ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI

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Saudi Arabia: Scores dead in crane collapse at Mecca mosque

A towering construction crane collapsed on Friday during a violent rainstorm in Saudi Arabia's city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 87 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage this month.

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and Adam Schreck, Associated Press●

September 11, 2015 at 11:30 am

New IS affiliate claims responsibility for Saudi bombing

An alleged new affiliate of the Islamic State group in Saudi Arabia has claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted a mosque used by police special forces in the kingdom's southwest on Thursday, killing 15 people.

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY●

August 06, 2015 at 12:12 pm