Saudi Arabia

King Salman OK's deployment of 500 US troops in Saudi Arabia

Jul 20, 2019 02:53

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has approved hosting of hundreds of US troops in the kingdom amid rising tensions in the region between the United States and Iran.
UN slams Saudi Arabia, UAE over 'hypocritical' Yemen aid promises

Jul 19, 2019 03:10

The United Nations has slammed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for undermining the UN's relief operations in Yemen by ditching humanitarian aid pledges to the war-torn country.
'UAE mercenary behind assassination plots against 30 Yemeni scholars, politicians'

Jul 19, 2019 02:49

Officials in Yemen’s southern coastal province of Aden have reportedly charged a strongman backed by the United Arab Emirates with orchestrating the assassination of more than two dozen religious scholars and political figures in the region.
US House votes to block Saudi arms sales, Trump to veto

Jul 18, 2019 04:15

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass resolutions that block the sale of precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over their crimes against the people of Yemen, defying veto threats by President Donald Trump.
US to send around 500 forces to Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions: Report

Jul 18, 2019 02:59

The administration of US President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to send hundreds of troops to Saudi Arabia amid escalating tensions with Iran and despite growing criticisms of Washington’s military ties with Riyadh over the regime’s gloomy human rights record.
Yemenis conduct fresh retaliatory drone attack on Jizan airport

Jul 17, 2019 08:04

Yemeni armed forces have launched a fresh retaliatory drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport, the fourth such raid on the kingdom's airports in the past hours.
Yemen conducts retaliatory drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid Air Base

Jul 16, 2019 03:32

Yemeni armed forces have launched fresh drone strikes on King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia's Southwestern Asir Province in retaliation for the kingdom’s bloody military aggression against the impoverished country.
Yemen sides agree to reinforce Hudaydah ceasefire

Jul 16, 2019 03:15

The warring sides in Yemen have agreed to take measures towards invigorating a standing ceasefire over al-Hudaydah, a key western port taking in the majority of the violence-racked country’s imports.
Saudi youth injured by regime gunfire during Qatif raid dies of wounds: Report

Jul 16, 2019 02:48

A young Saudi man has died more than a week after being injured by regime forces when they raided a district in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the country.
Saudi forces suffer heavy losses in Yemeni retaliation

Jul 15, 2019 07:59

Yemeni army and popular committees have killed or injured 10 Saudi-paid militiamen in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan.