Country: Saudi Arabia

Weapons Bound for Yemen Seized on Iran Boat: Coalition

The Levant News -- Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said on Wednesday. The announcement was made a day after tribal fighters backed by the coalition won […]

Saudi Arabia Issues Over 1,000 Images Suggesting Death-Toll Rise

The Levant News -- Authorities in India and Pakistan say photographs of dead released to diplomats for identification mean hundreds more killed than originally thought. Saudi Arabia has given foreign diplomats over 1,000 photographs of the dead from last week’s hajj crush and stampede, Indian and Pakistani authorities said, in an indication of a significantly higher […]

Airstrikes Hit Wedding Party, Killing Dozens in Yemen

The Levant News -- Warplanes with the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition bombed a wedding party on Yemen’s Red Sea coast on Monday, killing at least 70 civilians, according to two local officials and a relative of one of the victims. The aerial attack, in Wahija, south of the port city of Mokha, appeared to be among […]

Our Children Are Terrorists

The Levant News -- by Mansour Alnogaidan --Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak with officials from the prisons system of the General Investigations Directorate in the Saudi province of Qaseem. An appalling number of children, between the ages of 15 and 19, are now behind bars there. Many have recently returned from […]

Helicopter Attack kills 30 Civilians in Yemen Village: Residents, Medics

The Levant News -- Air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, said residents and medics. Apache helicopters fired rockets at the village of Bani Zela in Hajjah province, 10 km (6.5 miles) from the Saudi border, killing at least 25 civilians, including women and children, the […]

Iran's President Calls For Investigation Into Hajj Stampede

The Levant News -- Iranian president Hassan Rouhani used a major United Nations speech on Saturday to demand an investigation into a crush that killed more than 750 people at the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. His remarks came after Saudi Arabia’s most senior cleric, the grand mufti, appeared to absolve the authorities of blame […]

Saudi Arabia Should Apologise For Hajj Deaths - Khamenei

The Levant News -- Iran’s supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshippers performing the annual hajj pilgrimage, Khamenei’s website said on Sunday. “This issue will not be forgotten and the nations will pursue it seriously,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. “Instead […]

Saudi Suggests Pilgrims At Fault Over Haj Deaths, Iran Angry

The Levant News -- Saudi Arabia on Friday suggested pilgrims ignoring crowd control rules bore some blame for a crush that killed over 700 people at the haj pilgrimage in the annual event's worst disaster for 25 years. The kingdom's regional rival Iran expressed outrage at the deaths of 131 of its nationals at the […]

The Pilgrimage(Hajj): The Fifth Pillar of Islam

The Fifth Pillar of Islam: The Pilgrimage (Hajj) Play article audioDownload audio Description: The merits and various rites performed in Hajj, the fifth of the five obligatory fundamental Muslim practices. By Imam Kamil Mufti Published on 13 Feb 2006 - Last modified on 04 Jan 2015 Viewed: 176309 (daily average: 50) - Rating: 4 out […]

The Battle Of Sanaa

The Levant News -- Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners are preparing for a major offensive to take Yemen's capital. If the battle becomes a house-to-house urban clash, it will have disastrous humanitarian consequences, Bruce Riedel wrote for AlMonitor. Riedel is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and counter-terrorism expert, and served in the Agency […]

Saudi-led Forces’ Airstrike Kills At Least 20 civilians

The Levant News -- Warplanes of a Saudi-led alliance struck a hotel in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Tuesday, killing at least 20 civilians, medical officials and local officials said. They identified the hotel as The Marina in Sanaa's southern Asbahi district but gave no further immediate details. Source: Reuters

Saudi Warplanes Bombing The Omani Ambassador's Home In Sanaa

The Levant - - The Omani foreign ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador in Muscat on Saturday and handed him a protest letter over the air strikes, which the state news agency ONA said had targeted the residence of its ambassador to Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has denied its warplanes bombed the Omani ambassador's home in the […]

Saudi Arabia refuses to allow Yemenis to perform Hajj pilgrimage

THE LEVANT NEWS -- Thousands of Yemenis take to the streets in the capital Sanaa to protest against Saudi Arabia's refusal to allow them to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. The protesters on Friday said that Saudi Arabia has violated its religious responsibility regarding the Hajj pilgrimage, expressing their deep anger at Riyadh's decision which won't […]

How Iran should approach the GCC

By Saeid Jafari for Al-Monitor -- Two years ago, Hassan Rouhani was elected president on his promise of constructive engagement with the world, including Iran’s Arab neighbors. After winning the vote, Rouhani told an Al Jazeera reporter, “Our priority is improving our relationship with our neighbors. The states of the Persian Gulf are not only our neighbors, but our […]

Yemen War Continues From Aden to Sanaa

By Abayomi Azikiwe for Global Research -- THE LEVANT NEWS -- United Nations peace plan stalled amid escalation in ground offensive by U.S.-backed forces Reports are streaming out of Yemen saying that the anti-Ansurallah (Houthis) forces have initiated an offensive in the strategic southern port city of Aden. Fighters allied with the exiled President Abd […]

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