Saudi Arabia

Johnson voices support for Saudi amid Yemen war

Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:34:53

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has stressed that the UK will remain committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as the Arab country continues with its war campaign in Yemen.

Saudi-led coalition says to keep main Yemen port open for a month despite missile attack

Wed Dec 20, 2017 09:27:26

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has decided to keep Yemen's main Hodeidah port open for a month, the coalition said on Wednesday, despite a ballistic missile attack by the Houthis Forces towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia closes only border gate with Qatar

Wed Dec 20, 2017 08:53:56

The gate was initially closed two weeks after a diplomatic crisis broke out in the Persian Gulf in June, but was reopened in August for the passage of Qatari pilgrims.

Saudi economy shrinks for first time in 8 years

Wed Dec 20, 2017 08:45:24

Riyadh also posted a higher-than-expected budget deficit in 2017 and forecast another shortfall next year for the fifth year in a row due to the drop in oil revenues.

It’s time for the U.N. to sanction Saudi Arabia’s crown prince - Washington Post

Wed Dec 20, 2017 08:37:13

By Akshaya Kumar, the deputy U.N. director at Human Rights Watch.

Saudi-led air strikes kill 136 civilians in Yemen - UN

Tue Dec 19, 2017 21:09:20

Incidents verified by the U.N. included seven air strikes that hit a prison in the Shaub district of Sanaa.

Houthi fighters fire missile at Riyadh

Tue Dec 19, 2017 21:03:32

Witnesses in the Saudi capital said they had heard an explosion and posted videos on social media showing a cloud of smoke in the air.

Iran summons Swiss envoy over U.S.' "irresponsible" missile claim

Tue Dec 19, 2017 13:57:33

Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador on Tuesday to condemn what it called an "irresponsible" claim by the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. that Tehran supplied a missile fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen on Nov. 4, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.

Houthis obliterate Saudi convoy in northern Yemen (Video)

Tue Dec 19, 2017 09:47:16

Sana’a-based Yemeni government forces annihilated a Saudi convoy in the village of Al-Hol located in the northernmost Nihm district bordering Saudi Arabia.

Millions of lives still at risk after 1,000 days of war in Yemen, warns aid agency

Tue Dec 19, 2017 07:58:47

Yemen risks sliding into famine and further disease outbreaks unless all the country’s ports are fully reopened, aid agency CARE has warned as the country marks 1,000 days since conflict began.

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