Saudi Arabia

Yemeni forces, Saudi-backed militants clash near Bab al-Mandeb

Jan 13, 2017 12:26

Yemeni armed forces have reportedly engaged in heavy fighting with pro-Saudi militants near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula state.
Spain king due in Riyadh with talks on lucrative warship deal on agenda

Jan 13, 2017 11:34

Spain’s monarch is due in Saudi Arabia to reportedly help secure a lucrative warship deal with Riyadh, which has been under fire by rights groups for its bloody war against neighboring Yemen.
Saudi court upholds rights activist’s 8-year jail term

Jan 12, 2017 03:38

A Saudi court has upheld an eight-year prison sentence for an activist in the latest case of the regime’s systematic persecution of human rights campaigners.
Saudi campaign has killed 1,400 Yemeni kids, UNICEF says

Jan 11, 2017 13:47

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says nearly 1,400 children have been killed in the ongoing deadly Saudi campaign against Yemen.
Rights groups slam Saudi Arabia for cracking down on activists

Jan 11, 2017 11:58

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have slammed Riyadh’s relentless crackdown on human rights campaigners in the kingdom, say Saudi authorities are yet to release two activists recently arrested.
Saudi attacks claim three lives in Yemen

Jan 11, 2017 11:53

At least three Yemenis have been killed in separate attacks by the Saudi military targeting western Yemen.
UK admits selling 500 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia

Jan 11, 2017 11:32

The United Kingdom exported 500 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s which the country used in its war on Yemen, an official report shows.
Saudi medical aid found in terrorists' positions in Syria's Aleppo

Jan 10, 2017 13:54

Russian sappers found a number of Saudi medical equipment in areas which were under terrorists' rule before the Eastern Aleppo was taken back from terrorists.
Britain confesses selling cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia

Jan 10, 2017 13:51

An official report shows that Britain exported 500 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s which may have been used in the current war against Yemen.
Saudi Arabia detains 2 rights activists for online activities

Jan 10, 2017 11:51

An independent human rights organization says Saudi Arabia has arrested two rights campaigners for their online activities amid unrelenting crackdown on free speech in the kingdom.