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Chess is forbidden under Islam. That Sheik Abdullah al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, yesterday on the Saudi television announced.

Turkey's ambassador to Iran Thursday called for an end to media reports the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bad light.

Tehran accuses Saudi Arabia, its Iranian embassy 'deliberately' to have bombed. Some guards of the building were injured. This threatens a new and dangerous escalation in the conflict between the two regional powers.

For the first time since the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia executed on the Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr has reached out to the parties concerned. Tehran said Foreign Minister Sarif Wednesday that Iran does not want tensions in the region and welcomes any dialogue with neighboring countries.

The Gulf state of Bahrain has followed Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran. The government in Manama on Monday to leave the Iranian diplomatic mission 48 hours of the time given to the country. This has the state news agency of the kingdom announced Monday.

Iran and Saudi Arabia arguing unabated. Riyadh Sunday broke all diplomatic relations with Tehran. Iran on Monday bite himself again, including by declaring that the Saudis take advantage of the current situation and just want to throw oil on the fire in the conflict.

The new year is only a few days old, but Saudi Arabia has the sectarian fire in the Middle East again quite stoked with the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.

Saudi Arabia has called the Iranian ambassador in Riyadh on the mat. Iran had harsh words on Saturday criticized the execution by Saudi Arabia of 47 people, including prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

Saudi Arabia has announced Tuesday the formation of an Islamic military alliance of 34 countries in combating terrorism. This was announced by state television Arabiya TV.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the United States and Saudi Arabia want " terrorist groups " to participate in peace talks and that no one in Syria accepts such negotiations. He said in an interview with state media published Friday.

The Syrian opposition is Thursday agreed to bring together the political and armed groups for possible peace talks with the Syrian government of President Bashar al- Assad.

Divorced women and widows can in Saudi Arabia in the near future, regulate their family affairs without the intervention of a male relative or a judge. This was announced Wednesday the newspaper al- Riyadh on the orders of the Interior Ministry.

The Saudi customs at the border with the United Arab Emirates a shipment of 48,000 cans of Pepsi Cola exposed as a load of Heineken Beer.

The consultations Friday in the Austrian capital Vienna has started the war in Syria is the,null, beginning of a serious discussion, '' said development minister Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs).,null, It's a small start. ''

Saudi Arabia has expressed Friday in protest against a new publication of the Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.