Iranian football club Esteghlal has selected Turkmenistan as the neutral venue to host the match against Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Group Stage. Esteghlal is drawn along with Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Al-Hilal and Winner Play-off West 1in Group D. Esteghlal has been scheduled to meet Al-Hilal on […]

TEHRAN– Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported that Yemenis had managed to shot down a fighter jet belonging to a Saudi-led military coalition over the Yemeni northern province of Saada on Sunday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they shot down a fighter jet belonging to a Saudi-led military coalition over the Yemeni northern province of Saada on […]

‘We put our man on top’, Trump said on bin Salman, book reveals A new book based on interviews purportedly coming from White House insiders has revealed that US President Donald Trump was behind the elevation of Mohammed bin Salman to the position of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince last year. The claim is included in the […]

TEHRAN – The recent riots in Iran were fueled by “proxy war” against Iran by certain countries including Saudi Arabia, secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Monday. Noting that the proxy war started via social media and the internet, Shamkhani told a Lebanese Arabic-language TV channel that the number […]

For decades, no Saudi ruler has drawn world attention the way the current crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has done. Interest in him is not confined to the Arab world but has gripped the entire world. He has even been suggested as the political personality of the year, whether because of the influence he wields […]

Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Sudanese capital city of Khartoum is of importance if we bear in mind the tensions between Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Turkey. After Salman bin Abdul Aziz came to power in Saudi Arabia on January 23, 2015, the Sudan gradually moved away from Iran and the axis of resistance, approaching Riyadh, […]

A leading US daily has revealed new details of Saudi Arabia’s degrading treatment of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri during a recent trip to Riyadh, where the Lebanese leader was coerced into reading a prepared resignation speech under conditions similar to that of a captive. Prime Minister Hariri abruptly declared his resignation from a then-unknown […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, on Friday condemned Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their wary on Yemen, saying the two countries have failed to achieve their goals in Yemen despite U.S. support. “Riyadh and Abu Dhabi’s three-year military aggression against Yemen […]

Russia says it is working with Saudi Arabia to finalize a deal to sell advanced S-400 missile systems to the oil-rich kingdom. Vladimir Kozhin, the Russian presidential aide for defense cooperation, said Thursday that Moscow and Riyadh had already signed “a package of agreements” that also included launching the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles in […]

 Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has stressed that the UK will remain committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as the Arab country continues with its war campaign in Yemen. In a press release on Tuesday, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he was “horrified” by the attempted missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. “The United […]