Saudi Arabia

Al-Qaeda to join Saudi-led groups against Yemeni people, army

Apr 30, 2017 08:52

Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Qassim Al-Raymi, has issued a statement that his terrorist organization is ready to fight the Yemeni army and the popular forces in the war-hit country.
Two Saudi soldiers killed patrolling near Yemen's border

Apr 28, 2017 00:54

At least two Saudi troopers have been killed when Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, launched surprise attacks against them in response to Riyadh’s deadly airstrikes on the conflict-stricken country.
Iran in Syria at Damascus request, Lavrov tells Saudi FM

Apr 27, 2017 00:55

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed his Saudi counterpart’s allegation of Iran's interference in Syria, saying the Islamic Republic's advisers are in the Arab country at the request of the Damascus government.
UAE seeking to establish dominance over Yemen's strategic Socotra Island: Sources

Apr 25, 2017 00:23

Yemeni sources have revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to establish control over the strategic island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, which resigned president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi had rented out to the Persian Gulf kingdom for nearly a century.
US drone strike kills three civilians in southern Yemen

Apr 24, 2017 11:18

At least three Yemeni civilians have lost their lives when a US unmanned aerial vehicle carried out a strike in the southern part of the impoverished Arab country.
Saudi reinstates allowances to state employees to repel revolt

Apr 24, 2017 09:37

Saudi Arabia has restored financial allowances to civil servants and military personnel in an attempt to thwart possible unrest after calls for protests spread across the kingdom.
Watchdog slams UN for appointing Saudi Arabia to women rights body

Apr 24, 2017 01:17

A human rights watchdog group has lashed out at the United Nations for appointment of Saudi Arabia as a member of a committee on gender equality, despite Riyadh’s massive discrimination against women.
US, Zionist entity two sides of same coin, trying to destroy Yemen: Badreddin al-Houthi

Apr 23, 2017 12:26

Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, says the United States and the Israeli regime are two sides of the same coin and together they seek to destroy Yemen through a brutal military campaign launched by Saudi Arabia.
Egypt's Sisi visits Saudi Arabia to boost ties

Apr 23, 2017 12:15

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia for a visit to boost ties after months of tension.
Large explosion kills 7 militiamen in Yemen's Aden

Apr 23, 2017 12:14

At least seven militiamen have been killed and over a dozen of others have been injured after a shipment of ammunition accidentally went off in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, local officials say.