Saudi Arabia

4th member of Saudi ruling family arrested over coup plot

Mar 08, 2020 08:47

Saudi Arabia has detained a fourth member of the Aal-e Saud clan in a new purge of ruling family members over an alleged coup attempt to unseat King Salman bin Abdulaziz Aal-e Saud and his heir apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).
Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil output next month, well above 10mn bpd: Bloomberg

Mar 08, 2020 05:03

Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, reportedly plans to increase oil output next month to more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) after its OPEC+ alliance with Russia collapsed, a move that would throw oil market into chaos.
Saudi-led coalition launches air raids in Yemen's Hudaydah

Mar 08, 2020 04:13

The Saudi-led coalition has carried out fresh airstrikes in Yemen’s Western Province of Hudaydah in violation of the 2018 Stockholm Agreement.
Saudi crown prince orders arrest of three senior royals, including his uncle: Reports

Mar 07, 2020 09:14

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, also known as MbS and seen as the de facto ruler of the kingdom, has reportedly detained three senior members of the Arab kingdom’s royal family, including his own uncle.
Yemenis eye Ma’rib as infighting rocks Saudi-led coalition

Mar 06, 2020 10:49

A senior Yemeni official has said the country’s armed forces are seeking to liberate the central province of Ma’rib after taking control of the neighboring strategic province of al-Jawf, which borders Saudi Arabia.
Yemeni air defense forces intercept, down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone

Mar 06, 2020 05:51

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan.
Iran's accusers cause instability, insecurity in region: Foreign Ministry

Mar 05, 2020 15:45

The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has slammed a recent statement issued by the so-called Arab Quartet Committee against Tehran, noting that those countries are themselves the main reason behind spread of insecurity, instability, and terrorism in the region.
Saudi Arabia expands ban on Umrah pilgrimage over coronavirus fears

Mar 05, 2020 07:38

Authorizes have banned their citizens and other residents of Saudi Arabia from performing Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca or visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina amid the rapid spread of a coronavirus worldwide, expanding an earlier such ban on foreigners.
Top Saudi court hands down life term to imprisoned Shia Muslim dissident

Mar 01, 2020 13:55

The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has sentenced an imprisoned political dissident from the oil-rich and Shia Muslim-populated Eastern Province to life in prison.
Video shows US intentionally destroyed Yemen’s air defenses before Saudi war began

Feb 28, 2020 10:03

A new video released by the Ansarullah movement shows the US destroyed Yemen’s air defenses well before 2015, when Saudi Arabia initiated its deadly war against the impoverished country.