JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia is quietly planning to raze slums in one of its largest cities to make way for newer, restored neighborhoods as part of a wider plan to keep up with ...

With its vast oil wealth, Saudi Arabia has one of the highest concentrations ... struggle to get by in the capital’s southern slums. While the government has finally acknowledged that poverty ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Crowned with cranes ... a long-standing plan to raze what the municipality categorized as “slums” or “older local areas” beset by substandard infrastructure ...

Whole areas of Saudi Arabia's second city are being razed to ... that cover a substantial slice of the older parts of Jeddah as slums - vilifying them as dens of crime and vice.

"The talk about slums and unlicensed buildings is all false ... Jeddah, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia, is home to 4.5 million people. It is an important economic hub and the gateway ...