Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi Arabia has reportedly purchased a missile system owned and operated by Israel as the two regimes move towards making their secret relations public.Citing high-level diplomatic sources, the Emirati news website al-Khaleejonline reported on Wednesday that Riyadh had purchased the so-called Iron Dome system from Tel Aviv …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi authorities have arrested a writer in the conservative oil-rich kingdom as part of a widening crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals.The rights group Prisoners of Conscience, which is an independent non-governmental organization advocating human rights …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi King Salman’s brother has played down controversial remarks he made to anti-Saudi protesters in London that sparked furious speculation about possible discord within the royal family.Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud apparently told a crowd in London to stop chanting slogans against the Saudi royal family over …

UAE (Web Desk) A new assessment says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates want Oman to abandon its neutral posture in Persian Gulf disputes and be more pliable to their regional interests.According to the analysis released on Sunday by Stratfor, an American geopolitical intelligence platform and publisher, Riyadh and …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi Arabia has finally admitted “mistakes” in a recent airstrike which killed children on a school bus in Yemen, but still insisted that the vehicle was carrying Houthi fighters.In a statement, the kingdom said Saturday it “expresses regret over the mistakes, extends its sympathies, condolences and solidarity …

LONDON (Web Desk) A footage circulating on social media showed two young men attacking Ghanem Humood al-Masarir al-Dosari, a London-based Saudi human rights activist and opposition figure. Al-Dosari has been based in London since 2003 in self-imposed exile, where he has operated his YouTube-based talk show since 2015. In his …

RIYADH: (Web Desk) A Saudi official hinted on Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations. “I am impatiently waiting for details on the implementation of the …

RIYADH (Web Desk) The report said the coalition of aggressors led by Saudi Arabia targeted the houses and farms of Yemeni people in southern parts of Al-Hudaydah province with artillery and mortar shells Friday.On Thursday, the same area came under artillery and mortar attacks of the coalition forces, as a …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has threatened to target women and children in Yemen irrespective of international criticism that the Saudi-led alliance attacking Yemen is targeting civilian facilities and critical infrastructure in the conflict-plagued Arab country.Bin Salman issued his threat during a meeting with the coalition’s …

RIYADH (Web Desk) The Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday it had foiled a booby-trapped boat attack by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea weeks after the rebels hit a Saudi oil tanker.A statement cited by state-run Al-Ekhbariya news channel did not identify the target of the attack but the rebel-run …