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Saudi, allies cry foul over UN resolution on Yemen
Sep 29, 2018 11:04Saudi Arabia and its allies have cried foul over a UN Human Rights Council resolution that extended the mandate of an international investigation into war crimes in Yemen, despite Riyadh’s efforts to abort the mission.
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Taliban deny meeting Afghan officials in Saudi Arabia ahead of elections
Sep 29, 2018 10:12A Taliban spokesman has rejected reports that the group’s representatives have met an Afghan government delegation this week in Saudi Arabia, after sources said a meeting was held to discuss security issues ahead of Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections.
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UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of investigators on Yemen
Sep 28, 2018 16:14The UN Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Yemen war crimes investigators, despite attempts by Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies to bully their way out of accountability for abuses in an atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
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Iran warning to US, Saudi, UAE: Don't cross our red lines
Sep 28, 2018 10:52A senior IRGC commander says Saudi Arabia and the UAE must await the Iranian nation’s crushing response if they keep crossing the Islamic Republic’s red lines.
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Taliban meet Afghan govt. officials in Saudi Arabia ahead of elections
Sep 28, 2018 10:29Representative from the Taliban have held a meeting with Afghan government officials in Saudi Arabia after earlier plans for another meeting with American officials broke down.
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Saudi forces martyr 3 anti-regime activists in Shia-populated Qatif
Sep 28, 2018 01:31Three anti-regime activists were reportedly martyred in a Wednesday raid by the Ale Saud regime forces on a house in the Shia-populated Qatif region in the east of the Arab kingdom, as the Riyadh regime continues its brutal crackdown on political dissidents.
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‘Yemeni ballistic missiles hit targets in Saudi Arabia’
Sep 27, 2018 08:37Yemeni armed forces have reportedly fired domestically-designed and -developed ballistic missiles at military targets in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border regions of Jizan and Asir, in retaliation for strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition waging war on Yemen.
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Rights groups urge Riyadh regime to free dissident Yemeni writer
Sep 27, 2018 01:53International human rights groups say Saudi authorities are holding a popular Yemeni writer with a large number of Twitter followers incommunicado for months, calling for his immediate release.
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Saudi regime forces raid Shia-populated Qatif, 7 injured
Sep 27, 2018 01:33At least seven people have sustained injuries when Saudi regime forces carried out an operation in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents.
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Qatar’s monarch slams Saudi-led blockade as flagrant violation of intl. law
Sep 26, 2018 04:55Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has censured the ongoing Saudi-led diplomatic and trade boycott against his energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom, describing the move as a flagrant violation of the international law.