Saudi Arabia

Saudi warplanes bomb Yemeni capital after blast at Aden airport

Jan 01, 2021 06:15

Saudi warplanes have bombarded targets in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, a day after a large explosion struck the airport in the southern port city of Aden as a plane carrying members of the newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet landed there.
Iran sympathizes with families of Aden airport attack victims

Dec 31, 2020 11:05

The Spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry offered sympathy with the families of victims of a deadly attack on the Aden airport on Wednesday, blaming the continued foreign invasion for violence and instability in Yemen.
Yemen’s Ansarullah: Detained Saudi pilots will only be exchanged for Palestinian inmates

Dec 31, 2020 08:15

The Ansarullah movement has conditioned the release of Saudi pilots in Yemeni custody on the freedom of Palestinian inmates held in the Saudi prisons.
Blasts hit Yemen's Aden airport after Saudi-backed 'regime' arrives

Dec 30, 2020 14:26

Explosions have hit an airport in Yemen’s southern city of Aden after a plane carrying a self-proclaimed regime backed by Saudi Arabia landed from Riyadh.
Trump administration approves billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt

Dec 30, 2020 08:39

In its final days in office, the administration of US President Donald Trump has approved arms sales to three Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, amid widespread criticism of their bleak human rights record.
PGCC ministers discuss resolution of Qatar dispute in online meeting

Dec 28, 2020 10:48

The foreign ministers of Persian Gulf Arab countries have held an online meeting ahead of a summit of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) to discuss settlement of the diplomatic row with Doha.
Any Israeli attack on Yemen will set the region ablaze: Foreign ministry official

Dec 28, 2020 02:43

An official from the Yemeni Foreign Ministry has warned the illegal Zionist entity against an act of military aggression against the West Asian country, stressing that such a measure will spark off an all-out war in the region and the regime will be the first to suffer.
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis worsened amid COVID

Dec 27, 2020 06:34

It is hard to comprehend the magnitude of the crisis in Yemen: approximately one child dies every 12 minutes in the country, where 24 million people need humanitarian aid. Nearly 18 million people have no access to clean drinking water, a problem that will worsen in the future. For Yemenis, COVID-19 was only the latest epidemic; the county has in recent years faced outbreaks of malaria, dengue and cholera. Even the outbreak of COVID-19 did not stop the Saudi- led US- supported violence.
Yemeni children suffer malnutrition amid ongoing Saudi blockade

Dec 24, 2020 16:10

An estimated 12 million children face a nightmare in Yemen, where one child dies every ten minutes due to poor healthcare services and preventable diseases amid the ongoing blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition.
Saudi-led aggression kills over 3,800 Yemeni children: Health minister

Dec 24, 2020 13:26

The Yemeni minister of health says the military onslaught by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies has claimed the lives of over 3,800 children in the crisis-hit Arab country, while more than 400,000 minors are acutely malnourished and require urgent care.