TEHRAN, January 28 - Forces loyal to Yemen's former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have clashed with separatists, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the embattled southwestern port city of Aden.
TEHRAN, January 27 - The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations and head of the government delegation to intra-Syrian peace talks strongly rejected a proposal offered by some countries, including the US and Saudi Arabia, for the resolution of the Syrian crisis, saying the so-called peace plan is “not even worth the ink.”
TEHRAN, January 27 - The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations and head of the government delegation to intra-Syrian peace talks has strongly rejected a proposal offered by some countries, including the US and Saudi Arabia, for the resolution of the Syrian crisis, saying the so-called peace plan is “not even worth the ink.”
TEHRAN, January 27 - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast assets intact.
TEHRAN, January 26 - Kuwait’s Criminal Court has sentenced Kuwaiti blogger and activist Abdullah Mohammed al-Saleh to ten years in prison for allegedly insulting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the wake of the the ongoing Saudi-led diplomatic and trade boycott against energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar.
TEHRAN, January 25 - Kuwait protested to Saudi Arabia over insulting tweets made by a senior adviser to the Saudi royal court against its commerce minister, who had recently paid a visit to Qatar.
TEHRAN, January 25 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif rejected US and Saudi attempts for distorting facts about Daesh, including their support for the terrorist group.
TEHRAN, January 25 - Several people were killed and residential areas were destroyed in a series of Saudi-led air raids on Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.
TEHRAN, January 24 - Iran has captured two large caches of explosives and powerful bombs that were supposed to be detonated in populated areas as part of two terrorist plots, one of them directly designed and led by Saudi Arabia.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia's military leaders, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also serves as the defense minister, over atrocities committed in the war on Yemen.
TEHRAN, January 18 -Amnesty International has denounced the Saudi regime’s relentless crackdown on activists and critics, urging the immediate and unconditional release of those detained for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression, among them a prominent cleric.
TEHRAN, January 18 -Amnesty International has denounced the Saudi regime’s relentless crackdown on activists and critics, urging the immediate and unconditional release of those detained for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression, among them a prominent cleric.
TEHRAN, January 14 - Saudi Arabia's billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in a so-called anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi official said.
TEHRAN, January 13 - Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has said he will pursue extradition for corruption suspects living abroad as part of a two-month-old crackdown that has already netted princes and tycoons.
TEHRAN, January 8 - Saudi Arabia has charged 11 princes, who were arrested recently for protesting the government's hiking of domestic gas prices and introducing value-added tax (VAT).
TEHRAN, January 6 - Saudi officials have arrested nearly a dozen princes amid the oil-rich kingdom’s purported anti-graft campaign, which is considered the biggest purge of political dissidents and the elite in the country’s modern history.
TEHRAN, January 5 - Saudi Arabia has changed the status of national oil firm Aramco to a joint-stock company as of Jan. 1, the kingdom’s official bulletin said on Friday, in a major step ahead of a planned initial public offering.
TEHRAN, January 4 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that at least 471 people in impoverished Yemen have contracted diphtheria, a bacterial disease that has been killing one in 10 Yemenis since the outbreak started in the war-torn country in mid-August last year.
TEHRAN, January 2 - UN human rights experts have urged Saudi Arabia to put an end to "repression" of rights activists and release dozens detained for peacefully exercising their civil and political rights.