News sources reported that Saudi Arabia has launched an artillery attack in Yemen. According to Arab media outlets, the Saudi Army has targeted the Baqim city in the northeast of Yemen’s Saada province. No details have been yet released regarding the possible casualties caused by this attack. The purpose of the …
Read More »Saudi Man Sentenced to 10 Years Over Tweets About Unemployment
A Saudi man who was forcibly disappeared for his tweets has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, plus a 10-year travel ban, the UK-based rights group Alqst and his friend have told Middle East Eye. Abdullah Jelan, 30, was sentenced by the Specialized Criminal Court over his social media …
Read More »Qom: People protest against Saudi mass executions [photos]
The ordinary people and the seminary students in the holy city of Qom held a rally to condemn the Saudi Arabia for executing 81 people in one single day.
Read More »UNICEF: 21mn Yemenis Need Life-Saving Aid, Half Children
Almost 21 million people in war-torn Yemen, or nearly 70 percent of the total population, need life-saving humanitarian assistance due to the Saudi-led aggression, the United Nations Children’s Fund says. “This includes 11.3 million children or nearly 80 percent of children,” UNICEF said in a Twitter post. In Yemen, nearly …
Read More »11 Members of Yemeni Family Killed, Injured in Saudi Bombing
Saudi-led coalition warplanes attacked Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah, killing or injuring 11 members of a family in the second airstrike against the war-torn country in less than a day. In the early hours of Monday, an airstrike hit the home of a civilian named Ahmed Mohammad Tamri in the …
Read More »Kuwaiti Preacher: What is the Islamic decree on holding dance parties in the land of Muslims Holiest Shrines?
“Tareq Al-Suwaidan” a well-known Kuwaiti Intellectual and Preacher harshly rebuked holding dancing and singing parties in Saudi Arabia, where Kaaba (Kiblah) and Holy Shrines of Muslims are located in. According to Shafaqna Translation Service quoting Al-Vatan, Al-Suwaidan posted in his Facebook account: “My question from a group of noble clergies …
Read More »Yemen: More than 60 killed in Saudi-led coalition air raid
– More than 60 killed in Saudi-led coalition air raid on prison in northern city of Saada. Footage released by the Houthis on Friday showed rescue workers pulling bodies from out of the rubble, following the dawn raid on the temporary detention centre in Saada. According to the UK-based charity Save …
Read More »Bahrain: Protest against Saudi court ruling that upheld the death sentences for two Bahraini youths
Bahraini demonstrators have staged a rally in protest at Saudi court ruling that upheld the death sentences against two Bahraini youths arrested by regime forces in Riyadh in 2015. Bahrain’s main opposition group, the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, announced on its Twitter account on Tuesday that the rally was held …
Read More »Saudi Crown Prince Begins Persian Gulf Tour
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman set off on a tour of fellow Persian Gulf Arab states on Monday ahead of a Persian Gulf summit this month. Prince Muhammad will visit Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. …
Read More »PM Kadhimi: No Need for Foreign Troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said that his upcoming visit to Washington is aimed at regulating Iraq’s relations with the United States and pushing for the withdrawal of foreign combat forces from the Arab country. In an interview with Saudi-owned Al-Hadath television, Kadhimi said there is …
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