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 al-Qaeda bomb kills Yemeni general
A senior Yemeni army officer was killed on Saturday when a bomb planted in his vehicle exploded in the main southern city of Aden, a military official said, blaming al-Qaeda. “A bomb exploded in the car of General Ahmed Mohammed
Yemen goverment talks with houthis ‘fail’
Talks with Shiite rebels, who have set up armed protest camps in the Yemeni capital, have “failed” after they rejected a proposed government of technocrats, the president’s negotiating team said Sunday. The rebels “rejected all the proposals presented to them,”
Yemen armed forces on alert as rebel deadline nears
President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi urged Yemen’s armed forces Thursday to “raise their level of vigilance” on the eve of the expiry of a rebel deadline for the government to quit. However, Hadi also sent a delegation to Shiite Zaidi rebel
Backers of Yemen rebels gather in Sanaa amid crisis talks
Thousands of supporters of Shiite rebels pressing the government to step down gathered in the Yemeni capital Friday as a presidential team was in the northern Houthi stronghold for crisis talks. The rally came on the final day of an
Yemen official says 7 suspected militants killed
Two separate airstrikes in Yemen’s south killed seven suspected militants Saturday, a Yemeni security official said. The official said three suspected militants were killed when an airstrike hit their vehicle north of Ahwar town, in the southern Abyan province. The
Terror tunnel found near Yemen ex-president home
Yemeni authorities are investigating a tunnel dug near ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s residence, the official news agency reported Tuesday, as his party charged it was an assassination plot. Former strongman Saleh ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced out
MIDDLE EAST NEWS ROUNDUP
IS threatens to kill 300 Yazidi families BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON — Islamic State militants have threatened to kill more than 300 families from Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority unless they convert to Islam, witnesses and a Yazidi lawmaker told Reuters on
Yemeni worker dies of thirst in desert
NAJRAN — A Yemeni worker died of thirst after he got lost in a desert area east of Najran, said Najran Police spokesman Capt. Abdullah Al-Ashwi. The man’s car got stuck in the sand and he could not free it;
Three suspected militants die in Yemen airstrike
SANAA: Three suspected Al-Qaeda Yemeni militants were killed in an airstrike that targeted their house on Saturday in the country’s central province of Marib, a security official said. The official did not specify if it was a US or Yemeni
‘Al-Qaeda suspects’ kill four Yemeni soldiers
Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen shot dead Monday four Yemeni soldiers in an ambush in southeastern Hadramawt province, a stronghold of the jihadists, a security official said. The assailants opened fire at an army vehicle on the main road of the town
Yemen repatriates 8 Saudi Al-Qaeda suspects
Yemen has repatriated eight Saudis wanted for suspected links with Al-Qaeda in the second handover of its kind since February, said Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki on Thursday. “The Kingdom has received eight Saudis wanted for joining Al-Qaeda in Yemen,”
Protests quelled as Yemen increases fuel prices
Protests erupted in Sanaa on Wednesday and were dispersed by the army after the Yemeni government announced a rise in fuel prices, part of a bid to ease the burden of energy subsidies on the impoverished country’s state finances. Witnesses
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr
Muslims around the world on Monday celebrated Eid al-Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that Eid al-Fitr would begin on July 28, after the crescent moon was spotted,
Yemen car bombs kill soldiers, al-Qaeda suspects
Two soldiers and 10 jihadists were killed Sunday in attempted car bomb attacks on army posts and subsequent clashes in the southern province of Abyan, a military official said, according to Agence France-Presse. Dozens of suspected al-Qaeda militants took part
Middle East Round Up – Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Libya, Iraq
17 Tunisian troops killed in ambushes TUNIS — At least 17 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country’s armed forces. Since April, thousands of Tunisian
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