Posts Tagged: Al-Watan
‘Don’t Be Another Obama’ – Saudi Columnist Issues Plea to Trump
Ahead of Donald Trump's arrival in Saudi Arabia on Friday -- making the Islamic Kingdom the first foreign country to receive an official visit from...
Kuwaiti Columnist Calls for Arming Iranian Minority Groups Against ‘Fascist’ Regime
A columnist for Kuwaiti government newspaper Al Watan on Sunday called for the arming of Iranian minority groups to confront the Iranian regime. Columnist Abdullah Al-Hadlaq -- a staunch critic...
Riyadh Makes Cautious Statement on Iran Deal as Saudi Newspaper Cartoons Ridicule Talks
The Saudi Arabian government broke its silence on the six-month deal to lift sanctions on the Iran regime reached at the weekend, with a terse...
Report: Gulf States Implement More Thorough Hezbollah Sanctions Than EU
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has started implementing sanctions on the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, the Saudi newspaper Al-Wattan reported Sunday, citing a "well-informed" source. Members...
Saudi Airlines Blames Lack of Diplomatic Relations for Barring Israelis From Flights
Saudi Arabian Airlines Director General Khalid Abdullah Almolhem said that the state-owned company's anti-Israeli passenger policy is due to the lack of diplomatic relations between...
Syrian Rebels: We Killed 100 Hezbollah Fighters in Aleppo
Syrian rebels claimed Monday that they killed 100 Hezbollah fighters as they were readying for an attack on rebel-held parts of the northern city of...
Libyan Islamists Arrest and Torture 48 Christians
Libyan Islamists affiliated with the fundamentalist Salafi groups arrested and reportedly tortured 48 Egyptian Coptic Christians last week in Benghazi. According to AFP, the Coptic Christians were...
Ahead of U.S. Election Arab News Outlets Depict Anti-Semitic Stereotypes
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election in early November the ADL released a new report Tuesday highlighting antisemitic election-themed cartoons from Arab news outlets. The many...
