AHSA
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Born in a small farming town in southern Saudi Arabia, he grew up in Al Ahsa, not far from the sprawling Saudi Aramco compound in the eastern part of the country.
From New York Times
It could be two employees of Vinnell Arabia who were attacked by a former colleague in Al Ahsa, not Riyadh, that month; or the killing in October 2014 of another US VA employee, which did take place in Riyadh.
From The Guardian
Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki told state television the kingdom was seeking to root out Islamic State's presence, especially after a gun attack on a Shi'ite mosque that killed five people in nearby Ahsa village in November.
From Reuters
In November, the extremist Islamic State group was accused of being behind the shooting and the killing of eight worshipers in the eastern village of Ahsa.
From Los Angeles Times
But the last major episode of sectarian violence inside the kingdom came six months ago, when a gunman killed five people in the Shiite village of Dalwa, in the Al Ahsa region of the Eastern Province, at the end of the Shiite holiday of Ashura.
From New York Times
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