Saudi king issues decree allowing women to drive

CAIRO- 26 September 2017: King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia issued a decree on Tuesday allowing women to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom's status as the only country where that is forbidden.


The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June 2018, according to state news agency SPA.