Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia helps its citizens flee US to avoid prosecution: FBI

Jan 18, 2020 14:07

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Saudi Arabia helps its nationals who have committed serious crimes in the United States flee the country to avoid prosecution.
France deploys radar system, aircraft carrier in Saudi Arabia

Jan 18, 2020 11:35

France is beefing up its military presence in West Asia, sending a radar system and an aircraft carrier to the region gripped by heightened tensions.
Iran ready for negotiations with Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf states: FM Zarif

Jan 18, 2020 06:42

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is ready to hold talks with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries to promote regional security.
Riyadh pays $500 million to cover cost of US troops’ presence in Saudi Arabia: Report

Jan 17, 2020 09:02

Saudi Arabia has reportedly paid $500 million to begin to cover the cost of US military operating in the Arab country, a US official says.
Saudi attacks kill child in Yemen’s north

Jan 16, 2020 11:19

At least one child has been killed and another wounded in attacks by Saudi-led forces in Yemen’s northern province of Sa’ada.
Yemeni army, allies forces shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Jizan

Jan 15, 2020 06:50

Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over the kingdom’s southern border region of Jizan.
Outbreak of dengue fever kills dozens of children in conflict-stricken Yemen

Jan 14, 2020 14:36

A child advocacy group says dozens of children have lost their lives as a result of dengue-related illnesses, warning of an epidemic in the war-ravaged country whose health sector is teetering on the verge of total collapse due to the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught.
NGOs boycott pre-G20 meetings in Saudi Arabia over rights violations

Jan 14, 2020 12:58

Three prominent international NGOs have boycotted meetings that Saudi Arabia is holding with civil society groups ahead of the annual Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, saying the Riyadh regime is trying to “whitewash its dire human rights record” by hosting such events.
Saudi TV suspends Palestinian announcer over solidarity with Yemen

Jan 13, 2020 09:15

The Director General of Saudi sports network, KSA Sports, has reportedly suspended Palestinian announcer Razan Malash from appearing on television broadcasts after finding out that she had posted a series of posts on Twitter in solidarity with Yemen and in condemnation of the Riyadh regime’s campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
Amnesty International calls on Riyadh regime to release Saudi woman’s rights activist

Jan 12, 2020 07:29

Amnesty International has urged Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release jailed prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, whose arrest more than four years ago marked the start of a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against women activists in the ultra-conservative kingdom.