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Saudis reveal details of attempted assassination of minister

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has identified the suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate the country's assistant interior minister last Thursday and released details of a phone conversation between the two men prior to the attack.

Convicted killer beheaded, put on display in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday, an act that prompted a stiff denunciation by a leading human rights monitor.

Hundreds held in Saudi terror swoop

Saudi authorities announced a massive anti-terrorism sweep Wednesday that netted more than 500 members of a purported al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell said to be planning attacks on Saudi targets, including major oil installations.

Saudi arrests 11 al Qaeda members

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced Thursday it had arrested 11 al Qaeda members in the span of 48 hours who were responsible for financing and encouraging terrorism.

Saudis say they've busted massive terror plot

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has confirmed the arrests of scores of suspects in an anti-terror sweep related to a terror plot involving attacks on senior officials and government oil, military and security installations, according to a statement posted on the state-run Saudi Press Agency Web site.

Gunmen kill two Saudi guards in shootout near prison

A gun battle broke out Thursday near a prison in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, and two security guards were killed, the Saudi government said.

Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects

Saudi security officials said Saturday they foiled a planned terrorist suicide attack and arrested 139 suspected Islamist militants who were in "sleeper cells" believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda.

Saudi shootout kills '5 militants'

Saudi security forces shot and killed five suspected militants Monday in a two-hour gun battle in an eastern suburb of the capital, Riyadh, the Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry told CNN.

Pilgrims march to Mount Arafat

More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims from almost 180 countries started moving after sunrise Monday towards Mount Arafat to perform the central rite of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city.

Saudis: Al Qaeda 'big fish' killed

Several al Qaeda "big fish" were among the 15 terrorists killed and seven captured in a series of gun battles and raids in and near Riyadh since Sunday, Saudi security officials say.

Saudis reveal details of attempted assassination of minister

Convicted killer beheaded, put on display in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday, an act that prompted a stiff denunciation by a leading human rights monitor.

Hundreds held in Saudi terror swoop

Saudi arrests 11 al Qaeda members

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced Thursday it had arrested 11 al Qaeda members in the span of 48 hours who were responsible for financing and encouraging terrorism.

Saudis say they've busted massive terror plot

Gunmen kill two Saudi guards in shootout near prison

A gun battle broke out Thursday near a prison in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, and two security guards were killed, the Saudi government said.

Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects

Saudi shootout kills '5 militants'

Saudi security forces shot and killed five suspected militants Monday in a two-hour gun battle in an eastern suburb of the capital, Riyadh, the Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry told CNN.

Pilgrims march to Mount Arafat

More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims from almost 180 countries started moving after sunrise Monday towards Mount Arafat to perform the central rite of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city.

Saudis: Al Qaeda 'big fish' killed

Several al Qaeda "big fish" were among the 15 terrorists killed and seven captured in a series of gun battles and raids in and near Riyadh since Sunday, Saudi security officials say.

Al Qaeda-linked group takes credit for Saudi attack

A Saudi group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility early Tuesday for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in which at least five employees and four attackers were killed.

Frenchman shot dead in Saudi

A French national who worked as an engineer in Saudi Arabia was ambushed and killed by gunmen as he drove through a Jeddah neighborhood early Sunday.

Saudi deadline up for militants

A Saudi government program promising leniency for suspected militants if they turned themselves in expired at the end of Thursday, with more than 80 people having taken advantage of the offer.

Saudis find U.S. hostage's head

Saudi security forces carrying out a major anti-terrorist operation have found the head of slain U.S. hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr., a Saudi Interior Ministry official said.

U.S. hostage's head found in freezer

The head of slain American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr., who was kidnapped and beheaded in Saudi Arabia last month, has been found in a freezer, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said.

Saudi forces in shootout with suspected militants

Saudi security forces, police and national guard units have staged a major operation against suspected al Qaeda militants in the capital, killing at least two and arresting the wife of the fifth-most-wanted man in the kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

Saudis: 57 militants surrender

The Saudi Interior Ministry has announced another 57 wanted militants have surrendered to security officials in recent days under a month-long leniency offer set to expire this week.

More militants surrender, Saudi Arabia says

Another 27 wanted militants have surrendered to Saudi security officials over the last several days under a month-long leniency offer set to expire this week, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry.

Associate of Osama bin Laden surrenders

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was not necessarily a menacing sight on Saudi television -- a paralyzed man being carried off a Saudi airliner after arriving in Riyadh. He was pushed away in a wheelchair.

Friends and enemies in Saudi Arabia

In a bold, chilling claim posted on an Islamist Web site, terrorists linked to al Qaeda say sympathizers within the Saudi security forces helped them kidnap American Paul Johnson.

BBC crew gunned down in Saudi

A freelance cameraman working for the British Broadcasting Corporation has been killed and a correspondent for the network wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the network says.

Saudi security rises after attack

Saudi Arabian authorities say security has been tightened around possible Western targets after a weekend attack left 22 people dead.

Saudi: Gunmen allowed to escape

Three of four attackers who killed 22 people in the Saudi oil city of Khobar were allowed to escape because they were threatening to kill 242 people being held as human shields, a senior Saudi Interior Ministry official says.

Saudis blame al Qaeda for attack

Saudi Arabian government officials Sunday blamed al Qaeda terrorists for a series of weekend attacks in the oil city of Khobar that left at least 22 people dead -- 19 of them from other countries.

Gunmen kill several at Saudi oil compound

Four attackers entered a Saudi compound and opened fire on workers Saturday, killing six, Saudi officials said.

Saudi police believe al Qaeda suspects cornered

Saudi security forces say they believe they have cornered four suspects, including al Qaeda's top coordinator in the Arabian Peninsula, in an area northwest of the capital Riyadh.

Saudi bomb: pro-al Qaeda claim

A group that says it is sympathetic to the aims of al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that ripped through the Saudi capital Riyadh, killing five and the bomber, and wounding 147 others.

Saudis in 'total war' on terror

The Saudi ambassador to the United States says his nation is now in "total war" against terrorists following a car bombing that ripped through the capital Riyadh, killing four people and wounding 148 others.

Saudis blame al Qaeda for bombs

A senior Saudi official has said the Saudi government believes al Qaeda is responsible for the suicide bombings in Riyadh on Wednesday.

Gunman, officer killed in Riyadh firefight

Saudi police battled gunmen believed to be wanted terrorists Monday night in an eastern neighborhood of Riyadh. The fighting left one Saudi security officer dead, along with one militant killed and four others wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.

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