Saudi Arabia

Is oily economy-politics behind Saudis’ crude Canadian diplomacy?

Aug 17, 2018 17:29

Chile-based investigative journalist Whitney Webb, says on the current straining of ties between Saudi Arabia and Canada: For such an ugly and bizarre international fistfight to spring full-blown from a single critical tweet strains credulity. She adds: Underlying the Saudis hostile anti-Canadian actions may be a desire to signal the world to stay blind to the Riyadh regime’s internal repressions, or it may be an economic play with Canadian oil.
Yemeni civilians trapped as Saudi ramps up attacks on Hudaydah

Aug 17, 2018 08:22

Thousands of civilians are trapped in Yemen’s Hudaydah as Saudi Arabia and allies step up their attacks to invade the port city.
Yemen: United Nations Lise Grande visits hospital in Sa’ada (Video)

Aug 16, 2018 13:54

United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Lise Grande visited a hospital in Sa’ada, where dozens of the wounded children were being treated.
Saudi warships strike northwestern Yemeni village, six civilians dead

Aug 15, 2018 14:35

At least six civilians have lost their lives when Saudi military vessels deployed in the Red Sea launched a barrage of missiles at a residential area in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah as the Riyadh regime continues with its atrocious military campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
Iran writes to UN, renews support for intra-Yemeni talks

Aug 15, 2018 04:37

Iran renews its support for intra-Yemeni negotiations towards the resolution of the conflict there, saying the Saudi regime and its allies should stop their deadly attacks on the impoverished Arab state and give room to peace efforts.
Saudi Arabia releases 3 Iranian fishermen

Aug 15, 2018 01:44

Saudi Arabia has freed three Iranian fishermen detained by the kingdom's coastguard last year, the Director of Public Relations at Iran's Bushehr Province Fishery Department says.
US complicit in air strike that martyred dozens of children in Yemen

Aug 14, 2018 11:38

The target selected was a crowded marketplace area in the center of the city of Dahyan in Yemen’s northern province of Sa’da.
US-Saudi slaughter of Yemeni children blot on UN conscience

Aug 14, 2018 06:55

In a week of deadly airstrikes and mounting civilian deaths, Saudi Arabia, with the full backing of the US, has added the targeting of a school bus and the killing of over 50 Yemeni children to its growing list of crimes against humanity.
United States fully responsible for Saudi massacre of Yemeni children: Houthi

Aug 13, 2018 15:34

The chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, has vehemently condemned a recent deadly airstrike by Saudi warplanes on a bus carrying schoolchildren in the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, stating that the United States bears full responsibility for the carnage.
Yemenis hold funeral for children killed in Saudi airstrike

Aug 13, 2018 09:33

Huge crowds have gathered in Sa’ada to bury dozens of children recently slain during a Saudi airstrike on a school bus in northwestern Yemen.