-
UN committee expresses concern over UAE torture of Yemenis
Jul 30, 2022 10:40The United Nations Committee Against Torture has voiced concern over the torture and ill-treatment of Yemenis by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces, state security agencies, and on-state armed groups, calling for a "viable pathway” through which victims can seek justice.
-
The fist-bump was bad, but Biden's West Asia policies are worse
Jul 29, 2022 15:24Now 18 months into his presidency, Biden has to claim those Trump positions as his own. Consistency, not reversal, describes his West Asia policy. The fist-bump was the least of it.
-
New batch of US troops enters Yemen’s energy-rich Mahra province: Report
Jul 29, 2022 07:14A new batch of US military forces has entered Yemen’s southeastern province of al-Mahrah, as Washington continues its aggressive attempts to establish control over oil reserves and plunder natural resources in the energy-rich province.
-
Macron hosts MBS amid continued uproar over Khashoggi’s murder
Jul 29, 2022 04:46French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia's heir apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) amid the West’s efforts to welcome Riyadh back into the international fold despite global outrage at the kingdom’s atrocities.
-
Saudi-led coalition will be hurled into dustbin of history, Yemeni defense minister says
Jul 26, 2022 02:42The Yemeni defense minister in the National Salvation Government says the Saudi-led military coalition will be thrown into the “dustbin of history” if it does not change course and presses ahead with its atrocious campaign and brutal siege against its southern neighbor.
-
MbS eager for formal direct talks with Iran
Jul 25, 2022 04:04Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has expressed the kingdom’s willingness to hold official political negotiations with Iran, an Iranian spokesman quoted the foreign minister of Iraq as saying.
-
Saudi Arabia, Iran to hold first ‘public’ meeting on reconciliation talks in Baghdad
Jul 24, 2022 07:26Iraq says it will host a “public” meeting between Iran and Saudi Arabia at the level of foreign ministers as part of successive reconciliation talks mediated by Baghdad.
-
Palestinians face forced expulsions as Biden pledges allegiance to Israeli regime
Jul 21, 2022 15:18While Biden pledges allegiance to Israeli regime, thousands of Palestinians in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank are facing imminent forced expulsions from their homes.
-
Saudi forces seizes another Yemen-bound fuel tanker
Jul 20, 2022 13:36Yemen’s Petroleum Company (YPC) says the Saudi-led coalition has seized yet another Yemen-bound fuel ship in blatant violation of a UN-brokered ceasefire.
-
Senior Lebanese Shia cleric shrugs off Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, calls it 'theatrical event'
Jul 18, 2022 09:29A prominent Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric has played down an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah as a “theatrical event,” saying that the participants simply used the event to take a series of photographs.