Yemen

Yemeni forces, allies shoot down Saudi-led surveillance drone in Ta’izz

Sep 18, 2019 12:41

The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 91,000 lives over the past four and a half years.
Iran seeks to reduce tensions but will surprise aggressors in case of attack: Senior official

Sep 18, 2019 12:34

Iran’s top security official says the Islamic Republic seeks to reduce tensions and avoid confrontation but will give a crushing response to any act of aggression or attempt to endanger the country’s interests.
Japan: Iran did not conduct Saudi attacks

Sep 18, 2019 07:42

Japan says it has not seen any evidence to prove a claim by the United States that Iran was involved in recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
The UK flouts ban, sells arms to Saudi Arabia

Sep 18, 2019 01:55

The UK government believes more than £250,000 worth of radio spares was shipped to troops deployed in the war in Yemen. The original order was for almost half a million pounds worth of equipment, but officials stepped in and cancelled it. Another license for £5,000 worth of radar components has been revoked too, because officials concluded it “might be used in the conflict in Yemen.”
Riyadh doesn’t yet know who carried oil strikes or why: Saudi energy minister

Sep 18, 2019 01:49

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says Riyadh does not yet know who were behind the highly disruptive drone attacks on Saudi Aramco petroleum and gas processing plants at Abqaiq and Khurais in the kingdom's Eastern Province, which sent crude prices skyrocketing.
Those disregarding Yemenis’ blood must bear consequences: Ansarullah

Sep 17, 2019 11:29

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has censured support for the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors in the wake of Yemeni retaliatory drone attacks on Aramco oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, stressing that those who have no reservations at all about the bloodletting in the war-ravaged country must bear the consequences of their actions.
Iran defends Yemen drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities as 'self-defense'

Sep 17, 2019 03:44

Iran's president says the Yemeni army's recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities were merely for legitimate self-defense, and no one can expect them to remain silent when their country is destroyed.
Yemeni missile hits gathering of mercenaries in Saudi Arabia’s Asir province

Sep 16, 2019 14:58

Yemeni forces have targeted gathering of mercenaries fighting for the Riyadh regime in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir with a domestically-manufactured missile.
China slams as ‘irresponsible’ US accusations of Iran involvement in Saudi oil attack

Sep 16, 2019 10:18

China's Foreign Ministry has censured as “irresponsible” the US accusations that Iran was behind the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s key oil installations.
US claims about Iran role in Aramco raid 'maximum deceit'

Sep 16, 2019 08:31

Tehran has once again dismissed Washington's claims of Iran role in Yemen's attack on Saudi Aramco's oil plants as "maximum deceit" to hide the utter failure of the "maximum pressure" campaign against the Islamic Republic.