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Sudan mulling over leaving Saudi camp 25 Dec 2017

Sudan mulling over leaving Saudi camp

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, […]

New details emerge of Saudi Arabia’s treatment of Hariri 25 Dec 2017

New details emerge of Saudi Arabia’s treatment of Hariri

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 […]

KSA, UAE have failed in Yemen: advisor 23 Dec 2017

KSA, UAE have failed in Yemen: advisor

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 to finalize Saudi S-400 deal by year-end 22 Dec 2017

Russia to finalize Saudi S-400 deal by year-end

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 […]

Johnson voices support for S Arabia amid Yemen war 20 Dec 2017

Johnson voices support for S Arabia amid Yemen war

 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 […]

Iran Condemns Saudi Attacks on Yemeni Civilians 18 Dec 2017

Iran Condemns Saudi Attacks on Yemeni Civilians

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned recent Saudi airstrikes on residential areas across Yemen that killed dozens of civilians on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday, Bahram Qassemi denounced the Saudi strikes against a wedding ceremony in the central province of Ma’arib as well as residential areas and shopping malls in different cities in Yemen. Expressing […]

Saudi Arabia’s ineffective army not a threat to Iran 17 Dec 2017

Saudi Arabia’s ineffective army not a threat to Iran

TEHRAN –Experts say Saudi Arabia’s ambitions are limited by its military, which is considered an ineffective force even though the kingdom is one of the world’s largest spenders on defense. In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has led an intervention in Yemen’s civil war, been the driving force behind a diplomatic crisis between Qatar […]

UK drops on ranking of nations doing good for humanity due to arms sales 12 Dec 2017

UK drops on ranking of nations doing good for humanity due to arms sales

The UK is falling for the second year in a row on the world’s list of countries that have contributed to the “common good of humanity,” due to “vast weapons exports” and inadequate aid to foreign countries. Based on a new study called the “Good Country Index,” Britain has fallen from number four to number eight […]

Iranian Official Raps UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia 10 Dec 2017

Iranian Official Raps UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani denounced the British government’s sales of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia, saying such support amounts to involvement in the crimes against the war-torn people of Yemen. In a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Tehran on Saturday, Shamkhani decried the […]

Riyadh advancing Israeli interests, Palestinian officials worry 10 Dec 2017

Riyadh advancing Israeli interests, Palestinian officials worry

Palestinian officials have expressed worry that Saudi Arabia is forgoing important Palestinian rights as it acts behind the scenes to advance a United States “grand bargain” over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that heavily favors Israel. Four Palestinian officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity on Friday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman had communicated a proposal […]