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Regional Roundups
News in brief from around the region.
Egypt Briefs
A summary of Egypt-related news.
Saudi forces seize protestors calling for regime change
Security forces detained about 14 people on Thursday in Saudi Arabias main cities of Jeddah and Riyadh, deploying in force to confront demonstrations called by a dissident Islamist group against the strictly conservative regime.
Riyadh ‘will defeat’ terror
Saudi Arabia has yet again renewed a pledge to defeat terrorism, just as suspected Islamist gunmen shot dead an Irish cameraman and gravely wounded a BBC correspondent on Sunday.
Riyadh signals endorsement of plot claim by unleashing media on Qadhafi
Muammar Qadhafi, alleged to have been involved in a plot on the Saudi Crown princes life, said June 6 that he regretted former U.S.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar struggle to settle longstanding differences
Despite new mediation efforts this week by Kuwait, Gulf states Saudi Arabia and Qatar are struggling to overcome their differences, with mutual suspicion that each is supporting the others opponents, diplomats say.
Former Saudi diplomat joins opposition
A former Saudi diplomat based in The Hague who says he lost his job for complaining about corruption at his country’s embassy in the Dutch capital announced on Tuesday that he had joined an exile opposition movement.
Wahhabis, royal and clerical
WHATS NEXT?: LEBANESE WORKERS AT BEIRUT AIRPORT CARRY THE COFFINS OF SIBLINGS JAD MEZHER, 7, AND RAYA MEZHER, 4, FROM A SAUDI PLANE. THE CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THE BOMBING OF THE AL MUHAYA EXPATRIATE COMPOUND IN SAUDI ARABIA IN NOVEMBER.
Jailed Al Qaeda suspects go on hunger strike
A number of prisoners suspected of ties to the Al Qaeda network have gone on a hunger strike at a prison in Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, the kingdoms opposition-in-exile said.
