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 »
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Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthis in Taez
The Saudi-led coalition launched Sunday a series of airstrikes on Houthi gatherings in the southwestern city of Taez, according to Al Arabiya News Channel. The coalition also targeted Houthi-held camps in the Yemeni capital and resumed strikes on Republican Guard
U.N. confirms Yemen talks for June 14
The United Nations confirmed Saturday that peace talks between Houthi militia and the Yemeni government will begin in Geneva on June 14, Agence-France Presse reported. The talks were initially scheduled for May 28 but were postponed after Houthi militiamen failed
Saudi forces repel Houthi attack on Najran
Saudi forces on Friday repelled an attack by Houthi militants and militias loyal to deposed leader Ali Abdullah Saleh targeting the kingdom’s southern city of Najran, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Four members of Saudi security forces were killed, including
U.N. awaits Houthi confirmation on peace talks
Yemen’s Houthi rebels agreed on Friday to attend U.N.-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, as the war-torn country’s exiled government confirmed it too would attend. “We accepted the invitation of the United Nations to go to the negotiating table in Geneva
Houthi official says group will attend Geneva peace talks
A senior official from Yemen’s dominant Houthi militia said the movement will attend U.N.-backed peace talks in Geneva planned for June 14 without preconditions. “The group will participate in the Geneva talks and it supports without preconditions the efforts of
U.N. urges Yemen humanitarian ceasefire
A new humanitarian pause to fighting in Yemen has been urged by the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. In a unanimous statement, the 15-member council backed a call by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, saying that peace talks should swiftly be
U.S. says senior diplomat met with Yemen’s Houthi in Oman
Senior U.S. diplomats met representatives of Yemen’s Houthi militia in the capital of Oman for a day last week to press for the release of American hostages and discuss a political solution to the country’s conflict, the State Department said
U.S. and Singaporean evacuated from Yemen to Oman
Oman has helped locate a missing American and a Singaporean in Yemen and evacuated them to Muscat, its state news agency said on Monday, a day after unconfirmed reports in local media that U.S. citizens were being held by the
Blasts rock Sanaa as Houthi weapons depot hit
Violent blasts rocked Sanaa after coalition strikes target Houthi arms depots east of the Yemeni capital, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The strikes on the Mount Noqum base on the eastern outskirts of Sanaa sent munitions and shrapnel flying into
U.N. aid to Yemen targeted in Houthi shelling
A U.N.-chartered ship loaded with humanitarian supplies bound for Yemen was targeted by shelling as it approached the country’s main southern port of Aden on Sunday, an official said. The provincial government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, blamed
Car bomb kills 12 militants in south Yemen
A bomb-laden vehicle parked near an arms depot exploded killing 12 Iran-backed members of Houthi militia and wounding eight others in southern Yemen’s Abyan province on Saturday, a local official told AFP. The official said the attack in the coastal
Saudi-led strikes pound Yemen capital
Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounded Houthi positions across Sanaa overnight, only hours after the U.N. envoy to Yemen arrived in the militia-held capital, residents said Saturday. Among the air strike targets was a house of deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh in
Fighters battle Houthis in Yemen’s Aden
Heavy fighting erupted in southern Yemen near Aden airport on Friday when a Sunni Muslim militia attacked Shi’ite Houthi rebels in a push to drive Houthis from the district, residents and fighters said. Saudi-led forces also made four air strikes
Saudi-led strikes target Yemen naval base
Saudi-led strikes targeted a naval base in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodaida on Wednesday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The port had been held by Iranian-backed Houthi militiamen, which have been the target of the Saudi-led coalition’s air campaign
Ban Ki-moon orders Yemen peace talks delay
A conference aimed at restoring peace to conflict-torn Yemen has been postponed following a request from Yemen’s government and other parties for more time to prepare, the U.N. announced Tuesday. The peace talks had been scheduled to start Thursday in
Fierce fighting engulfs Yemen’s Taez and Daleh
Fierce fighting on Monday between Houthi militias and pro-government forces in Yemen’s third city Taez killed and wounded dozens of people, residents and an official said. The clashes came a day after a U.N. official said a proposed peace conference
U.N. peace talks on Yemen postponed
United Nations-brokered talks designed to return peace to war-torn Yemen have been postponed, a U.N. official told AFP on Sunday, just four days before they were due to begin in Geneva. “I can confirm that the meeting has been postponed,”
Yemen’s Hadi will not attend Geneva peace talks
Yemen’s President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi will not be attending upcoming peace talks in Geneva after Houthi militias failed to satisfy a pre-condition of pulling out of cities they occupied, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Presidential spokesman Rageh Badi said Hadi
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