Saudi Arabia’s security forces have sealed off a Shiite-majority town in the east of kingdom, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, following months of unrest and clashes with police. Saudi authorities last week said they seized control of a district of Awamiyah, a town in the eastern Qatif region where regime ...
Saudi authorities on Wednesday raided the historic neighborhood of Al-Masoura in Al-Awamiya, killing two people and injuring several others. Masked Saudi forces stormed the historic neighborhood, opening fire on the people who refused to leave their houses, a decision by Saudi authorities in a bid to destroy Al-Masoura’s houses. A ...