Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia
Houthis Attack Saudi Arabia as Gulf-Iran Talks Are Postponed
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia on Monday and Gulf Arab states postponed planned talks with Iran, underscoring fears that the Middle East...
Houthis Advance Along Yemeni Coast, Threaten Saudi Oil Exports in the Red Sea
The Iran-backed Houthis seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said...
Pakistan Warns Iran to Rein in Houthis as Riyadh Strikes Back
Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort...
Iran-Backed Houthis Attack Four Saudi Cities in Expansion of Middle East War, 73 Hurt
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in the south of US ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Agree to Establish Secretariat Under Joint Defense Pact
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan agreed to establish a secretariat in Saudi Arabia under their Mecca joint defense agreement, which will initially be headed by a Pakistani secretary-general for three years, the three countries said in a joint statement on Monday. The three countries'...
Saudi Arabia Removes Virtually All Antisemitism From School Curricula, New Report Finds
Saudi Arabia is continuing to implement major reforms of its sprawling system of 35,000 public Islamic education schools, according to a new report by the...
New ‘Muslim NATO’ ‘Aimed at Israel,’ Official Warns, but Experts Say Pact Is Largely Declarative
The new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact, dubbed a "Muslim NATO," has triggered warnings in Jerusalem, with a senior official saying the alliance is "aimed at Israel,"...
Turkey Lays Out Plans for Defense Pact With Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises, and deepen defense industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defense ministry said...
The Mirage of the Riyadh Shield: Why MBS Refuses to Strike Tehran and What It Means for Israel
As joint US-Saudi airstrikes target Iranian proxies in Iraq following a fresh wave of regional aggression, Riyadh continues to play a calculated game of evasion....
Will the JCPOA Lead to a Saudi Nuclear Weapon, Too?
The fate of Iran’s nuclear program overshadows another critical nuclear issue in the Middle East: the nuclear cooperation agreement that the Trump administration is negotiating...
Saudi Arabia’s Iran Silence Is a Strategic Calculation, Not a Scheduling Conflict
When France invited Egypt, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to a dedicated Arab-leaders session at the G-7 summit in Evian on June 16 to...
14 Nations Condemn Somaliland’s Planned Embassy in Jerusalem, Calling it ‘Illegal and Unacceptable’
i24 News - The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Mauritania issued...
Saudi Warplanes Struck Militias in Iraq During War, Sources Say
Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into...
Saudi Arabia Launched Covert Attacks on Iran as Regional War Widened, Sources Say
Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on...
