King Salman and Crown Prince offer condolences to Azerbaijan president over plane crash    Shihana to continue serve as chief of reconstituted board of Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property    Ministry of Interior: Over 28 million digital identities issued via Absher    176 teams carry out 1.4 million volunteer hours at Prophet's Mosque in 2024    RCU launches women's football development project    RDIA launches 2025 Research Grants on National Priorities    Damac appoints Portuguese coach Nuno Almeida    GASTAT: Protected land areas grow 7.1% in 2023, making up 18.1% of Kingdom's total land area    Kuwait and Oman secure dramatic wins in Khaleeji Zain 26 Group A action    South Korea becomes 'super-aged' society, new data shows    Trump criticizes Biden for commuting death sentences    Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kryvyi Rih on Christmas Eve    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Four given jail terms for Amsterdam violence against football fans    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Saudi Arabia starts Gulf Cup 26 campaign with a disappointing loss to Bahrain    Gulf Cup: Hervé Renard calls for Saudi players to show pride    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Faheem Al Hamid
Is Taliban changing, or not changing? This is the big question
So far, the strategy that experts have read through the statements of the Taliban movement's leaders is that it wants to change the image that the Taliban has been painted over the past decades that it is a terrorist movement. And this appears to be (...)

19 - 08 - 2021
Where are the human rights defenders in the time of COVID-19?
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages across borders, continents and races, forcing nearly a third of the world's population into quarantine, lockdown and social distancing, Saudi Arabia has raised the bar on human rights by caring for all in the country — (...)

20 - 04 - 2020
King's wisdom and Crown Prince's support will make OIC summit a grand success: Sudais
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's experience and wisdom will make the 14th Islamic summit a success with the support of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who spares no effort to strengthen Islamic (...)

28 - 05 - 2019
Saudi Ivanka's dad ready to go to US to meet Trump daughter
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Salim Al-Anzi, a Saudi citizen who named his newborn baby daughter Ivanka, said he was willing to travel to Washington to meet President Donald Trump's daughter. "I am quite willing to travel to the US with my daughter to (...)

23 - 05 - 2017
Saudi Arabia is key to regional stability: Kelly
Okaz/Saudi Gazette Jeddah — The reason US President Donald Trump has chosen Saudi Arabia as the first country to visit as president is because of the long-drawn ties between the two countries and in view of the Kingdom's regional and global stature, (...)

16 - 05 - 2017
Many pacts to be signed during King's 31-day Asian tour next week
JEDDAH - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will embark on a five-nation Asian tour next week. Several landmark pacts are expected to be signed during the 31-day long historic and unprecedented royal visit to East Asia. Leading a strong (...)

23 - 02 - 2017
Prince Muhammad to explain Vision 2030 to G20 leaders
Hangzhou, China — Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, will explain Saudi Vision 2030 at the G20 Summit at the Chinese city of Hangzhou here on Sunday. Prince Muhammad arrived in China on Saturday (...)

04 - 09 - 2016
Iranian plot to sabotage Saudi-India ties foiled
Okaz/Saudi Gazette A SWIFT and tactical move by India has put paid to the Iranian trickery of sowing distrust in the strong and time-tested relations between Riyadh and New Delhi. A recent Iranian and Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Al-Alam news channel (...)

03 - 09 - 2016
Muhammad's talks in China to focus on bilateral ties
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — In response to invitations from Pakistan, China and Japan, Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, left on Sunday for the three nation tour. After a stopover in Pakistan, (...)

29 - 08 - 2016
No Saudis in Indian jails: Ambassador
JEDDAH — Saudi Ambassador to India Saud Al-Sati has categorically denied Indian media reports that two Saudis were killed in prison violence in the far east of the country early Saturday. "No Saudi has been killed in any prison," he told Saudi (...)

31 - 07 - 2016
Obama arriving today
JEDDAH – US President Barack Obama will arrive in Riyadh on Wednesday on an official visit to the Kingdom. He will hold wide ranging talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. Obama will also attend the US-Gulf Cooperation Council (...)

20 - 04 - 2016
Mauritius backs Kingdom's tough action against Iran
JEDDAH — The Kingdom's decision to sever ties with Iran following attacks on its diplomatic missions in Tehran and other cities is a sovereign act aimed at preserving its security and stability, Vice-Prime Minister of Mauritius Showkutally Soodhun (...)

10 - 02 - 2016
Al-Qaeda hiding Saudi diplomat in Gulf of Aden
Qaeda militants are hiding the abducted Saudi diplomat in the Gulf of Aden, security and tribal sources in Yemen said Friday. Following increasing tribal pressures and intensification of the search operations by Yemeni security authorities, the (...)

19 - 05 - 2012
Army continues envoy's search
Yemeni minister Okaz/Saudi Gazette SANA'A – Maj. Gen. Muhammad Nasser Ahmad, Yemeni Minister of Defense, said here Friday that the Yemeni army was continuing its search for the kidnapped Saudi diplomat, Abdullah Al-Khalidi. He stressed that (...)

28 - 04 - 2012
Yemeni President: King rescued Yemen from collapse
Yemeni President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi has paid tribute to the efforts and wisdom of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for having prevented further disintegration, conflicts and infighting in Yemen. In his first interview with a (...)

09 - 03 - 2012
IMF loan a cure – Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari says that while cash-strapped Pakistan is still averse to resorting to IMF aid, the country must consider the IMF option as a cure for its ailing economy. Zardari is to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with King (...)

02 - 11 - 2008
Pakistan wants trade not aid, says Zardari
Having frequently visited Islamabad for the last 15 years, I was taken aback on arriving in the city on Oct. 30 for an interview with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, by how much Pakistan's capital city has changed this time around. To my (...)

02 - 11 - 2008
‘Jeddah summit important for Arab solidarity'
Lebanese Minister of Public Works Ghazi Al-Areedi Monday described the talks between King Abdullah and visiting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman as cordial. The talks served a reminder of positive historical stances between the two countries and a (...)

14 - 10 - 2008
Lebanese president to arrive next week
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to arrive in the Kingdom on October 13 in his first visit since taking office last May. Scheduled talks between President Suleiman and King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, will focus on (...)

07 - 10 - 2008
6 Saudia staff found injured
strong crew of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) were injured in Saturday's deadly truck bombing here, Saudi Ambassador Ali Awad Asiri told Saudi Gazette. The crew had arrived early in the morning and were in the Marriott hotel when the truck bomb (...)

21 - 09 - 2008
PPP majority not threatened: Speaker
The Pakistani People's Party (PPP) of Asif Zardari will retain a parliament majority, Fehmida Mirza, Speaker of the National Assembly, told Saudi Gazette, Monday. Mirza, the country's first woman Speaker of the National Assembly, said that the PPP (...)

26 - 08 - 2008
We've a different plan to fight terror – Gilani
Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has unveiled three-pronged strategy to combat terrorism. In an exclusive interview with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, he said his strategy to fight terrorism was different from that of the United States. It (...)

25 - 08 - 2008
Leaders praise King's role for world peace
Several Arab, Muslim and world leaders have highlighted the pivotal role being played by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, in his quest for overall peace in the world. In statements to Okaz, they lauded King Abdullah's efforts to (...)

01 - 07 - 2008
Saudi-Spanish ties aimed at peace and prosperity
Spanish Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon held a lunch banquet in honor of Crown Prince Sultan on Friday at Palacio de Oriente. Crown Prince Sultan held extensive meetings on Friday with the Spanish leaders including Parliament president Jose Bono and (...)

07 - 06 - 2008
Spain expects positive results from Sultan's visit
Spain expects positive results from the visit of Crown Prince Sultan to the country starting Thursday. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Prince Saud Bin Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, the Kingdom's Ambassador to Spain, said great importance is (...)

05 - 06 - 2008
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