The forces of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in a retaliatory attack against the Riyadh-led coalition, fired six domestically made missiles at the Saudi-backed militants in the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan, local reports said. The Yemeni forces hit the positions of the Saudi military and its mercenaries with six Zelzal-1 (Quake-1) ballistic […]

The United Nations called for the immediate removal of Saudi Arabia’s blockade on Yemen as talks to end the ongoing war against the impoverished country begin in Sweden. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Houthi Ansarullah movement and Yemen’s former Saudi-backed government to show flexibility and make room for progress. “I welcome the opening […]

“Examining the reasons for Qatar’s exit from OPEC is a necessity,” Zanganeh said, adding that “OPEC has big problems from some oil producers which Qatar is not a part of.” The veteran minister made the remarks ahead of the 175th OPEC meeting, which will be held in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday. Qatar said on Monday […]

Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to extend into 2019 their agreement to manage the oil market, known as OPEC+, although Moscow and Riyadh have yet to agree on any fresh output cuts. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the extension after a meeting Saturday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 with Saudi Arabian Crown […]

A friend of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi shares private WhatsApp messages that show he was far more critical of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in private than he was in public. In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi’s criticism of Saudi Arabia and its crown prince was measured. In private, the Washington Post columnist didn’t […]

A political analyst has rejected the idea that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension all Sunnis. “This long held belief that Iran is an enemy of all Saudis and by extension, all Sunnis is a lie,” Catherine Shakdam, researcher at al-Bayan Centre for Planning and Studies, tells the Tehran Times. Shakdam […]

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Khashoggi abduction, torture and murder was undoubtedly done on the orders of MBS.” “This is how Saudi Arabia works. Anyone who is familiar with Saudi Arabia knows this,” Hossein Askari, who served as […]

According to Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, no one has any idea how much oil Iran will be able to export after new US sanctions against the Islamic Republic to kick off on Nov. 4. But more precisely, Iran’s shipment figures – crucial to oil markets – are already a mystery, Reuters news agency reported. […]

Stressing that a new European Union mechanism to facilitate payments for Iranian exports will be in place in coming days, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said “US cannot achieve its political goals for sure.” “With the new mechanism and given the fact that Americans are now isolated in the international community, no country would support US […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have a serious disagreement in stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. While Merkel wants to halt all arms exports to Saudi Arabia until the conduction of a thorough investigation of Khashoggi murder, Macron says that such calls are “pure […]