Saudi Arabia

US would be 'punishing itself' if it halts Saudi arms sales: Trump

Oct 14, 2018 02:34

President Donald Trump says the United States would be “punishing itself” if it halted weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, as pressure mounts on him to take action over the suspected murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia looking horrific given the Khashoggi affair

Oct 13, 2018 18:25

If reports from Turkey are to be believed, Saudi Arabia has likely murdered and gruesomely hacked to pieces dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul – a macabre crime that is bound to further tarnish the image of the ruling Wahhabi minority cult of Riyadh, especially Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) the self-imposed Heir Apparent to senile King Salman ibn Abdul-Aziz.
Yemeni navy unveils new domestically-manufactured Mersad sea mine

Oct 13, 2018 16:33

Yemeni naval forces have unveiled a domestically-designed and -manufactured sea mine that can target and destroy military vessels of Saudi Arabia and its regional allies, which have intruded into Yemen’s territorial waters in the strategic Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Saudis yet to cooperate in Khashoggi probe: Turkish foreign minister

Oct 13, 2018 16:30

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Saudi Arabia is not cooperating with the investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist who is suspected of being killed during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month.
Saudi Arabia deliberately targeting Yemen's food supply: Report

Oct 13, 2018 16:25

Saudi Arabia has deliberately impaired Yemen’s food supply by systematically targeting the war-torn country’s fishing installations, fishermen, agricultural sites and other food related infrastructure, according to a report.
Saudi jets attack buses in Yemen's Hudaydah, kill civilians

Oct 13, 2018 11:06

At least 15 Yemenis have been killed in a Saudi airstrike in Hudaydah that has become a flashpoint of a war being waged by Riyadh and its allies against the Arab world's poorest nation.
Turkey obtains recordings of Khashoggi's murder: Paper

Oct 13, 2018 08:14

Turkey has obtained recordings indicating that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured and killed at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, a Turkish newspaper reported on Saturday.
UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to swiftly release women's rights activists

Oct 12, 2018 14:35

Saudi Arabia must "immediately and unconditionally" release all women it has arrested and imprisoned on charges relating to their peaceful defense of human rights, officials mandated by the United Nations say.
Khashoggi’s possible murder opens gates of hell for Saudi regime

Oct 12, 2018 05:28

The case of the ‘missing’ Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, is making world headlines these days with most observers, analysts, and officials of Turkey where he vanished, and of the US, where he was living in exile as a naturalized American citizen, believing the dissident has been killed and his remains secretly disposed.
HRW urges Saudi allies to review ties over missing journalist

Oct 12, 2018 03:56

Pressure is building on the Riyadh regime amid reports of its role in the disappearance and suspected murder of a dissident journalist, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) urging Saudi allies, including the US and the EU, to reconsider their ties with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- who is reported to have ordered an “operation” against his critic.