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
Houthi landmines killing Yemen civilians, HRW report finds
Landmines planted by Yemeni militias in an effort to halt the advance of pro-government forces are exacting a mounting toll on civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Civilians already account for more than half of the 5,000 people killed
Yemen’s President Hadi returns to Aden from exile
Yemen’s President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi on Tuesday returned to Aden from exile in Saudi Arabia, a day after a military offensive was launched against the militias, a presidential source said. After landing in the provisional capital, he went straight to
Saudi-led forces advance towards Yemen’s besieged Taez
Saudi-led coalition forces advanced on Monday towards Yemen’s third city Taez after sending major reinforcements in a bid to break a months-long siege by Iran-backed militias, military officials said. The move comes ahead of an expected offensive to retake the
Cyclones Chapala and Megh killed 26 in Yemen: U.N.
Two rare cyclones a week apart have killed 26 people and affected thousands of families in the southeast of war-torn Yemen, the United Nations said in a statement Saturday. Tropical storms Chapala and Megh this month hit the island of
Qatar announces its first fatality in Yemen war
Qatar says one of its soldiers fighting with a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen against the Houthi militants there has been killed – Qatar’s first reported casualty in the conflict. Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed al-Attiyah announced the death Wednesday on
U.S. contractor detained in Yemen dead, official says
One of two American contractors who were detained when they arrived in Yemen last month has died in custody, a U.S. official told AFP on Tuesday. Officials have been guarded in their comments about the case, citing privacy concerns, and
Yemen’s Socotra island hit by deadly hurricane
A second powerful cyclone has hit the Yemeni island of Socotra with hurricane-force winds on Sunday, killing six people, wounding four others, and forcing thousands to flee. The latest deaths since the cyclone made landfall on Sunday “include two women,
Second rare cyclone batters Yemeni island
A second extremely rare and powerful cyclone in two weeks battered the Yemeni island of Socotra with hurricane-force winds on Sunday, killing a woman and causing around 5,000 people to flee their homes, a local official said. The new storm,
UAE soldiers in Yemen exchanged with new troops
The first batch of the UAE Armed Forces active in Yemen were exchanged with the second batch of troops on Saturday, the Emirati WAM news agency reported. The General Command of the UAE’s Armed Forces said that the first batch
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