ants to bring water, massive highway infrastructure development, and huge housing blocks. When the city became the capital in the 1980s, replacing Jiddah, Salman oversaw the construction of its diplomatic quarter to house the foreign embassies. The movement of foreign diplomats to Riyadh was a tricky

ersaw the construction of its diplomatic quarter to house the foreign embassies. The movement of foreign diplomats to Riyadh was a tricky issue. In Jiddah they lived in a more traditionally tolerant Hejazi city; in Riyadh they would be in the heartland of the Saudi Wahhabi fundamentalist Nejd. Salman

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"no immediate response from Saudi officials, even as videos and images posted on social media indicated a fire burning at a Saudi Aramco complex in Jiddah." China Says It Has Eliminated Extreme Poverty. The Wall Street Journal <https://www.wsj.corn/articles/china-says-it-has-met-its-deadline-of-elimin

a cemetery in Saudi Arabia." IS "primarily targeted French diplomats attending the ceremony in remembrance of the end of World War I." The attack in Jiddah "wounded three people, leaving them with light to minor injuries." The terrorist group "primarily targeted the French consul attending the ceremony

McAuley, Fahim, 14.2M) says while "details of the incident remain unclear, it follows a knife attack on a security guard at the French Consulate in Jiddah late last month after France doubled down on defending caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, a stance that triggered protests and boycotts across th

McAuley, Fahim, 14.2M) says while "details of the incident remain unclear, it follows a knife attack on a security guard at the French Consulate in Jiddah late last month after France doubled down on defending caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, a stance that triggered protests and boycotts across th

st (11/23, Raghavan, 14.2M) reports, "Yemeni rebels on Monday said they fired a missile that hit a Saudi oil storage facility in the Red Sea port of Jiddah, claiming that it was in retaliation for the Saudi-led coalition's involvement in Yemen's war." The "apparent assault came hours after the kingdom