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Saudi: ‘We have taken in 2.5m Syrian refugees’ Monday, 14 September 2015 15:38   56   19     0   80 File photo of Syrian refugees Saudi Arabia has received appro ximately 2.5 million Syrian refugees since the start of the conflict and spent $700 million in aid, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this weekend. “The Kingdom of #SaudiArabia does not intend to speak about its efforts to support #Syrian brothers and sisters, during their distress, as it has, since the beginning of the problem, dealt with the situation from a religious and humane perspective, and did not wish to boast about its efforts or attempt to gain media coverage,” the ministry wrote on Facebook. Adding that following misleading media reports, the Kingdom has decided it is important to reveal details of the efforts it has taken to help the refugees. The statement explained that the refugees have “been given the freedom to move about...

The Saudi Arabian princess who was granted asylum in Britain after giving birth to an illegitimate child feared flogging and stoning if she was made to return home. British and Saudi authorities have declined to comment on the woman's case but it is understood that she told an Asylum Tribunal that she would face the death penalty under Sharia law. The woman, who has been granted refugee status and anonymity, is married to an elderly member of the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia and met her non-Muslim English boyfriend during a visit to London. Saudi Arabian princess seeks asylum in Britain over illegitimate child Vatican plans to open church in Saudi ArabiaShe became pregnant the following year and persuaded her husband to let her return to the UK so she could give birth in secret. She has now become one of a handful of Saudi citizens to apply to the UK courts for asylum. Such cases are not generally acknowledged by the British government for fear that highlighting the persecution of ...