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Iranian Hajj pilgrim freed by Saudis
Oct 02, 2022 03:15An Iranian Hajj pilgrim who had been detained in Saudi Arabia has been released, Iraq and Oman announced.
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Iran: FM calls for ‘immediate’ release of citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia during Hajj pilgrimage
Oct 01, 2022 14:17Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called for the “immediate” release of an Iranian citizen detained in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj pilgrimage.
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German government approves new arms exports to Saudi Arabia: Reports
Sep 30, 2022 10:14The German government has approved new arms export deals to Saudi Arabia, more than three years after it halted weapons sales to the Persian Gulf kingdom due to Riyadh's war on Yemen and its role in the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UN needs to do more to clear Yemen of landmines: Rights group
Sep 28, 2022 06:12The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) has urged international organizations, especially the United Nations, to support its efforts in clearing the country of landmines.
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Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel tanker in another truce breach
Sep 28, 2022 04:33The Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen has seized another tanker carrying much-needed fuel to the besieged country, in yet another blatant violation of a UN-sponsored ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Yemen conflict.
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Iraq says working to arrange ‘foreign ministerial’ Iran-Saudi meeting
Sep 28, 2022 04:17Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, whose country has hosted reconciliation talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia, says Baghdad is currently working with Tehran and Riyadh to help boost the representation of the two sides in the talks from security and intelligence levels to foreign ministerial level.
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Yemen: Foreign firms warned against looting resources
Sep 27, 2022 14:15Spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, has warned foreign companies against their continued plundering of the country’s natural resources.
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Iran calls on UN to help end Saudi crippling blockade on Yemen
Sep 27, 2022 14:11Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called upon the United Nations to work toward lifting the crippling Saudi blockade on Yemen and facilitating genuine political dialogue between warring parties for the temporary truce to stay in effect.
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Yemeni Army, allied fighters ready to counter all forms of challenges: Defense Minister
Sep 26, 2022 07:53Yemen’s defense minister says the Arab country’s army and allied fighters are fully prepared to counter all forms of challenges as they strive to help create an independent and powerful Yemen.
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Intl. group: Saudi blockade on Yemen amounts to torture
Sep 24, 2022 08:32A prominent human rights organization has slammed the Saudi naval blockade on war-torn Yemen as amounting to torture, saying the Riyadh-led siege is pushing civilians into starvation.