Saudi Arabia

Yemeni missile strike kills dozens of Saudi mercenaries in kingdom’s Najran

Jul 10, 2019 12:29

Dozens of Saudi-backed militants have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries when Yemeni army forces and their allies fired a domestically-manufactured ballistic missile at their camp in Saudi Arabia’s southern province of Najran.
US-led coalition should address harm to civilians during Syria operations: Human Rights Watch

Jul 10, 2019 03:59

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group should address the harm to civilians during military operations in war-torn Syria.
Saudi Arabia ordered 122 executions in first half of 2019: Rights organization

Jul 10, 2019 03:47

A Europe-based human rights organization says Saudi authorities have ordered the execution of 122 people in the first half of 2019 — well over double the number of beheadings carried out in the first six months of the preceding year.
Ansarullah demand complete withdrawal of Saudi-led coalition from Yemen

Jul 10, 2019 03:35

Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement has called for the full withdrawal of the Saudi-led military coalition from the conflict-ridden Arab country, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key part of that alliance, said it was going ahead with plans to reduce the number of troops in Yemen.
Hezbollah slams US sanctions on parliamentarians as 'humiliation' for Lebanese

Jul 10, 2019 02:41

Lebanese Lawmaker Ali Fayyadh has censured the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over adding two members of the country’s parliament to its list of sanctioned individuals on charges of acting on behalf of Hezbollah resistance movement.
US intelligence service closely cooperating with MKO terrorists: Iran’s UN envoy

Jul 10, 2019 02:29

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has described the Islamic Republic as a victim of terrorism and extra-national organized crime, stating that the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), supported by some regional and European countries, is working closely with the US intelligence service in a bid to descend Iran into chaos.
UN human rights expert criticizes US inaction over Khashoggi case

Jul 10, 2019 02:04

An independent United Nations rights expert, who conducted an investigation into the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October, has criticized the United States for its inaction over the case.
Suspected cholera cases in Yemen soar to 460,000: UN

Jul 09, 2019 07:05

The United Nations says war-torn Yemen has seen a sharp rise in the number of suspected cholera cases, as more than 460,000 cases have been recorded so far this year, compared to 380,000 cases for all of 2018.
UAE says reducing number of troops in Yemen in strategy shift towards 'peace'

Jul 09, 2019 03:51

The United Arab Emirates says it is reducing the number of its troops fighting as part of a Saudi-led military coalition which presses ahead with a years-long atrocious military aggression against the impoverished Yemen.
Yemenis target Saudi airport, power station in retaliation

Jul 09, 2019 01:42

Yemen’s Ansarullah popular defense movement says it has hit an airport and a power station, targeting southwestern Saudi Arabia in retaliation for an ongoing invasion of the impoverished nation by the kingdom and its allies.