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U.S. Citizens Warned over Travelling to Saudi Arabia
2019-09-19
The U.S. State Department called on American citizens to "exercise increased caution" while travelling to Saudi Arabia, a travel advisory posted on its website said on Wednesday.
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Talk on Bapco Refinery and Oil
2019-09-17
It is not just about Saudi Arabia when half of Aramco's production stops. A portion of the consequences of this can be understood from the US president's statement that he has authorized the use of strategic oil reserves.
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Saudi Arabia Defends Yemen's Hadi Government against UAE-Backed Separatists
2019-09-07
Saudi Arabia called on southern Yemeni separatists on Thursday to cede control of Aden and voiced its support for the government, an indication that its rift with close ally United Arab Emirates had deepened.
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Washington in Talks with Houthis to End Conflict in Yemen
2019-09-06
Washington is in talks with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in a bid to end the country's war, a top US official said on Thursday, the first such contact in more than four years.
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Yemen's Government Starts Indirect Talks with Southern Separatists in Saudi Arabia: Officials
2019-09-05
Yemeni government officials have begun indirect talks with United Arab Emirates-backed southern separatists in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah to end fighting in Aden and other southern provinces, a Yemeni official said on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia Boosts Troop Levels in South Yemen as Tensions Rise
2019-09-04
Saudi Arabia has deployed more troops in southern Yemen to try to contain clashes between nominal allies in the Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis that risk further fragmenting the country.
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U.S., France, Britain may be Complicit in Yemen War Crimes, U.N. Report Says
2019-09-04
The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia Struggles to Hold Yemen Coalition Together as Allies Face off
2019-09-03
Saudi Arabia is struggling to hold together a military coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen after local allies turned on each other in a power struggle that has strained Riyadh's alliance with its main regional partner, the United Arab Emirates.
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UAE Carries out Air Strikes against Yemen Government Forces to Support Separatists
2019-08-30
The United Arab Emirates carried out air strikes against government forces in South Yemen on Thursday in support of southern separatists who have deployed reinforcements to take back control of the port of Aden from their supposed allies in the Saudi-led coalition.
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Yemeni President Says Govt Forces Withdraw from Aden
2019-08-30
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said on Thursday that government forces had withdrawn from Aden to prevent the city from being destroyed, according to state news agency SABA .
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UAE Loosens Saudi Alliance to Push Peacemaker Image
2019-08-29
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have looked inseparable on the world stage, working together to project power in the Middle East and beyond, and courting U.S. President Donald Trump to counter common foe Iran.
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Yemen's Houthis Down U.S. Drone in Dhamar Governorate
2019-08-21
Yemen's Houthi movement's air defenses on Wednesday downed a United States drone MQ-9 in Dhamar governorate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, the group's Al-Masirah TV quoted the group's military spokesman as saying.
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Head of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Heads to Jeddah
2019-08-21
The president of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) headed with a delegation to the Saudi city of Jeddah on Tuesday after accepting the kingdom's invitation to a summit on the crisis in the Yemeni port city of Aden, the council said.
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Aden Standoff Delays Saudi Summit Intended to Forge New Yemen Government: Sources
2019-08-20
The refusal of Yemeni southern separatists to hand back control of Aden port has delayed a summit in Saudi Arabia that is due to discuss reshuffling Yemen's ousted government to include the separatists and end the stand-off, three Yemeni sources said.
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Saudi Arabia Admits Drone Attack on Shaybah Oilfield
2019-08-19
Saudi Minister of Energy Khalid Al-Falih said on Saturday that Shaybah oilfield was targeted by explosive-laden drones.
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Yemen Separatists Say Ready for Talks in Saudi Arabia over Aden Crisis
2019-08-17
Yemen's southern separatists said on Thursday they were ready to attend a summit in Saudi Arabia to resolve a standoff in Aden after they seized the southern port, seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed government.
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Houthis Say they Launched Drone Attacks on a Saudi Airport; Saudi TV Says Drone Intercepted
2019-08-17
Yemen's Houthis launched more drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport on Friday, halting air traffic there, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesman said.
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Saudi-UAE Delegation in Yemen's Aden to Discuss Separatist Pullout
2019-08-16
A joint Saudi-Emirati military delegation travelled to Aden on Thursday to discuss demands for a pullout of UAE-backed southern separatists from positions they captured in Yemen's interim capital, government and separatist sources said.
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Southern Yemeni Separatists Tell Saudi Arabia: Evict Islah or Lose the War
2019-08-15
Yemen's southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists and northerners to be removed from positions of power in the south.
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UAE Plays down Saudi Rift after Separatists Take Yemeni City
2019-08-13
The United Arab Emirates on Monday downplayed a rift with ally Saudi Arabia over Yemen after separatists it backs took control of Aden that was the base of the Saudi-backed government.