Tumultuous 1st year for Saudi King Salman’s ‘decisive’ reign
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Within hours of ascending to the Saudi throne, King Salman announced sweeping changes that would recast the kingdom’s line of succession, and rework its security and economic...
View ArticleChina Offers Support for Yemen Government as Xi Visits Saudi Arabia
Reuters BEIJING— China has signaled its support for Yemen's government, which is fighting an Iran-allied militia, on the first day of a visit to Saudi Arabia by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will...
View ArticleSaudi-Iran dispute jeopardizes Yemen peace talks
By Yara Bayoumy and Mohammed Ghobari DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) - Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardizing peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist...
View ArticleSaudi-Iran dispute jeopardises Yemen peace talks
DUBAI/CAIRO: Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardising peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given militants a foothold in Riyadh's backyard. Yemen's...
View ArticleArab coalition denies striking Iran's Yemen embassy
The Arab coalition and Yemen's foreign ministry have denied Iran's accusation that Saudi fighter jets struck its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Iran on Thursday said the warplanes had attacked...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia to investigate alleged Saudi bombing of Iranian embassy in Yemen
RIYADH, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will investigate Tehran's allegations of an Saudi air bombing on Iran's embassy in Yemen, Al Arabiya news reported. Iran accused the strike of...
View ArticleYemen troops press campaign towards rebel-held Sanaa
Safer (Yemen) (AFP) - Saudi-backed loyalist forces in Yemen pressed an offensive against Shiite Huthi rebels on Monday, the second day of a major campaign aimed at retaking the capital a year after its...
View ArticleSaudi soldier killed by Yemen fire, one dead in crash
Riyadh (AFP) - A Saudi soldier has been killed by artillery fire from Yemen, while another died when his patrol vehicle crashed along the border,...
View ArticleDozens killed in Yemen-Saudi Arabia border raids as peace talks momentum gathers
Forces loyal to Yemen’s former president mount several attacks as parties indicate willingness to attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva...
View ArticleYemenis attack Saudi border as peace talks momentum gathers
Forces loyal to Yemen's former president attacked "several locations" on the Saudi border, the Saudi-led coalition said on Saturday, as momentum gathered towards UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva....
View ArticleDespite 'halt' to Saudi raids, peace elusive for Yemen
Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has declared nearly a month of air strikes on Yemeni rebels a success, but at the cost of a resurgent Al-Qaeda and with no sign of peace yet. "Mission accomplished," a Saudi...
View ArticlePakistani, Saudi killed in bombing near Yemen border
RIYADH: A Pakistani and a Saudi were killed on Monday when the Saudi Arabian border region came under renewed bombardment from Yemen, official media reported. The Pakistani’s killing was a rare death...
View ArticleSaudi-led Yemen coalition still using cluster bombs: HRW
DUBAI/RIYADH: Human Rights Watch on Sunday published new evidence alleging a Saudi-led coalition is using internationally banned cluster bombs in Yemen, urging it to stop such attacks that were harming...
View Article45 dead in Saudi-led raids on Yemen capital
Twenty civilians were among at least 45 people killed in Saudi-led air strikes on the rebel-held armed forces headquarters in the Yemeni capital early on Sunday, a medic said. The raids on the army...
View ArticleSaudi says dozens of Yemen rebels dead in border battle
Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia said its forces on Thursday killed dozens of rebels from Yemen who launched their first major attack on the kingdom since Saudi-led air strikes began last month. Three Saudi...
View ArticleSaudi soldier killed in Yemen border clash: ministry
Riyadh (AFP) - A Saudi soldier has been killed in a barrage of mortar and other fire along the border with Yemen, the interior ministry said on Monday. The soldier is the eighth to die since warplanes...
View Article20 Yemen rebels killed as loyalists press offensive
Marib (Yemen) (AFP) - Loyalist forces in Yemen backed by a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 20 Iran-backed insurgents Saturday, the military said, as they pressed their offensive on the rebel-held...
View ArticleYemen rocket kills one at Saudi mosque: coalition
Riyadh , June 13: A rocket fired from Yemen killed one civilian and wounded another at a mosque during Friday prayers in the Saudi border region, the Saudi-led coalition said. "They fired one missile,...
View ArticleDozens dead after Yemenis attack Saudi border: coalition
Riyadh (AFP) - Forces loyal to Yemen's former president on Friday attacked "several locations" on the Saudi border, sparking a battle in which four Saudis and dozens of the Yemenis were killed, the...
View ArticleShelling from Yemen kills three in Saudi border region
RIYADH: Shelling from across the border in Yemen killed three people in Saudi Arabia on Friday and wounded 28, the civil defence agency said. The agency described the deceased as residents of the...
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