Saudi Arabia

Human rights group voices concern over deliberate medical negligence inside Saudi jails

Sep 14, 2021 00:51

A human rights organization has expressed serious concern about the deliberate medical negligence against political opponents and opposition figures kept in detention centers across Saudi Arabia, saying it is in line with the Riyadh regime’s brutal crackdown against pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom
US Speaker Pelosi ‘deeply concerned’ over Saudi air worker’s custodial torture

Sep 13, 2021 02:40

US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has expressed "deep concern" over the torture of a Saudi aid worker while in detention in the kingdom.
Newly released FBI memo hints at Saudi involvment with 9/11 hijackers

Sep 12, 2021 04:30

The FBI has released the first batch of certain documents related to its investigation of the 9/11 attacks which fortified suspicions of official Saudi involvement with the hijackers of the planes.
AP: US removes missile systems in Saudi Arabia amid Yemeni strikes

Sep 11, 2021 13:01

The United States has removed its most advanced missile system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, the Associated Press reports, even as the kingdom faces retaliatory missile and drone strikes from Yemen.
'It's time we expose the truth': 9/11 families demand answers on anniversary

Sep 11, 2021 11:13

As the United States prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, families of the victims and others demand to know the truth about the deadliest strike on American soil and who was responsible for it.
Yemeni drones target southwestern Saudi Arabia in retaliation for war

Sep 09, 2021 03:06

Yemeni Armed Forces have launched a new drone operation against Saudi targets in the kingdom’s southwest in response to Saudi Arabia’s ongoing military aggression on its southern neighbor.
Saudi-led air raids on Yemen caused more than 18,000 civilian casualties since 2015: UN

Sep 09, 2021 02:58

At least 18,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed or wounded by Saudi-led airstrikes since the kingdom launched the war on its impoverished Arab neighbor in 2015, a United Nations panel says.
Envoy: Iran-Saudi talks 'friendly'; both sides seeking progress

Sep 08, 2021 06:16

Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi says the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia have yet to mutually agree on the time and location of their next round of negotiations.
Yemen: US, UK dual approach meant to keep up arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Sep 07, 2021 08:40

Yemen’s Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has slammed the US and Britain for openly supporting Saudi Arabia in its military aggression against Yemen while urging the Sana’a government defending the country to stop fighting, saying such a dual approach is meant to keep up arms sales to the Riyadh regime.
Former FBI agent says two 9/11 Saudi hijackers helped by US-based network

Sep 06, 2021 07:26

A former FBI agent involved in an investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks says two of the hijackers received help from a US-based network of Saudis, including Omar al-Bayoumi who had ties to the Saudi government.