TEL AVIV — Saudi Arabia’s central bank and other banks have frozen the accounts of 1200 companies and officials as a widespread crackdown against corruption at the highest levels of the kingdom’s leadership continues, reported the Saudi paper Okaz.
TEL AVIV — Abu Baker Almaqdesi, a radical Islamist who returned to his native Gaza after fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, claimed in an interview that IS-linked groups in Gaza and the Sinai made a strategic decision to turn their arms against Israel.
Saudi Arabia’s parliament on Monday struck down a bill to allow women to drive. The Shura Council, the kingdom’s legislative body voted against a proposal to instruct the Labor and Interior Ministries to look into the matter, 65 to 62. In order to gain approval, the bill had to secure 76 votes.
A young Saudi woman was arrested after police were notified she was driving a car in Mecca. The woman, together with two male passengers, was handed over to the vice squad after intoxicating substances were found in the car. The
Saudi Arabia is facing a watershed moment in its history as its legislative body, the Shura Council, is set to vote on whether to give women the right to apply for a passport without the prior approval of a male chaperon.
Nusra Front, the Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda, has decided to go independent, the Arabi21 website reported citing several source.
