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Sanders: US should not maintain ‘warm relationship’ with Saudi Arabia
Jul 18, 2022 02:08Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying the United States should not maintain a “warm relationship” with the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia’s opening of airspace to Israeli flights ‘grave insult’ to Muslims: Top Hezbollah official
Jul 17, 2022 07:45The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced Saudi Arabia’s decision to open its airspace to all flights to and from the Israeli-Occupied Territories.
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Ex-Khashoggi lawyer detained in UAE, rights group says
Jul 17, 2022 03:10UAE security agents have detained US citizen Asim Ghafoor, former lawyer of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on charges related to an in absentia conviction for money laundering.
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At regional summit, Biden says US won't leave West Asia
Jul 16, 2022 15:15US President Joe Biden has said America would not leave the West Asian region, saying any vacuum left would be filled by Washington's rivals.
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International Committee of Red Cross: Children, mothers dying in Yemen due to a lack of health services
Jul 16, 2022 12:18Despite the UN-brokered truce, the consequences of the Saudi-led war are still taking the lives of Yemeni women and children. A recent report by the International Committee of the Red Cross says a mother and 6 newborns die every two hours in Yemen, of complications that occur during pregnancy and causes that can be avoided in normal circumstances.
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Iraq PM vows to push for Iran-Saudi rapprochement to ease regional tensions
Jul 16, 2022 11:06Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says his country will keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia in line with efforts to ease regional tensions.
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Yemen: Ansarullah warns Arabs of disastrous consequences of Biden visit
Jul 16, 2022 10:19Yemen’s popular Anasrullah resistance movement has strongly denounced US President Joe Biden’s trip to West Asia, stating the visit aimed to push for further normalization of diplomatic ties between Israel and Arab countries.
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Khashoggi shadow looms large as Biden seeks reset of ties with 'pariah'
Jul 16, 2022 03:45The slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s shadow loomed large over US President Joe Biden’s maiden visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday and his much-anticipated meeting with Khashoggi’s killer – the kingdom’s de-facto ruler and crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
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Iraq won't become base for threats against neighbors, affirms PM Kadhimi
Jul 16, 2022 03:29Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says the summit in Saudi Arabia will not feature discussions about normalization with the Israeli regime while asserting that his country will never become a base for threats against its neighbors.
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Biden lands in Saudi Arabia, country he once vowed to make 'pariah'
Jul 16, 2022 01:43US President Joe Biden landed in Saudi Arabia on Friday on the second leg of his four-day regional tour, welcomed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah by Prince Khalid Al Faisal, a senior member of the royal family and the governor of Mecca.