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
UN: Yemen ceasefire ‘largely holding’
A ceasefire between Yemen’s warring parties which began at midnight local time (2100 GMT) on Sunday appears to largely be holding despite reports of clashes, the UN spokesman said. Shortly after the truce began, clashes were reported in the city
Yemen’s ceasefire begins, FM warns of violations
Yemen’s foreign minister expressed alarm after reported breaches minutes after a ceasefire went into effect at 2100 GMT on Sunday in the country, just a week before the upcoming UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait. “Until now we do not know
Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni govt soldiers
Suspected Al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents said. The soldiers were detained while travelling from the southern port of Aden to al-Mahra province
Cross-border shelling from Yemen kills two in Saudi
Shelling from Yemen has killed two people in a Saudi town, the civil defence agency said, in a rare breach of a calm in the border area agreed with Iran-backed militias early last month. “Shelling from Yemeni territory on Samtah
Warplanes set al Qaeda compound in Yemen on fire
Warplanes believed to belong to the Saudi-led coalition bombed and set ablaze an al Qaeda compound in southern Yemen on Monday, residents said, the latest attack to target the militant group that controls at least two cities in the country.
Hadi appoints top army general as vice president
Yemeni President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi appointed top Army General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as vice president, sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Sunday. Hadi also relieved Khalid Bahah of his duties as a prime minister, and appointed him as an
French navy seizes weapons cache heading from Iran to Yemen
French naval forces have seized a large weapons cache headed towards Somalia on March 20, a CNN report said on Wednesday. The cache, according to the report, is considered the second weapons seizure in the region this month. Both shipments
Yemeni army advances against al-Qaeda in Aden
The Yemeni army backed by local fighters seized control of parts of Aden held by al-Qaeda on Wednesday as part of a push to clear the hardline group from its stronghold in the southern port city, a security official said.
Yemen militias swap prisoners with Arab coalition
Yemen’s Houthi militias, who control the capital Sanaa, have released nine Saudis in exchange for 109 Yemenis, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday. The move comes ahead of planned peace talks next month. “Nine Saudi prisoners have been recovered and
Five Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed in Saudi-led strikes
Saudi-led coalition warplanes carried out a series of raids in southern Yemen on Sunday targeting Al-Qaeda positions that killed five suspected militants, a Yemeni military official said. The official, who requested anonymity, said the militants were killed in air strikes
Suspected U.S. drone strikes in Yemen kill 8 militants: residents
Drone attacks killed eight men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in southern Yemen on Saturday night, local residents said, as a U.S. campaign against the militant group goes on amid a wider civil war in the country. Two missiles
Triple suicide bombings rock Yemen’s Aden
A triple suicide bombing on an Arab coalition military camp in southern Yemen killed 22 people Friday, including civilians, witnesses and medical officials said. An ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for the attacks in a short statement carrying the name of
US strike kills ‘dozens’ at Qaeda camp in Yemen
US military planes killed dozens of fighters at an al-Qaeda affiliate’s training camp in a mountainous region of Yemen, the Pentagon said. The raids came almost one year since the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched its bombing campaign against Iran-backed Shiite
Dozens dead or wounded in coalition raids on Qaeda in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit an Al-Qaeda training camp in the network’s southeastern Yemen stronghold on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens, government officials in the region said. “An Arab coalition air force targeted an Al-Qaeda training camp, killing and wounding
Arab coalition destroys Houthi arms in Taez
An Arab coalition aircraft destroyed a Houthi weapon arsenal in the southwestern city of Taez, as the Popular Resistance and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government fight the militias in the city on Friday. The airstrikes, carried by the
Yemeni pro-Hadi forces gain more power in Taiz
Yemeni forces allied to internationally-recognized President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi began consolidating over military and government buildings in regions recently liberated from militia groups in the southwestern province of Taiz, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Sunday. Taiz’s mayor Ali al-Muammari
Houthis violate truce on Saudi border
Iran-backed Houthi militias group has violated a truce on the Saudi border after rockets fired from Yemen fell into the kingdom’s southern province of al-Tawal province, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Thursday. The rockets, which were fired Wednesday, killed
Saudi committed to political solution in Yemen
Saudi Arabia is committed to a political solution to Yemen’s war under UN-backed peace efforts and sees as positive a call by a Houthi official for Iran to stay out of Yemen, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday.
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