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Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, delivers a keynote address at Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Ivanka Trump lauds Saudi, UAE on women’s rights reforms

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2019 file photo, Bodies covered in plastic lie on the ground amid the rubble of a Houthi detention center destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, that killed at least 60 people and wounding several dozen according to officials and the rebels' health ministry, in Dhamar province, southwestern Yemen. A database project that tracks violence says Yemen's civil war has left more than 100,000 people dead since 2015. The Armed Conflict Location &amp; Event Data Project, or ACLED, said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, the war's death toll includes more than 12,000 civilians killed in attacks directly targeting civilians. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

U.S. says airstrikes kill over 30 civilians in Yemen

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this July 14, 2019 photo, 35-year-old Mohammed Eissa, an Ethiopian farmer and other migrants he met along the way, take shelter inside a damaged shipping container on the side of a highway, near Lac Assal, Djibouti. Over the past three years, the IOM reported 9,000 Ethiopians were deported each month. Many migrants have made the journey multiple times in what has become an unending loop of arrivals and deportations. Eissa is among them. This is his third trip to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Migrants cross Yemen war zone to find work in Saudi Arabia

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAAD AL-ZEKRI - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to his supporters during his election campaign speech in Rosh Haain, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Hebrew on board reads &quot;Gantz&quot;. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Saudi foreign minister: No meeting planned with Netanyahu

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2019 photo, Ethiopian Tigray migrants stand in line as they are counted by smugglers after arriving to the coastal village of Ras al-Ara from Djibouti, in Lahj, Yemen. According to the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration the number of women making the trip jumped from nearly 15,000 in 2018 to more than 22,000 in 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Determined: Ethiopian female migrants risk all for Saudi

By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, photo, a Saudi man carries his coffee pot as he walks past a banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Human rights organization Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has used a special anti-terrorism court as &quot;a weapon of repression&quot; to imprison peaceful critics, dissidents, activists, journalists, clerics and members of the kingdom's minority Muslim Shiites, including some who were sentenced to death and executed. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Muslim nations reject Trump’s Mideast plan in Saudi meeting

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

A man holds the daily Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper fronted by a picture of President Donald Trump, at a coffee shop in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace plan Tuesday alongside a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, presenting a vision that matched the Israeli leader’s hard-line, nationalist views while falling far short of Palestinian ambitions. Arabic reads &quot;Trump plan... new borders between Palestine and Israel.&quot; (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Gulf Arabs back Donald Trump’s Mideast efforts, but not peace plan

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, Jan, 23, 2020. The event marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz under the title 'Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism' is held to preserve the memory of the Holocaust atrocities by Nazi Germany during World War II. (Abir Sultan, Pool via AP)

Israel to allow its citizens to visit Saudi Arabia

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Civilians fled as Iraqi forces advanced on Mosul in 2017 after oppressive occupation by the Islamic State. Shifa al-Nima, a Muslim religious scholar, said he “issued fatwas to confiscate houses of displaced people and permitted ISIS fighters to blow up mosques.” (Associated Press)

Shifa al-Nima, ISIS leader, confessions provide look into atrocities

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Director Bryan Fogel, left, and Hatice Cengiz pose for a portrait to promote the film &quot;The Dissident&quot; at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Khashoggi documentary ‘The Dissident’ lands at Sundance

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, Jeff Bezos attends the premiere of &quot;The Post&quot; at The Newseum in Washington. United Nations experts on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 have called for &quot;immediate investigation&quot; by the United States into information they received that suggests that Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked after receiving a file sent from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's WhatsApp account. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

Saudi crown prince’s WhatsApp linked to Bezos phone hack

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 file photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, attend the signing of a power-sharing deal between Yemen's internationally recognized government and Yemeni separatists that are backed by the United Arab Emirates, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

Leading NGOs boycott Saudi Arabian G20 civil society talks

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi King Salman, right, receives Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Japan’s Abe meets Saudi king amid threats in Persian Gulf

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

New Oman ruler vows to uphold late sultan’s peaceful policy

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 19, 2019 file photo, a U.S. Navy patrol boat carrying journalists to see damaged oil tankers leaves a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base, near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The United States’ Gulf allies have pushed for hawkish policies by Washington to pressure, isolate and cripple Iran, but this high-stakes strategy is now being put to the test by the surprise U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful military commander. As the region braces for what comes next, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are calling for de-escalation. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Risky Gulf Arab strategy tested by killing of Iran general

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Atletico Madrid's Koke celebrates his goal with teammates during the Spanish Super Cup semifinal soccer match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at King Abdullah stadium in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Atlético rallies to beat Barcelona and reach Super Cup final

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Real Madrid's head coach Zinedine Zidane instructs his players during the Spanish Super Cup semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Valencia at King Abdullah stadium in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Zidane’s experiment with 5 midfielders pays off for Madrid

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Fans on the stands, waiving Real Madrid flags, wait for the start of the Spanish Super Cup semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Valencia at King Abdullah stadium in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Valverde: Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia for the money

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Valencia's goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, center, fails to stop the opening goal from Real Madrid's Toni Kroos during the Spanish Super Cup semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Valencia at King Abdullah stadium in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Madrid beats Valencia 3-1 to reach Spanish Super Cup final

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