Saudi Arabia

Yemeni operation targets 'depth' of Saudi soil

Dec 07, 2021 03:48

The Yemeni military launches a daring operation against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the kingdom and its allies' war on the impoverished country.
New report urges Biden to stop arms sales fueling Saudi 'devastation' of Yemen

Dec 06, 2021 12:24

As the ongoing Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen's war continues to kill, maim, and displace civilians—over 300,000 of whom have died during more than seven years of fighting—a report published recently urges the Biden administration to end critical U.S. support for the atrocity-laden campaign by blocking pending arms sales and stopping future weapons transfers.
Saudi warplanes launch fresh airstrikes across Yemen, continue ceasefire violations

Dec 06, 2021 03:59

Saudi Arabia has upped the ante in the war on Yemen by conducting a new round of airstrikes targeting various areas across the crisis-hit country, as Riyadh and its regional allies forge ahead with their devastating war and brutal siege against the Yemeni people.
Rights group: Saudi Arabia uses terrorism-related offences as means of quashing dissent

Dec 06, 2021 03:45

Saudi Arabia uses "terrorism-related offences" as means of quashing the dissent and the systematic arbitrary detention and torture of those suspected of committing the so-called offences, a rights group warns.
Fresh anti-government protests held in southern Yemen

Dec 06, 2021 03:30

Thousands of Yemeni people have filled the streets in cities of Aden, Taiz, and Mukalla in southern Yemen to protest against the government of former Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman

Dec 05, 2021 07:12

Human rights groups have criticized French President, Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Saturday (Dec. 04), which marked the first one-on-one public meeting of a major western leader with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia since the state-sponsored assassination of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
9 injured as fresh Saudi-led coalition air raids target Yemen's capital

Dec 05, 2021 04:02

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition invading Yemen targets the impoverished country's capital again, injuring nine people.
France complicit in Saudi-led coalition’s war crimes in Yemen: Official

Dec 04, 2021 06:06

A senior Yemeni official has lambasted France over its collaboration with Saudi Arabia in the devastating war on Yemen as French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Persian Gulf Arab countries and signed lucrative weapons deals there.
At least 16 people, including children, martyred in Saudi-led strikes in Yemen’s Ta'izz: Report

Dec 04, 2021 04:44

At least 16 people, including children, were martyred in Saudi-led strikes in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta'izz, a report says, as Saudi Arabia keeps bombing the southern impoverished neighbor in defiance of international calls to end its bloody war.
Outspoken Lebanese minister announces resignation to resolve Saudi dispute

Dec 04, 2021 02:54

Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi has submitted his resignation to ease tensions with Saudi Arabia amid a pressure campaign launched by Riyadh against Beirut in response to his comments critical of the years-long war on Yemen.