Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in clashes and air raids around the Yemeni city of Hodeidah following the collapse of UN-sponsored peace talks between the internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels. Fears of escalation after UN-sponsored peace [ More … ]
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s war have caused heavy civilian casualties at marketplaces, weddings and on fishing boats, some of which may amount to war crimes, United Nations human rights experts said [ More … ]
Europe needs to prove it’s ‘willing to defy US’, says Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif Europe’s support towards Iran has been only verbal and lacking in any ‘practical measures’, the Iranian foreign minister said. Tags: [ More … ]
Weapon that hit bus was 500-pound laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by US defense contractor Lockheed Martin, CNN reports The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in an attack on a school bus that killed [ More … ]
The Saudi -led coalition has been criticised repeatedly for targeting civilian areas in their attacks in Yemen, but the images of children covered in blood still appear to have shocked the world. The Saudi -led [ More … ]
Canadian officials say Justin Trudeau’s government is reaching out to the UAE and UK to defuse tensions, according to Reuters Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom to defuse [ More … ]
Riyadh also recalls its envoy and suspends trade deals after Canada’s foreign ministry denounced jailing of activists. Saudi Arabia said it has expelled Canada’s ambassador in the kingdom and recalled its own envoy from the [ More … ]
Sheikh Safar al-Hawali had been a prominent critic of American influence in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has detained a prominent Islamic scholar, activists said Thursday, in a widening crackdown on dissent in the ultra-conservative kingdom, [ More … ]
As the Saudi-UAE offensive on the Yemeni port city of Hudaida continues and intensifies, there seems to be no solution that will serve the people of the city. Despite his efforts, the UN special envoy [ More … ]
Tehran says it has a plan to defeat any US efforts to block its oil exports and issues warning to Saudis US President Donald Trump has lashed out at OPEC, the 15-nation oil cartel, with [ More … ]
France’s Intelligence Online website and Israel’s Channel 10 reported that a secret meeting took place on June 17, 2018, in the Jordanian city of Aqaba at the request of the American envoys, Greenblatt and Trump’s advisor [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s sports minister has criticized the president of European soccer on Twitter in an escalating dispute over Qatar-owned sports broadcasting rights. World Cup and Champions League TV rights for the Middle East are a [ More … ]
Capture of compound – a key supply route for aid into the country – would be a significant gain for the pro-government alliance Forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition fighting for Yemen’s main port city [ More … ]
UN warns of devastating consequences for 250,000 Hudaida residents as Saudi-led coalition targets Houthi rebels in port city. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have launched an assault on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida, in the [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We had previously stated that the image of Turkey reflected on the screens of Saudi Arabia and the image of Saudi Arabia reflected on Turkey’s screens are not pleasant at all nowadays. [ More … ]
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