Saudi Arabia

Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi jet in Asir: Ministry

Jul 12, 2018 14:30

Yemen's Defense Ministry says the country's air defense forces shot down a fighter jet in southwest Saudi Arabia in retaliation for fresh airstrikes by the kingdom against its impoverished neighbor.
Saudi, French defense chiefs sign agreement on protecting classified data

Jul 10, 2018 02:57

Riyadh and Paris have signed a military agreement on protecting classified information amid criticisms of France’s support for the Saudi regime’s bloody war against impoverished Yemen.
Yemeni drones hit Saudi communications systems

Jul 09, 2018 07:58

Yemeni drones have hit communications systems belonging to Saudi-led forces which have been attacking the country’s key port of Hudaydah, al-Masirah television network has reported.
Two killed in attack on security checkpoint in Saudi Arabia's Qassim: Interior Ministry

Jul 09, 2018 00:49

A Bangladeshi resident and a member of Saudi Arabia's security forces have been killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in the town of Buraydah in the Qassim Province, north of the capital Riyadh.
UAE prolongs compulsory military service to 16 months amid Yemen war

Jul 08, 2018 10:15

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended compulsory military service for Emirati nationals from 12 to 16 months amid the Abu Dhabi’s involvement in the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen.
Yemeni forces launch ballistic missile at industrial target in Saudi Arabia

Jul 07, 2018 00:51

Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Ansarullah movement and those from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically-designed and -developed ballistic missile at a strategic economic target in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s brutal military aggression against the impoverished country.
Yemen army advances despite Saudi-led assault

Jul 06, 2018 08:09

Yemen’s army has made significant gains across the country’s west coast, despite an unrelenting Saudi Arabian-led assault.
Scores of Saudi mercenaries slain, injured in Yemeni drone strike

Jul 06, 2018 02:33

Scores of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have lost their lives when Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched a drone strike against their positions in Yemen's southern port city of Aden.
Unemployment rate among Saudis rises to record 12.9 pct

Jul 06, 2018 02:20

Unemployment rate among Saudi citizens edged up to a record 12.9 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to official data, as the kingdom continues to suffer economically from a prolonged war on Yemen and a domestic fuel price hike.
Driving ban lifted, woman’s car set ablaze in Saudi Arabia

Jul 05, 2018 02:11

Only after one week that Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-long ban on women driving, a woman living in the holy city of Mecca has lodged a complaint with the authorities over an incident involving an arson attack on her car.