Le porte-parole sécuritaire du ministère de l'Intérieur a déclaré qu'un attentat a été commis jeudi dans une mosquée fréquentée par les agents des forces spéciales au quartier général des forces dans la région de l'Assir lors de la prière d'Al (...)
year-old Pakistani worker attempted to commit suicide by setting himself on fire in Asir. Doctors said that the man suffered from burns to well over 50 percent of his body. He is currently receiving treatment and is under watch to prevent further (...)
A husband and wife and their six children died Thursday afternoon in an accident on the Bisha-Rani'yah two-way highway when their car collided head-on with a fuel delivery truck.
Civil Defense rescue teams had difficulty removing the dead bodies (...)
Shehrani, director of traffic safety, Asir Region, said Saher cameras have sensory systems that can detect a traffic violation from a distance of 50 to 100 meters, according to a report in Al-Madina Arabic daily, Friday. “The sensory systems work (...)
ارتفعت قيمة صادرات المملكة غير البترولية خلال شهر يناير الماضي 14395 مليون ريال مقابل 11892 مليون ريال خلال شهر يناير عام 2011 مبزيادة بلغت 2503 مليون ريال بنسبة 21% .
وأوضحت نشرة صادرات المملكة السلعية غير البترولية ووارداتها خلال شهر يناير 2012 (...)
Despite being paralyzed since childhood, he can boast of several accomplishments. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, speaks English well, and is computer literate.
He will soon travel to the United States to join a masters and (...)
A number of newlyweds here say they spent their honeymoon at hotels and resorts abroad because it was less costly and there were better services and facilities than in the Kingdom.
Many said the “greed” of local tourist operators had forced them to (...)
AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA --On behalf of Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, Governors of Asir, Baha, Jizan and Najran regions received at their offices today sheikhs and groups of citizens (...)
An expatriate woman has refused to leave the country on the grounds that she had not been paid all of her remuneration.
Passengers at Abha Airport witnessed an angry scene Sunday when the Asian housemaid would not board her flight home.
A source (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will soon unveil the approved design of the new Abha International Airport. The airport will be constructed by a specialist company that has built similar projects all over the world.
“The lounge area (...)
Several local tourists have been left stranded in Abha more because of the paucity of flights than the inclement weather in the region.
During the past couple of days, Abha airport has been crowded with passengers waiting to return after spending (...)
Shahrani, the 19-year-old who committed suicide in the custody of Wadi Bin Hashbal Police about 10 days ago, has been handed over to his family following an autopsy conducted Wednesday by a forensic doctor at Khamis Mushayt Civilian (...)
monitoring system, which has been tested in some parts of the area, will soon be fully operational throughout Asir, said Brig. Hanash Abdul Rahman Al-Shihiri, the region's director of Traffic.
He said his administration is taking all necessary (...)
A woman was killed by a speeding car while crossing the road in Abu Uraish on Sunday.
Witnesses said that the four-wheel drive was unable to avoid the pedestrian and that she died on the spot. The driver of the vehicle was held for investigation. (...)
Nine people have had part or complete amputations of some of their fingers because of the incorrect use of firecrackers during Eid Al-Fitr celebrations in Asir. The people are between 12 and 50 years of age, and include a woman.
Dr. Saleh Bin Saad (...)
Relatives of an old patient at Khamis Mushait Hospital, located in the south of the Kingdom, were surprised to discover that hospital workers had given expired juice to patients – and by a number of other problems at the facility.
Naif Bin Awwdah, (...)
Two workers were buried alive on Thursday when a pit wall collapsed and buried them under two meters of soil in Al-Khaldiah town near Turaib Center in Ahad Rufaidah Governorate. Maj. Ahmad Aal Awwadh, spokesman of the Civil Defense in Asir Region, (...)
Relatives of an old patient at Khamis Mushait Hospital, located in the south of the Kingdom, were surprised to discover that hospital workers had given expired juice to patients – and by a number of other problems at the facility.
Naif Bin Awwdah, (...)
An attempt to rob an ATM in Dhahran Al-Janoub governorate failed here Thursday, police said. But robbers caused great damage to the screen, numbers keyboard and camera lens embedded in the machine, the police added. Acting on a report from a a (...)
Heavy rainfall lashing the Asir region for days this week has left large, deep pools of water in the Husam District of Khamis Mushayt, trapping some residents in their homes and leaving others fearing for their lives.
Some pools of water, on land (...)
Four men were taken to a hospital in Asir after their small car veered off the road and collided with a giant tanker. The men were on their way to Mahayel Asir region on Friday. In another accident in Taif four men were moved to the hospital with (...)
year-old boy has been recovered after he drowned Thursday while swimming at a small lake left by floodwater. Rescue services were called by the father of the teenager but were unable to resuscitate him after divers located the body. “The body has (...)
A wave of dust storms is expected to hit Thursday in Riyadh, Makkah and Madina, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment has warned.
Dust storms that have hit some areas will continue and surface wind along the western coast would become (...)
A man in his thirties died on Friday when he accidentally shot himself with a weapon he was carrying while out on a day trip with his family. The body of the man, who reportedly died in front of his children, was taken away for forensic (...)
Residents of Abha have been growing increasingly concerned at foreign workers gathering in the town center at weekends, leading, they say, to unacceptable noise and the proliferation of pornographic materials, alcohol and drugs.
“I've been living (...)