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
Yemen president vows to prevent Iranian interference, thanks Saudi
Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has vowed to continue the ‘battle toward victory.. enforce law and order, stop Houthis and prevent Iranian interference from achieving its objectives.’ Hadi said in a speech on the 30th anniversary of independence, that
Shelling from Yemen rocks Saudi border
Shelling from Yemen has killed a border guard trooper and two residents in Saudi Arabia’s border region, officials said, in the deadliest barrages in weeks along the frontier. The border guard died on Sunday after “heavy firing from inside Yemeni
16 dead in fighting for south Yemen province
Yemeni loyalists supported by a Saudi-led coalition battled Sunday to oust Iran-backed militia group from a southern province where they have made gains in recent weeks, with at least 16 reported dead. Ground fighting and air strikes by a Saudi-led
Brother of Houthi militia chief killed near Yemen border
An airstrike has killed Ibrahim Badr Al-Houthi – the brother of Abdulmalik al-Houthi, near a Yemeni border area, Al Arabiya News channel reported on Sunday. The airstrike targeted the Houthi leader in Al-Saifi area in the northwestern city of Saada.
Arab-led coalition hits boats ‘carrying arms’ to Houthis
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition hit Saturday two small boats allegedly carrying weapons to Iran-backed Houthi militias on the southern coast of Yemen, a military official said. Weapons were being unloaded from the two fishing boats near Belhaf, in Shabwa
U.N. accuses Yemen’s Houthis of blocking aid
The U.N. aid chief on Tuesday accused Yemen’s Houthi militias of blocking and diverting deliveries of aid to the country’s third city of Taez where some 200,000 people are living under siege. Government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition have
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince receives Yemeni tribal chiefs
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday received the leaders of Yemen’s Marib tribes. The Yemeni delegtion was headed by Marib Governor Sultan bin Ali Al Arrada and accompanied by Brigadier Mussalam Al Rashedi, Commander of
Iran and Gulf states: Between blindness and hallucination
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed In a recent interview with The Atlantic magazine, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter blamed Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for not confronting Iran regionally. “If you look at where the Iranians are able to wield
Yemen’s vice president visits Marib after its liberation
Yemen’s Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah on Sunday arrived in the province of Marib after a visit to the UAE, the first such trip since forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition regained full control of the city. A
Yemen attacks leave 15 soldiers dead in Hadramawt
At least 15 Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens others injured on Friday, including civilians, when an army barracks was targeted at the western entrance to the historic city of Shibam in Hadramawt. The main attack was staged at the
Saudi-led coalition: New U.S. arms will enhance military precision
The recent sale of $1.29 billion in U.S. “smart” bombs to Saudi Arabia will allow for “greater precision” in air strikes on militia targets, the official spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition told AlArabiya.net on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said
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
Dr Iryani and Yemen’s need to fill the void
By : Manuel Almeida On Sunday, as Yemenis in the southeast coast and the beautiful island of Socotra prepared to face the second of two cyclones that brought more rain than what Yemen gets in a decade, news emerged that
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
KSA supports Geneva peace talks on Yemen
Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir voiced support Wednesday for peace talks on Yemen’s conflict which the United Nations says will take place this month in Geneva. “We hope they will be successful,” Al-Jubeir told reporters after a summit of Arab and
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
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