Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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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Houthis repeat threat to target international shipping lines, oil tankers

:: Iranian-backed Houthi militias reiterated threats to target international shipping lines and oil ships in the Red Sea. “We will take measures we have not taken before and we can target oil ships. We can do anything,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi,

Intensified coalition strikes on Sanaa; Ministry of Defense hit

:: Arab coalition fighters launched a series of air strikes on Saturday targeting the Houthi militia and forces loyal to ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh camps in southern Sanaa. Local residents reported that violent raids targeted a camp in Atan where

Come back to negotiating table,’ Saudi ambassador urges Yemen

Mohammed Al-Jaber

:: The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed Al-Jaber, has urged Yemen to open a dialogue with UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Al-Jaber told Al Hayat newspaper that Saudi Arabia sees this as the best way to solve

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,”

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

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

Arab coalition strike kills Houthi commanders in Yemen’s Harad

:: An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed five high-profile Houthi militia commanders in Jabal al-Nar, east of Harad, northwest of Yemen. According to Yemeni military sources, they were killed on Sunday evening. One of the prominent men

Europe lauds KSRelief’s humanitarian work in Yemen

Abdullah Al-Rabeeah

:: European leaders have expressed their appreciation for the humanitarian assistance provided in Yemen by the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief). At a meeting in Brussels, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, KSRelief’s General Supervisor and an adviser to the

UN human rights move shows KSA’s ‘support for international consensus’ over Yemen

:: The adoption of a draft Arab resolution by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) shows that Saudi Arabia is supporting “international consensus in Yemen,” the Kingdom’s ambassador to the war-torn country has said. The UN on Friday agreed to

American who made Yemen home abducted in Houthi-held Sanaa

:: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a 63-year-old American, who has lived in Yemen for more than two decades, in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa over the weekend, his family said on Tuesday. Texas native Danny Burch was seized as he was walking

Saleh says he ‘does not recognize’ UN resolution on Yemen

Ali Abdullah Saleh

:: Ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has repeatedly rebuffed UN resolutions regarding Yemen, saying he does not recognize UN resolution 2216. Saleh referred to the resolve as an act of “war”, thus destroying what was considered the only “gesture

Wife of Yemeni Houthi recruiter stabs him to death, then hides the body

:: A Houthi official identified as Mohammed Hussein Karat was stabbed by his wife to death in the town of Mahdar in the Dhamar governorate, south of the capital Sanaa. Local residents of Mahdar said Karat was responsible for recruiting

Yemeni minister tours Taiz defying Houthi siege

:: Yemen’s Minister of Water and Environment Ezzi Shuraim defied the rebels’ siege of Taiz, southwest of the country, and visited the city and toured its streets on Saturday. This is the first visit of its kind in Taiz which

Saleh’s forces mobilize in Sanaa after Houthis arrest Republican Guard officers

:: The Republican Guards in support of ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh escalated their caution and readiness to confront any developments after Houthis arrested a number of their officers and soldiers on Friday in Sanaa. The tensions in Sanaa extended

Houthi deputy interior minister calls for Sanaa state of emergency

:: Abdul Hakim al-Khaiwani, a senior figure with the Houthi militias has called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and areas that are still under the control of his militia. Khaiwani vowed to

Houthis loot homes of Hadi government ministers in Yemen

:: Houthi militias carried out raids on homes belonging to ministers of the legitimate government of Yemen on Wednesday in Sanaa. According to local sources in Sanaa, Houthi gunmen stormed and looted the homes of Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister and

Yemen cholera epidemic hits over half a million with ‘sharp rises’ in new cases

:: Yemen’s cholera outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still reporting sharp rises in new cases, data from the World Health Organization and Yemen’s health ministry showed on Tuesday.

Yemen’s Houthi militias fear ‘coup,’ says ousted president Saleh

Ali Abdullah Saleh

:: Yemen’s ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh said the country’s Houthi militias feared a “coup” but that there were no longer any tensions with them, despite strains in the past fortnight. “There is no crisis and conflict at the moment,”

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