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Trump rushing to sell Saudi Arabia nuke technology: report 20 Feb 2019

Trump rushing to sell Saudi Arabia nuke technology: report

 A Democratic-led House panel has launched a probe of US nuclear plan in Saudi Arabia, raising concerns over the transfer of sensitive nuclear power technology to the kingdom. Key members of the Trump administration pushed a plan to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia in the months after the inauguration despite objections from members […]

Commander Scolds Pakistan; Warns UAE and Saudi Arabia 17 Feb 2019

Commander Scolds Pakistan; Warns UAE and Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN – The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Pakistan supports those behind the Wednesday terror attack near Zahedan in south-eastern Iran, warning Iran would move to take revenge unless Pakistan changes its approach towards anti-Iran terrorists. IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Saturday the Pakistani government supports […]

​Brutal murder of 6-year-old Saudi boy ‘act of sectarianism’ 12 Feb 2019

​Brutal murder of 6-year-old Saudi boy ‘act of sectarianism’

The brutal murder of a six-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia has shaken the collective conscience of humanity. It has also unraveled the scale and magnitude of sectarian indoctrination in the Kingdom. The news has been verified and according to reliable sources the boy, Zakaria Al-Jaber, was in the holy city of Medina with his mother […]

Why Yemen matters to Saudi Arabia and the West 24 Jan 2019

Why Yemen matters to Saudi Arabia and the West

Yemen is one of the most populous countries on the Arabian Peninsula. With a population that is 35 percent Shia, Saudi Arabia has also been concerned by what it sees as Iranian meddling in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has worried that the presence of Iran in Yemen could be risky for Sunni order, especially along part […]

Persian Gulf Arabs abandoning their homeland 20 Jan 2019

Persian Gulf Arabs abandoning their homeland

Canada lies far north of her intended destination, but Rahaf Muhammad is happy to be enduring its harsh winter. The 18-year-old Saudi hoped to end up in Australia after escaping her allegedly violent family. But she was stopped on the way, in Bangkok. Saudi authorities pressed Thailand to send her back home. Ms Muhammad warned […]

Yemen Fires Ballistic Missile at Saudi Arabia 15 Jan 2019

Yemen Fires Ballistic Missile at Saudi Arabia

The forces of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in a retaliatory attack against the Saudi-led coalition, fired a domestically made ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s border region of Najran, a military source said. Yemeni forces on Monday targeted Saudi Arabia’s Bir Aska military camp in the western part of Najran with a Badr-1 ballistic […]

After incarceration, Saudi deports ‘handcuffed’ Rohingya to Bangladesh 08 Jan 2019

After incarceration, Saudi deports ‘handcuffed’ Rohingya to Bangladesh

 Driven from their homeland in Rakhine state of Myanmar by the ultranationalist Buddhist monks actively backed by the country’s military forces, Rohingya Muslims have been rendered homeless. While a vast majority of them have temporarily settled in makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh, living under appalling conditions, many others have sought refuge in other countries. But […]

UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia 07 Jan 2019

UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Britain is the second-largest exporter of arms to Saudi Arabia after the U.S., regardless of human rights violations of Saudi Arabia. After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, UK military sales to Riyadh has not only declined, but surprisingly increased.  A British online newspaper the Independent has released a report, reading: “Britain continued seeking arms deals […]

UN Says Khashoggi Trial in Saudi Arabia Falls Short of Independent, Intl. Probe 05 Jan 2019

UN Says Khashoggi Trial in Saudi Arabia Falls Short of Independent, Intl. Probe

The trial in Saudi Arabia of individuals suspected of being involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi does not meet the requirements of an independent and international probe requested by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, her office said. Speaking to journalists in Geneva on Friday, Ravina Shamdasani from the Office of the […]

Esteghlal to Host Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal in Doha 27 Dec 2018

Esteghlal to Host Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal in Doha

Esteghlal football team from Iran has chosen Doha, Qatar as neutral venue to host Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the 2019 AFC Champions League. Esteghlal, who has been drawn in Group C, has announced it will host the Saudi Arabian team in Doha. On Tuesday, Zob Ahan chose Iraqi city Karbala to host Al-Nassr. […]