Iran has criticized the reelection of Saudi Arabia to the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying that the UN is failing in its main goal of providing peace. A Sunday report by the official IRNA news [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is prepared to agree to a ceasefire in Yemen if the Houthis agree., Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday, adding that he was skeptical about efforts for peace after previous ceasefire [ More … ]
Earlier this week, the Pentagon carried out a direct attack against Houthi forces for the first time since the Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against the Iran-backed movement, prompting some to suggest that the [ More … ]
Two significant developments, both connected to conflict raging between Iran’s creeping influence and the remaining defenders of Arab identity, took place in the Arab Mashreq region last week. The first is the undisguised attempt of [ More … ]
More than 5,000 Yemeni fighters have been recruited by the Saudi regime from Aden and other areas of southern Yemen, to fight alongside Saudi border guards,reported China’s Xinhua News. “The newly-recruited Yemeni fighters will be deployed on [ More … ]
The UAE has so far donated 47 Toyota FJ Cruisers, 18 police cars, five motorcycles, six fire trucks, 50 fire suits, 10,000 police uniforms and airport security devices to authorities in Aden governorate to help [ More … ]
The youngest son of al-Qaida’s slain founder, Osama bin Laden, Hamza, has called on the Saudi people to join the “global jihad and gain battle experience in Yemen” against the Saudi monarchs in order to [ More … ]
Missiles were recently used in Yemen by Houthi militias in cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia, were made in Tehran, reported Al Arabiya, citing Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) The Zelzal-3 rockets are Iranian-made solid [ More … ]
Saudi-led coalition jets on Thursday pounded Iran-backed Houthi militia positions in and around Sanaa for a third consecutive day, as shelling from Yemen killed a woman in Saudi Arabia. Military sources loyal to the government [ More … ]
Clashes have continued to rage in Yemen following the suspension last week of Kuwait-hosted peace talks between Yemen’s Saudi Arabia-backed government and the Iran-backed Houthi militia. Twenty-two Houthi militants were killed in clashes that erupted [ More … ]
A Saudi woman was killed and another seven people injured on Thursday when a missile fired from Yemeni territory fell in Saudi Arabia’s southern Jazan region. Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani, Civil Defense spokesman for the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic missiles fired at the kingdom by Yemen’s armed Houthi militias on Wednesday, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported. The attack follows renewed air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition on the [ More … ]
A prominent refugee agency has warned that Yemen faces an “untenable” humanitarian situation, as the war-torn nation on Sunday marked 500 days since Saudi Arabia began its bombing campaign. Figures released by the Norwegian Refugee [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia is facing a critical decision point in its war in Yemen. The political process to resolve the crisis between Yemen’s warring parties is failing. King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud will have to decide whether [ More … ]
The UN suspended talks between Yemen’s warring parties on Saturday after the Iran-backed Shia militias and their allies appointed a council to run the country in a blow to the peace process. In July, the [ More … ]
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