Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN Ambassador Abdallah Y. al-Mouallimi. (AP) July 8, 2020 Saudi Arabia called on the international community to take a firm stance on Iran, and to extend the arms embargo on the Iranian regime on Tuesday. In a virtual meeting of the Kingdom’s Council of Ministers, Saudi Arabia also [...]
Satellite image shows damage to an oil infrastructure from weekend drone attacks at Abqaig on Sept. 14, 2019, in Saudi Arabia. (AFP) July 2, 2020 The Saudi Foreign Ministry welcomed on Tuesday a report submitted by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security Council in which he confirmed Iran’s direct complicity and [...]
Saudi security forces keep watch along the border with Yemen in the Al-Khubah area in the southern Jazan province. (AFP) July 2, 2020 The Arab-led coalition has launched a military operation against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement after it recently stepped up cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, state television reported on [...]
Smoke is seen following a fire at an Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019. (REUTERS) July 1, 2020 Saudi Arabia called on the International community to take a “firm stance” against Iran and continue to the UN Security Council arms embargo on Tehran, said the Kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on [...]
Adel al-Jubeir and Brian Hook, check the display of the debris of ballistic missiles and weapons which were launched towards Riyadh, in Riyadh, June 29, 2020. (REUTERS) June 29, 2020 Saudi Arabian and US officials on Monday urged the international community to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran, warning that letting the ban expire [...]
Iranian missiles seized by the US Navy in the Arabian Sea before its arrival to Houthi militias in Yemen, Dec 5, 2019. (Supplied) June 29, 2020 A new Iranian missile shipment intercepted by the Arab Coalition offshore from Yemen will be revealed today in a press conference by Saudi Arabian officials, with Al [...]
Saudi Arabian Riyadh city view. (Shutterstock) June 18, 2020 Saudi Arabia condemned Turkish and Iranian aggression in Iraq, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. The condemnation came after Turkish special forces and helicopters have been targeting Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq since Wednesday. Iran also shelled Kurdish areas on Tuesday. [...]
A satellite image showing damage to oil/gas Saudi Aramco infrastructure at Khurais, in Saudi Arabia. September 15, 2019. (Reuters) June 15, 2020 A unique internal component enabled UN investigators to prove that cruise missiles and drones used to attack Saudi Arabia last year were Iranian. The UN examined debris from weapons used in [...]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (Reuters) June 12, 2020 Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of “Iranian origin,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday. Guterres also said several items [...]
Ardakanian announced that the power grids of Iran and Syria were to be connected through Iraq, after Tehran and Damascus signed a preliminary agreement on the issue. (Supplied) June 6, 2020 Iran is apparently taking new steps to stop any electricity agreements between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with the aim of monopolising ties with Baghdad and [...]
