Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Yemen
Houthis demand ousted President Saleh be hanged at ‘Gate of Yemen’
:: Houthi militias in Yemen on Friday launched a scathing attack against ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, their former coup ally. Accusing him of treason, the militia demanded that Saleh should “be killed and hanged at the Gate of Yemen,”
Houthi militia fails to launch missile from Sanaa, wounds civilians
:: Sources in Sanaa said that Houthi militias failed to launch a ballistic missile from Faj Attan to fall in Thahban area north of the capital, while it was mainly targeting the Saudi Arabia territory. The sources added that the
Yemeni minister slams UN for ‘rewarding’ Houthi crimes
:: Yemeni’s Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani criticized the UN for providing Houthi militias and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh with $14 million to remove mines. Iryani said in a statement published by the Yemeni news agency SABA
Yemen: Saleh’s party threatens to break partnership with Houthis
:: Deposed Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s political party has formally warned that they will end their partnership with the Houthi militias after they released a statement on Wednesday. In their statement, the General People’s Congress party in Sanaa accused
Saudi forces kill 20 Houthis in special operation off Najran
:: Saudi forces launched a special operation off the Najran area, killing 20 Houthi militia and ousted Saleh loyalists on Wednesday. Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported that Saudi forces earlier spotted an attempt by the militia to move towards the border
Yemeni people trust Saudi Arabia, says deputy prime minister
:: Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Maj. Gen. Hussein Mohammed Arab, praised the Saudi humanitarian and active role in the Yemeni cause saying the Yemeni people trust the Kingdom. “Saudi Arabia has dealt with the Yemeni people
US strikes kill ‘dozens’ at ISIS training camps in Yemen
:: The US military said Monday it killed dozens of ISIS fighters at the group’s training camps in central Yemen, in the first such strikes in the country’s conflict. Witnesses said villagers were prevented by tribal leaders from approaching the
Coalition: Four Houthi field commanders killed opposite Najran
:: Military sources revealed on Monday the death of four Houthi militia field commanders during air raids by the Arab Alliance coalition to support the legitimacy in Yemen. The coalition targeted militia sites opposite the border city of Najran region,
Yemen: Iran uses Houthi militias ‘like puppets’ to destabilize region
:: The Yemeni government has again accused Iran of using the Houthi militia as”puppets” to destabilize the region. The government also complained about numerous Iranian interferences in the country. In a statement on Saturday, the Yemeni government said that Iran’s
Saudi-led coalition intervenes to save seriously ill Saleh’s life
:: Saudi Arabia has intervened to rescue the life of the ousted Yemeni president for the second time. A Yemeni source has confirmed the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition to save the life of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh,
Yemeni government says it did not receive details about UN envoy’s initiative
:: The Yemeni government said it did not receive any details about the initiative which UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said is comprehensive towards finding a solution to the Yemeni crisis. Yemen Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi told
UN opens second line of contact with Houthis in Hezbollah stronghold
:: Diplomats in New York told Lebanese daily An-Nahar that the office of UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has opened a “second” line of contact with the Houthis via the Almasirah television channel that broadcasts from Beirut’s
Houthis take over second largest Saleh camp in Sanaa
:: Houthi militias seized a camp of the Republican Guard forces south of Sanaa who are loyal to outset President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Various Yemeni sources confirmed on Tuesday that the Houthis have taken full control of the Dabwa camp,
Mekhlafi: UN only sees Yemen’s tragedy through Sanaa’s suffering
:: In its latest report on violations of children, the United Nations has ignored abuses committed by Houthi militias against Yemeni minors, Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi told a press conference on Tuesday. During
Houthi militias fire missile at a school in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan region
:: Houthi armed militias fired a ground-to-ground missile targeted at a school in the the village of Al-Jaradiyah in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. No injuries of casualties have been reported so far. An official source at the Command
Cholera epidemic claiming unborn children in Yemen
:: One of the latest victims of the cholera epidemic that has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen had yet to even take her first breath. Her mother Safaa Issa Kaheel, then nine months pregnant, was brought into a
Yemen government reopens Central Bank branch in Taiz
:: Yemen’s internationally recognized government has reopened the local branch of the Central Bank in the southwestern city of Taiz for the first time since war broke out in early 2015, Yemeni al-Masdar Online news website reported on Monday The
Arab League secretary-general spokesman: UN report on Yemen requires more precision
:: “The annual report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on children in armed conflict, and the allegations it included against the Saudi-led coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen, requires more precision, investigation and research,” Mahmoud Afifi, the official spokesman of the
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