Saudi Arabia

Unemployment rate among Saudis rises to record 12.9 pct

Jul 06, 2018 02:20

Unemployment rate among Saudi citizens edged up to a record 12.9 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to official data, as the kingdom continues to suffer economically from a prolonged war on Yemen and a domestic fuel price hike.
Driving ban lifted, woman’s car set ablaze in Saudi Arabia

Jul 05, 2018 02:11

Only after one week that Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-long ban on women driving, a woman living in the holy city of Mecca has lodged a complaint with the authorities over an incident involving an arson attack on her car.
Yemeni retaliatory attacks left 38 Saudi soldiers dead in June

Jul 04, 2018 14:36

A recent report has revealed that Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees killed and injured dozens of Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions in June as part of their retaliatory raids against the Riyadh regime’s aerial bombardment campaign.
Iran exports to Qatar surge most since Saudi siege

Jul 04, 2018 10:15

Iran’s exports to Qatar grew at the fastest pace since Doha cut diplomatic and economic ties with a Saudi-led quartet last June, suggesting that the tiny Persian Gulf state remains resilient to pressures to change its policies.
Riyadh says ready to balance market with surplus oil

Jul 04, 2018 00:59

Saudi Arabia says it is ready to use its surplus two million barrels of oil production capacity to even out the global market.
UNICEF slams ‘carnage’ of over 2,200 Yemeni children

Jul 03, 2018 14:26

The UNICEF chief has slammed the “carnage” of over 2,200 children during the ongoing war in Yemen, warning that millions of other children are currently suffering the agonies of the humanitarian crises in the country.
Iran rejects spat with Russia over Saudi oil push

Jul 03, 2018 12:04

A senior Iranian oil official has played down differences with Russia over a Saudi-led push to raise crude oil production which has prompted Tehran to warn against breaching OPEC’s current output limits.
Saudi warplanes strike wedding convoy in northwestern Yemen, kill 11

Jul 03, 2018 11:56

Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets carried out airstrikes against a wedding convoy in Yemen’s northwestern mountainous province of Sa’ada as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its crisis-stricken southern neighbor.
UAE claim of halt in offensive against Hudaydah not true: Yemen’s Ansarullah

Jul 02, 2018 01:06

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues with its weeks-long offensive against the port city of Hudaydah, stressing that its recent claim of a halt in the offensive has only been made in an attempt to “deceive public opinion.”
UAE suspends offensive against Yemen's Hudaydah

Jul 01, 2018 12:19

The United Arab Emirates has announced a pause in its weeks-long military campaign on Hudaydah amid reports that the Saudi-led push has hit a brick wall in the face of stiff resistance from Yemen's Ansarullah movement.