Saudi Arabia

UAE forced Yemen’s ex-president to support assault on Hudaydah: Report

Jun 14, 2018 08:41

The United Arabs Emirates (UAE) has reportedly forced Yemen’s former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, to come out in support of an Emirati-led offensive on the strategic port city of Hudaydah, which serves as the main conduit for humanitarian aid flow into the war-torn country.
UN ‘extremely concerned’ about Saudi-led assault on Yemen’s Hudaydah

Jun 13, 2018 14:55

The United Nations has expressed deep concern over an assault by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah as rights groups warn about the catastrophic repercussions of the offensive, which is considered the largest battle of the three-year war.
MSF ceases activities in northwestern Yemen after Saudi airstrike hit medical center

Jun 11, 2018 14:21

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has “temporarily frozen” its humanitarian activities in northwestern Yemen after an airstrike carried out by warplanes of a Saudi-led military coalition hit a cholera treatment center run by the international medical charity.
Dozens of Saudi mercenaries killed as Yemeni forces hit bases in Ta’izz, Hudaydah

Jun 10, 2018 14:58

Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries when Yemeni army forces separately fired two domestically-manufactured ballistic missiles at their base in the country’s southwestern province of Ta’izz as well as the western coastal province of Hudaydah.
Saudi Arabia arrests 2 more female activists as part of crackdown on dissent

Jun 10, 2018 03:31

Saudi Arabia has arrested two more female activists as Saudi Arabia continues its heavy-handed crackdown on voices of dissent.
UN peace plan wants Ansarullah in govt., end to Saudi strikes

Jun 09, 2018 08:10

The United Nations has reportedly drawn up a peace plan to end the Saudi war on Yemen amid the failure of international diplomacy to halt the deadly aggression.
Saudi's potential attack on Yemen's port of Hudaydah may kill 250,000, UN says

Jun 09, 2018 01:31

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen has warned that a military assault on the vital Yemeni port city of Hudaydah by the Saudi regime and its coalition partners may kill 250,000 people.
Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia collapses under bin Salman

Jun 08, 2018 00:49

Foreign investment in Saudi Arabia has collapsed under Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his extensive economic reform agenda, according to new data by the United Nations.
Yemeni forces take out mercenaries of Saudi Arabia: Yemeni media

Jun 07, 2018 07:49

Yemeni forces have killed a number of mercenaries fighting on behalf of Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s west, Yemeni media report.
Saudi Arabia issues first driving license to women ahead of ban lifting date

Jun 05, 2018 01:50

Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licenses to women weeks ahead of kingdom official lifting a ban on women drivers.