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 »
Tag Archives: Yemen
Suspected Qaeda attackers kill five police in Yemen’s Aden
Suspected al-Qaeda members killed five police officers on Friday in an attack in Yemen’s second city of Aden, a security source said. The masked assailants attacked a police outpost in the Basateen area of northern Aden before fleeing, the source
World peace versus Saudi national security
By : Jamal Khashoggi In the event of victory for Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen, Yemeni politicians – including the Houthis, should they wish – would return to dialogue to build a country that is not governed by
Masked gunmen kill 3 Yemeni soldiers in Aden
Masked gunmen suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda killed three Yemeni soldiers in Aden on Thursday in the latest attack to target security forces in the southern city, an official said. The soldiers were attacked as they walked down the main
WHO delivers medical aid to Yemen’s Taez
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday it has managed to deliver desperately needed medical supplies to Yemen’s Taez city which has been besieged for months by Shiite Huthi rebels. The WHO has “successfully delivered more than 20 tonnes of life-saving
Morocco stands by Saudi against threats to Gulf peace
Morocco’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Rabat stands in “complete solidarity” with Saudi Arabia against any threats to stability of the Gulf region. “We are in complete solidarity with Saudi confronting any interference in its internal affairs,” Salaheddine Mezouar
Yemeni VP Bahah: ‘We are on the outskirts of Sanaa’
Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah said on Tuesday that his internationally recognized government and allies are now close enough to recapture the capital Sanaa from the Iranian-backed Houthi militias. “We are now in control of more than 80 percent of
Amnesty: Houthis blocking vital hospital supplies in Taez
Amnesty International warned on Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi militia group and its allied forces are endangering “the lives of thousands of civilians” in the southern Yemeni city of Taez after its stopping entry of necessary medical and food supplies
Saudi Patriot intercepts Houthi ballistic missile
A Patriot missile shot down a Scud fired from the Yemeni capital towards southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition told AFP, the day after another Scud attack. In the latest incident, debris from the destroyed Scud fell in
Saudi intercepts scud missile from Yemen
Saudi air defenses on Monday intercepted a Scud missile fired at Khamis Mushait city where a major airbase is located, the coalition fighting in Yemen said. The interception occurred “this morning at about three o’clock,” Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri, spokesman
Cross-border Yemeni shelling kills two in Saudi
A Saudi soldier and a civilian have been killed in cross-border shelling from rebel-controlled northern Yemen, authorities said late Saturday. A Saudi patrol was hit on Saturday morning in the southwestern region of Assir, killing the soldier, the interior ministry
Al-Qaeda mourns death of top Yemen leader
Al-Qaeda’s branch in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) mourned the killing of a senior commander in southern Yemen, a statement distributed on social media showed, after he was reported dead in a suspected U.S. drone strike last week. Jalal Baleedi was
ISIS’ infiltration within our societies
By : Turki Al-Dakhil Not a single day passes without a news piece related to violence, while politicians are continuously speaking at press conferences about terrorism and its motives. Blood has become the daily bread in many Muslim societies, as
63 children among 375 killed in Yemen attacks into Saudi Arabia
Mortars and rockets fired at Saudi Arabian towns and villages have killed 375 civilians, including 63 children, since the start of the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen in late March, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, spokesman of the coalition forces and
Hadi vows to push until Houthis defeated in Sanaa
Yemeni President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi said Tuesday that military operations against Houthi militias would not stop until the Yemeni capital was liberated. Backed by airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition, popular resistance and Yemeni armed forces loyal to Hadi are fighting
Yemeni Houthi rocket kills child in Saudi border city of Najran
An 11-year-old child was killed and nine members of his family were wounded Sunday when a rocket fired from Yemen hit their house in a border region of Saudi Arabia, civil defense authorities said according to Al Arabiya News’ website.
Yemen ‘abuse’ to be probed
The Saudi-led coalition said Sunday it has launched a new independent team to investigate charges of possible abuses against civilians in the conflict. The coalition command, in a statement published by SPA, said it had formed “an independent team of
Saudi-led coalition forms team to investigate claims in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition said Sunday it has launched a new independent team to investigate charges of possible abuses against civilians in the conflict. The coalition command, in a brief statement published by the official Saudi SPA news agency, said it
Yemeni resistance commander assassinated in Aden
The body of Sheikh Samhan Abdul Aziz al-Rawi, a commander of the Popular Resistance, was found in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday, Al Arabiya has reported. According to a Yemeni security source, al-Rawi was assassinated and his
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