Saudi Arabia

US, not Iran, threatens world's energy security: Minister

Jul 08, 2019 02:20

Iran's oil minister says the world's energy supply is threatened by the United States, not Iran which is a major guarantor of energy stability and peace in the region.
Yemeni armed forces display new domestically-built missiles, drones

Jul 07, 2019 12:20

Yemeni Armed Forces have unveiled new domestically-built military hardware, including ballistic and winged missiles in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, which Sana'a says could act as game changers in the face of the Saudi-led military aggression against the Arab country.
Saudi Arabia intensifies arrest campaign against Palestinians

Jul 07, 2019 02:05

An exiled academic and political dissident says Saudi authorities have launched a new arrest campaign against Palestinian expatriates living in the conservative kingdom.
Yemeni army, allies attack Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport by drones

Jul 07, 2019 01:55

The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says army troopers and allied fighters from Popular Committees have launched a string of airstrikes against hangars in Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport near the border with Yemen, using a squadron of domestically-manufactured Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drones.
Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after Wahhabi-inspired bombings

Jul 05, 2019 08:45

Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultra-conservative Wahhabi school for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
Saudi airports come under fresh retaliatory raids by Yemen

Jul 05, 2019 01:38

Yemen's Ansarullah forces have carried out fresh retaliatory strikes against military sites in Saudi Arabia's Abha and Jizan Airports after bypassing the kingdom's air defenses.
Yemeni forces say they have intercepted Saudi-led reconnaissance drone

Jul 04, 2019 03:03

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.
Saudi Arabia taking Iranian oil tanker 'hostage'

Jul 04, 2019 02:23

Iranian officials have warned Saudi Arabia against holding an oil tanker "hostage," describing it as an "illegal seizure" and a case of "ransom-seeking" aimed at gaining concessions from Iran.
UN expert urges ban on spy tech sales to Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi's murder

Jul 03, 2019 03:15

A UN expert, who recently concluded a probe into the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, has called for sanctions on surveillance technology sales to Riyadh, amid reports that the regime has been using such spyware to keep track of the dissidents living abroad.
Iran happy with decisions adopted in OPEC meeting: Oil minister

Jul 03, 2019 01:05

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says he is happy with decisions adopted in a recent meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including an extension to supply cuts to the global market.