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Saudi Arabia will let women drive 27 Sep 2017

Saudi Arabia will let women drive

Riyadh has removed the driving ban on women as part of its recent reforms to undo the damage the ultraconservative kingdom has suffered for decades of human rights violations both inside and outside of Saudi Arabia. “The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic regulations, including the issuance of driving licenses for men and […]

Yemen Army Targets Pro-Saudi Militants with Homegrown Missile 26 Sep 2017

Yemen Army Targets Pro-Saudi Militants with Homegrown Missile

TEHRAN  – Yemen’s army and Popular Committees fired a homegrown ballistic missile at the position of Saudi-backed militants in the southwestern province of Taiz. The missile command of the Yemeni army announced that it hit Saudi-paid mercenaries near al-Sultan hilltop in al-Hameli area with a new type of domestically-made ballistic missile dubbed Zelzal-2. A military official […]

Saudi prince purging dissent before rise to throne 18 Sep 2017

Saudi prince purging dissent before rise to throne

With a crackdown on dissenters and a charm offensive to woo the kingdom’s swelling youth population, Saudi Arabia’s king-in-waiting Mohammed bin Salman is cementing his grip on power, analysts say. The 32-year-old crown prince, often known as MBS, is set to be the first millennial to occupy the throne in a country where half the […]

Civilians Killed in Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen’s Ma’rib 17 Sep 2017

Civilians Killed in Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen’s Ma’rib

TEHRAN  – Seven civilians, among them women and children, have lost their lives in Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes in Yemen’s central province of Ma’rib. The strikes hit Harib al-Qaramish district, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported on Saturday.  Five people were injured in the attacks. There are no more details available yet regarding the attack,  Press TV reported. […]

Saudi Arabia, Israel paving way for US military presence on China border 13 Sep 2017

Saudi Arabia, Israel paving way for US military presence on China border

TEHRAN – Referring to the role of Saudi Arabia and Israel in ongoing massacre against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Bankok- based geopolitical researcher Anthony Cartalucci believes these Washington proxies are paving the way for the US military presence on the China borders. Myanmar’s population is overwhelmingly Buddhist and there is widespread hatred against the Rohingya […]

Yemeni Forces Pound Saudi Positions in Jizan, Hajjah 10 Sep 2017

Yemeni Forces Pound Saudi Positions in Jizan, Hajjah

TEHRAN – The Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi-led coalition forces, managed to hit gatherings of Saudi troops and mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern province of Jizan and Yemen’s border district of Midi in Hajjah Province. The Yemeni forces conducted artillery attacks against the positions of Saudi servicemen and mercenaries […]

Iran’s deft diplomacy in region paying dividends: National Interest 05 Sep 2017

Iran’s deft diplomacy in region paying dividends: National Interest

In an article on its website published on Sept. 4, the National Interest said it is Iran which is emerging the winner in the Saudi blockade of Qatar. The article, written by Mohammed Ayoob, said, “Tehran’s deft diplomacy and infinite patience have finally begun to pay dividends.” The article, titled “The Saudi-Qatar crisis amounts to […]

WFP directly blames Saudi Arabia for Yemeni humanitarian crisis 05 Sep 2017

WFP directly blames Saudi Arabia for Yemeni humanitarian crisis

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has directly blamed Saudi Arabia for a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which has been the target of a Saudi-led war for two years and a half. “Saudi Arabia should fund 100 percent of the needs of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen,” said the WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley. […]