{"id":22634,"date":"2018-04-23T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T07:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/23\/saudi-arabia-issues-drone-restrictions-after-palace-confusion\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T07:54:30","slug":"saudi-arabia-issues-drone-restrictions-after-palace-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/saudi-arabia-issues-drone-restrictions-after-palace-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Issues Drone Restrictions After Palace Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 23-04-2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Interior Ministry has instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations are finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king&#8217;s palace in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital&#8217;s Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest in the world&#8217;s top oil exporter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior Saudi official told Reuters there were no casualties when the drone was shot down and that King Salman was not in the palace at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State news agency SPA reports a security screening point had noticed the flying of a small unauthorised recreational drone, leading security forces to deal with it &#8220;according to their orders and instructions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Interior Ministry spokesman says a law for the use of drones was in its final stage and called on users to obtain the necessary police clearance to use the devices &#8220;for particular reasons in permitted locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 23-04-2018 \u00a0 Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Interior Ministry has instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations are finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king&#8217;s palace in Riyadh. 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