Saudi Arabia

S. Africa under fire for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE amid crimes in Yemen

Jun 17, 2021 04:14

The High Court of South Africa has ordered the country’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to provide a list of companies that have supplied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with weapons found to have been used against civilians in the Yemen war.
Iran protests Saudi’s decision to bar pilgrims from Hajj over coronavirus

Jun 16, 2021 14:02

Iran’s top government authority on Hajj has protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
Saudi Arabia martyrs Shia Muslim youth for taking part in peaceful protests

Jun 15, 2021 12:07

Saudi authorities have martyred a youth from the Shia Muslim majority Qatif region in the Eastern Province over alleged incitement and taking part in peaceful protests against the regime in Riyadh among other baseless accusations.
Yemen: Army releases pictures of Saudi troops, Sudanese mercs captured during Jizan operation

Jun 15, 2021 07:14

The media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center has published the pictures and interviews of a number of Saudi troops and Sudanese mercenaries captured during a recent operation in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region, with an eye to swapping them with Yemeni prisoners held by the Saudi regime troops.
Spokesman: Yemeni forces' drone carried out new attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Intl. Airport

Jun 14, 2021 09:47

Yemeni forces have launched a new drone attack against Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing military aggression and its brutal blockade against the war-torn Arab country.
Saudi first quarter GDP shrinks 3%, hit by oil sector decline

Jun 14, 2021 09:07

Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product fell 3% in the first quarter, slightly less than official estimates and compared with a 1% contraction last year, as a sharp fall in the oil sector pulled back the economy, data showed.
Paper details US, Israel, Saudi role in coup plot against Jordan king

Jun 14, 2021 08:51

Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States joined forces to pressure Jordan's King Abdullah II to partake in the US-sponsored "normalization deals" with Tel Aviv, according to the Washington Post.
Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years

Jun 13, 2021 09:15

Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
US prioritizes war in Yemen: Houthi

Jun 11, 2021 06:43

A high-ranking Yemeni official has condemned the US decision to impose new sanctions on Yemen, saying the measure falls within a systematic plot aimed at suffocating the impoverished state’s economy.
US Treasury imposes sanctions on Yemeni, Syrian individuals, entities

Jun 11, 2021 03:12

The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on a network that it said is financially helping Yemen's popular Ansarullah resistance movement.