Saudi Arabia

Assassination reports rise amid rift among Saudi royals

Mar 09, 2019 02:32

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has escaped an assassination attempt by his brother Bandar bin Salman, an Israeli newspaper reports.
US, UK bombs caused 1,000 civilian casualties in Yemen: Report

Mar 08, 2019 02:50

A US-based human rights group has revealed that British and American weapons have martyred and maimed nearly 1,000 civilians, including over 120 children, in the Saudi war in Yemen.
Arab League ministerial statement ‘unconstructive, invalid’: Qassemi

Mar 07, 2019 16:29

Iran has lambasted as counterproductive and divisive a recent statement by the Arab Quartet Committee, which accused the Islamic Republic of intervention in regional affairs.
36 nations, including Europeans, rap Saudi Arabia for 1st time at UN rights body

Mar 07, 2019 16:25

As many as 36 countries, including all 28 members of the European Union, have taken Saudi Arabia to task for the first time at the United Nations Human Rights Council over Riyadh’s glaring rights violations.
Western arms exporters complicit in Saudi, Israeli crimes: Iran

Mar 07, 2019 04:13

Iran has blasted Saudi Arabia and Zionist regime for killing innocent people in Yemen and Palestine, saying the Western countries selling weapons to Riyadh and Tel Aviv are “complicit” in the atrocities the two regimes have been committing.
Germany extends ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Mar 07, 2019 02:05

Germany has extended a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia imposed over the kingdom’s deadly campaign against Yemen and the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi prosecutors bring jailed moderate Sunni preacher to secret trial: Report

Mar 07, 2019 01:59

Saudi public prosecutors have reportedly put an imprisoned political dissident on secret trial as a brutal crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers and intellectuals widens in the oil-rich kingdom.
‘King Salman outraged by Bin Salman’s recent moves’

Mar 06, 2019 02:38

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz is said to be outraged by the recent moves made by his son, Crown Prince Mohammed, the Guardian has reported, hinting at growing signs of a potentially destabilizing rift between the king and his heir.
Yemen: UK’s Hunt distorting terms of Hudaydah ceasefire deal

Mar 05, 2019 11:47

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has censured recent comments by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on the control of Hudaydah, saying the top UK diplomat is distorting the terms of a UN-mediated ceasefire deal reached between the Yemeni warring sides in Sweden over the strategic Red Sea port city.
Qatar: Arms deal with Russia 'none of Saudi business'

Mar 05, 2019 04:42

Qatar has told the Saudi regime not to meddle in its potential arms purchases from Russia, stressing that such a deal is none of Riyadh's business.