Lebanon believes Hariri held in Saudi, wants foreign pressure: top official

Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh, and Beirut plans to work with foreign states to secure his return, a top Lebanese government official said on Thursday. Source Reuters

Where’s Saad Hariri? Lebanon Wants to Know

Saad Hariri, the prime minister, who had previously shown no signs of planning to quit, unexpectedly flew to Saudi Arabia and announced his resignation from there, to the shock of his own close advisers. He has not been back since, and no one is sure when, or if, he is returning. Source The New York Times

Saudi security officer dead in 4th Qatif terror attack in 10 days

A security officer from the border guards died Thursday evening and his colleague was injured after they were shot by unknown assailants while performing their security duties. The incident took place a week after two security officers from the special emergency forces in Al-Musawara district in Qatif province died and six others were injured in consecutive terrorist attacks. Source Arab News

Second Saudi prince Abdul Aziz confirmed dead

Yet another Saudi prince has been killed in the last 24 hours. Prince Abdul Aziz, 44, was the youngest son of King Fahd. Hours after the death of Mansour Bin Muqrin, son of former crown prince Muqrin al-Saud, Twitter is abuzz with the reports of death of yet another Saudi prince Source IndiaToday

Oil hits highest level since July 2015 amid Saudi purge

Oil jumped to a more than two-year peak as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince cemented his power through an anti-corruption crackdown. Source: Daily Sabah

Saudi Purge Sees Senior Princes, Top Billionaire Detained

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman embarked on the most sweeping crackdown yet of his reign, ordering security forces to arrest senior princes including one of the world’s richest men and driving out one of the most prominent officials from his ministerial role. Source: Bloomberg

Iran rejects ‘malicious’ Saudi accusations after attack

Iran has rejected accusations by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen that it was involved in the firing of a missile that was intercepted north of Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh.
Source: AlJazeera