State terror group are being told to wait indefinitely. Coalition...

Saudi Arabia to open sports stadiums to women in reform push

Starting next year, Saudi women will be able to attend sports events at three stadiums across the country, as part of the kingdom's efforts to improve women's rights. Last month hundreds of...

Turkey-Syria forces exchange fire with jihadists in Idlib

BEIRUT — Turkish forces exchanged fire with Tahrir al-Sham, a Syrian jihadist alliance, near Kafr Lusin on the border between Turkey and Syria’s Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

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