ABU DHABI, 4th July 2016 (WAM) --- The Muslim Council of Elders has condemned in the strongest terms the despicable terrorist attacks which hit the Saudi cities of Jeddah, Qatif and the Prophet's ...

Saudi Arabia’s state-run news channel ... two other explosions struck near a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif on the Gulf coast. Witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up outside ...

When Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on his first trip abroad as US ... Awamiyah – a 400-year-old district in the eastern Qatif province home to around 30,000 people – has been surrounded ...

QATIF, Saudi Arabia — A "Day of Rage" planned by critics of the Saudi Arabian government proved relatively calm Friday, with peaceful demonstrations in and around the eastern city of Qatif ...

Three other men from the Shia-dominated region of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia were also executed in May on similar charges related to terrorism. The executions have received coverage in Iranian ...

Although much has been said and written outside Saudi Arabia about the case, few foreigners have noticed the cultural and sectarian background of these crimes. Qatif is a center of the large Shia ...

The five young Shia men were all minors when they participated in peaceful demonstrations in al-Qatif, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, in 2011 and 2012. They also attended the funerals of ...

Saudi Arabia is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East ... protests erupted in the regional capital, Qatif. A young cameraman, Ali Filfil, began filming the government's response.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia executed four people convicted of terrorism in Qatif in the eastern part of the kingdom, state television said on Tuesday quoting a statement by the Interior Ministry.