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In this June 21, 2018 photo, Nour Obeid looks at cars at the Al-Jazirah Ford showroom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This Sunday, Saudi Arabia will lift the world's only ban on women driving and Obeid's husband is encouraging her to get her license and drive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Car dealers gear up for Saudi women to hit the roads

By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB - Associated Press

From left, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Russian President Vladimir Putin watch the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which opens the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, Russia get their 1st win at the World Cup

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

First Saudi women receive driving licenses amid crackdown

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this May 5, 2018 photo, a giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar. At a time when the U.S. hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided ahead of the anniversary of the diplomatic crisis in Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been keeping out of the limelight for the past month, with public sightings of him becoming rare. The crown prince has become a target of propaganda connected to Iran where stories erroneously report his death. (Associated Press)

Iran propaganda reports Mohammed bin Salman death to destabilize Riyadh

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

By DESMOND BUTLER and TOM LoBIANCO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Fiji's Alvin Singh is yellow carded by referee Fahad Al Mirdasi of Saudi Arabia during a group C match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Germany and Fiji at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A World Cup-bound referee, who is one of Asian football’s most experienced officials, has been placed under investigation in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Football Federation removed Fahad Al Mirdasi from overseeing the King’s Cup final on Saturday, May 12, 2018 after referred him to administrative investigators. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio, file)

Referee selected for World Cup investigated in Saudi Arabia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ahmad Al-Mezyed, chief executive of the General Culture Authority, speaks during a press conference for the Saudi Arabia Film Council at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 11, 2018. Saudi Arabia recently lifted a 35-year ban on cinemas and has erected its first pavilion at this year's Cannes film festival. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

For Saudi Arabia, a coming-out party at Cannes

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Iraqi soldiers prepare to cast their votes in early voting for Iraq's security forces, prisoners and hospital patients ahead of Saturday's national parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2018. The vote will be the first since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group and the fourth since the 2003 U.S.-led toppling of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi election: Shiite split could check Iran’s influence

By Tamara Emad and Gilgamesh Nabeel — Special to The Washington Times

Yemen’s Iran-allied rebels fire missiles at Saudi capital

By BY ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 30 2018 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents material on Iran's purported nuclear program in Tel Aviv. Iran's rivals long have wanted to scuttle the nuclear deal with world powers, but its destruction could backfire and spark even more unrest in parts of the Middle East as Saudi Arabia threatens to launch its own nuclear weapons program in response. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Nuclear deal’s opponents seek tougher stance on Iran

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia opens second movie theater with region’s Vox

Associated Press

In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, US military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Guantanamo Bay prison population hits 16-year low with transfer of Al Qaeda terrorist, al Darbi

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2016, file photo shows the The Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. The Philippines is the latest foreign government to plan an event at Donald Trump's Washington hotel, even as the president faces lawsuits alleging he is violating the Constitution by accepting such business. The Philippines says the hotel is a fitting venue for its June 12 Independence Day party because other embassies have held national celebrations there, but ethics experts question the motive for the choice, especially since the Philippines is currently negotiating a trade deal with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Philippines latest foreign country to book Trump’s DC hotel

By BERNARD CONDON and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, Egypt's national soccer team pose for a photograph ahead of the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match between Egypt and Congo at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

WORLD CUP: Salah can rouse Egypt after 28-year wait

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2018 photo, workers restore the Al Sarreha Mosque in the 18th century Diriyah fortified complex, that once served as the seat of power for the ruling Al Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The UNESCO World Heritage site lies in a conservative, arid patch of the country and is unlikely to feature high on any bucket lists for world travelers, but the kingdom is hoping to alter perceptions as it prepares to open the country to tourist visas and international tour groups later this year.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia uses ancient tourist site to alter its history

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 19, 2018 photo, Najla Sultan bin Awwad works at Sephora in Riyadh. The mother of two in her 30s started working for the first time a year ago at the store, says even women who cover their face with a veil are becoming bolder in public, wearing colored contact lenses, eyelashes and drawing their eyeliner they way they want.(AP Photo/Aya Batrawy)

Saudi women spend big on makeup, even if it’s just a glimpse

By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB - Associated Press

In this Aug. 21, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Defense Department, Qatari special operations personnel conduct a military free-fall Friendship Jump over Qatar. The U.S. military has halted some exercises with its Gulf Arab allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting Qatar, trying to use its influence to end the monthslong dispute, authorities told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/ U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Qatar joins drills in Saudi Arabia in sign of GCC thaw

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Visitors wait in front of a &quot;Black Panther&quot; movie banner, during an invitation-only screening, at the King Abdullah Financial District Theater, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Saudi Arabia held a private screening of the Hollywood blockbuster &quot;Black Panther&quot; Wednesday, to herald the launch of movie theaters that are set to open to the public next month. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and ‘Black Panther’

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

In this Wednesday April 17, 2018, photo, Dr. Awwad Alawwad, the Saudi Minister of Culture and Information, tours the King Abdullah Financial District Theater to follow up on preparations, a day ahead of the first public screening of a commercial film in more than 35 years in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia will hold a private screening of the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther to herald the launch of movie theaters that are set to open to the public next month. (Center for International Communication via AP)

First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and ‘Black Panther’

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press