Saudi Arabia

Fearful of US, Saudi Arabia, UAE not willing to defuse tensions with Iran: FM Zarif

Feb 16, 2020 05:15

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are not willing to defuse tensions with Iran maybe because the United States has warned them against holding any dialog with the Islamic Republic.
IRGC rejects US claim about seizure of Yemen-bound Iranian weapons in Gulf of Aden

Feb 16, 2020 03:47

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed a recent allegation leveled by the United States about the seizure of an Iranian Yemen-bound arms cache in the Gulf of Aden, saying the US makes such claims in an attempt to make up for its defeats in Yemen.
At least 30 civilians martyred in fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen's Jawf

Feb 15, 2020 12:16

At least 30 civilians have been martyred and many others injured in fresh air raids conducted by Saudi warplanes on Yemen's northern Jawf Province, Yemeni media report.
Yemeni missile shoots down Saudi-led fighter jet in Jawf

Feb 15, 2020 06:22

Yemeni army forces have shot down a fighter jet belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in retaliation for the alliance’s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.
Saudi minister lauds Trump’s West Asia plan amid Palestinian outrage

Feb 14, 2020 03:43

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir has hailed US President Donald Trump's so-called ‘deal of the century’ on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict as positive, claiming the initiative can provide the basis for negotiations between the Palestinians and the Tel Aviv regime.
Saudi Arabia launches new arrest campaign against Palestinian expatriates

Feb 13, 2020 12:44

Saudi regime authorities have launched a new campaign of "arbitrary" arrests against Palestinian expatriates living Saudi Arabia on charges of supporting the Hamas resistance movement.
Saudi court postpones trial of prominent dissident rights activist

Feb 13, 2020 03:45

Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court has postponed a hearing in the case against prominent human rights defender Mohammed al-Otaibi, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues in the country.
Yemeni air defense forces shoot down third Saudi spy drone in less than week

Feb 12, 2020 03:25

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted the third unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in less than a week, in retaliation for the alliance’s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.
Talks meant to resolve ongoing Persian Gulf dispute break down: Sources

Feb 12, 2020 02:59

Diplomatic sources say negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Qatar to resolve a bitter bilateral conflict and end a Persian Gulf regional diplomatic and economic rift have broken down soon after starting.
Turkish military presence on Syrian soil aimed at saving terrorists: Damascus

Feb 11, 2020 13:32

The Syrian government has strongly condemned Turkey’s deployment of more military reinforcements to militant-held areas in the country’s embattled northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, emphasizing that such actions will fail to save terrorist groups that are targeting civilians in the war-ravaged country.