{"id":4217,"date":"2017-05-17T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4217-saudi-shia-town-under-siege-for-sixthday\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:26:17","slug":"saudi-shia-town-under-siege-for-sixthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4217-saudi-shia-town-under-siege-for-sixthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Shia town under &#8216;siege&#8217; for sixthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Saudi town has entered the sixth day under &#8220;siege&#8221; from the kingdom\u2019s security services, with several people reportedly killed in clashes between police and protesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>A Saudi town has entered the sixth day under &#8220;siege&#8221; from the kingdom\u2019s security services, with several people reportedly killed in clashes between police and protesters.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Saudi forces started their attack on Awamiyah on May 10, using gunships and heavy weapons. The city in the Eastern Province has a large Shia population.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Saudi regime says the aim of the raid is to allow the demolition of the historic Almosara neighborhood to make way for a planned renovation project.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Activists have posted pictures and videos of bulldozers being accompanied by heavily armored military vehicles towards the site.<\/h4>\n<h4>They say the residents of Awamiyah are suffering severe water shortage and are able to access power only from private generators.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Saudi town has entered the sixth day under &#8220;siege&#8221; from the kingdom\u2019s security services, with several people reportedly killed in clashes between police and protesters.\u00a0 \u00a0 A Saudi town has entered the sixth day under &#8220;siege&#8221; from the kingdom\u2019s security services, with several people reportedly killed in clashes between police and protesters.\u00a0 Saudi forces &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[752,489,38,79],"class_list":["post-4217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-kingdom","tag-people","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Shia town under &#039;siege&#039; 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