OPEC+ ministers will look to salvage their oil output talks on Monday after clashing last week when the United Arab Emirates balked at a proposed eight-month extension to output curbs. Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on Sunday called for “compromise and rationality” to secure a deal after two …
Read More »Tortured in detention, ex-Saudi crown prince unable to walk unaided: Report
The former crown prince of Saudi Arabia has suffered serious injuries to his feet from beatings and can no longer walk unaided, sources familiar with his situation said, citing torture during his detention by the kingdom. NBC News, citing two people familiar with his situation, reported on Wednesday that Mohammed …
Read More »Over dozen hurt in Lebanon clashes as unrest lurks amid US sanctions
More than a dozen people have sustained injuries as clashes broke out between Lebanese security forces and protesters in the capital Beirut and two major cities against deteriorating economic and living conditions.
Read More »Yemenis rally to support Ansarullah, condemn UN blacklist
Yemenis have roundly denounced UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s decision to add the Ansarullah resistance movement to its annual blacklist of parties violating children’s rights, describing the measure as “foolish.” A large number of children on Saturday demonstrated in the northwestern city of Sa’ada, slamming the UN move to blacklist the …
Read More »Dozens killed as Yemen targets Saudi camp by drones
Yemeni armed forces launched a drone attack against a military training camp in the south of Saudi Arabia, killing and injuring dozens of mercenaries and Saudi officers.
Read More »Saudis who killed journalist Khashoggi received paramilitary training in US -New York Times
Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Read More »More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020: UN
More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.
Read More »Yemeni forces launch new drone strike against Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport
The Yemeni army has launched a fresh retaliatory attack against Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Asir, using two domestically manufactured Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drones. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a brief statement posted on his Twitter page that the …
Read More »S. Arabia executes man for offences rights groups say he committed as minor
Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences rights groups say he allegedly committed while under the age of 18, despite the kingdom’s insistence that it has abolished death sentences for many childhood crimes. Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested in May 2015 and charged with protest-related offences, many of which …
Read More »Yemen releases pics of Saudi troops, Sudanese mercs captured in Jizan
The media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center has published the pictures and interviews of a number of Saudi troops and Sudanese mercenaries captured during a recent operation in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region. In their confessions broadcast on Yemen’s al-Masirah television, the captives identified themselves and talked about military units …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to limit Hajj to 60,000 residents, nationals living in Kingdom
Saudi Arabia will limit this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 residents and nationals living in the Kingdom due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced in a statement Saturday. “In light of what the whole world is witnessing from the continuing developments of the coronavirus …
Read More »Haaretz: Israeli cyber firm selling spy-tech to Saudi Arabia
An Israeli company has sold cyber-espionage tech to Saudi Arabia in order to hack smartphones of dissidents and opponents of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) and spy on their communications, Haaretz reports. The Israeli newspaper, citing sources and documents, reported on Tuesday that Quadream, led by a former Israeli …
Read More »Yemen blasts UN silence, inaction over Saudi Arabia’s seizure of Yemen-bound oil vessels
The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) has criticized the United Nations for its silence and inaction to step in and pressure the Saudi-led coalition into releasing ships carrying energy derivatives destined for the impoverished and war-ravaged Arab country. Speaking at a protest rally outside the UN office in Sana’a on Monday, …
Read More »Yemen launches retaliatory drone strike on airbase in southern Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s army troops and their allies have carried out a fresh drone strike on a major airbase in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern province of Asir in retaliation for the ongoing military aggression and blockade against the country. They hit sensitive targets inside the King Khalid Airbase near the Saudi city of …
Read More »FP: Yemen won war; Saudis, US in no position to dictate terms to victors
A leading American magazine says Yemen’s popular Ansaruallh movement won the US-sponsored war waged by Saudi Arabia, stressing that the losers are now in no position to dictate terms to the victors. In an article, the Foreign Policy analyzed the situation in Yemen, where the army and Popular Committees defeated …
Read More »Indonesia cancels haj pilgrimage again due to coronavirus concerns
Indonesia has canceled the haj pilgrimage for people in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation for the second year in a row due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the religious affairs minister said on Thursday. For many Indonesians, a religious pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, with an average wait time …
Read More »Yemen conducts drone attack against Saudi King Khalid base
According to a Yemeni Armed Force spokesman, the country’s military has carried out a drone attack against King Khalid Air Base which houses Saudi-led coalition troops. Yemeni Air Force again targeted King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait with two Qasef-2K drones, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said early on Sunday, …
Read More »Over 80 Saudis killed, captured in Yemeni attack on Jizan
More than 80 Saudi forces were killed and wounded and dozens more were captured in a successful Yemeni army operation in Jizan, southwestern Saudi Arabia. In an interview with Almasirah News Network on Sat., a Yemeni official disclosed details of a major Yemeni army ground operation in southwestern Saudi Arabia …
Read More »Yemeni army takes control of dozens of positions in southern Saudi Arabia
Following a successful operation, the Yemeni army and popular committees have taken control of dozens of positions in southern Saudi Arabia. Yemeni sources reported on Friday night that the Yemeni army and popular committees had taken control of dozens of positions in southwestern Saudi Arabia. According to the reports, the …
Read More »Yemen warns ‘lava of fire’ as Saudi Arabia claims mysterious base
Saudi Arabia has acknowledged that it has constructed a military base on an island in the Bab al-Mandab strait to fight the Sana’a-based government. In a Thursday statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, an official said all equipment currently present on Yemen’s volcanic Mayyun Island is under the control …
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