King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairs a cabinet session. (SPA) March 11, 2020 Saudi Arabia condemned Iran on Tuesday for facilitating the entry of Saudi citizens into its territories without stamping their passports amid the global outbreak of the new coronavirus. The Cabinet, chaired by King Salman, slammed Tehran for undermining international efforts to [...]
The reason many are calling the two-night event in al-Ula as historic is as many of the Iranian singers taking the stage in Saudi Arabia. (Al Arabiya) March 6, 2020 Fans were treated to the first of a two-night concert being described as historic on Thursday as Iranian singing legends like Andy and [...]
An Iranian child wearing face mask walks on a street of Tehran, February 26, 2020. (EPA-EFE) March 6, 2020 A Saudi Arabian official condemned on Thursday Iran for not stamping the passports of Saudi nationals entering Iranian territory, in light of Riyadh confirming in past few days the detection of coronavirus cases in five [...]
Iranian singers set to perform at Winter of Tantora festival in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. (Supplied) February 27, 2020 Saudi Arabia’s Winter at Tantora festival will host Iranian singers to perform in “Persian Music Nights”, a two-night event on March 5 and 6, the Royal commission for al-Ula said on Wednesday. The Night of [...]
Saudi Arabian Riyadh city view. (Shutterstock) February 25, 2020 Saudi Arabia issued preliminary sentences for eight Saudi nationals, charging them with spying for Iran and monitoring two foreign embassies in the Kingdom. The Saudi State Security Court sentenced one person to death and seven to prison on espionage charges. The death sentence was [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shares lunch at the mess with members of the military as he visits the Prince Sultan air base in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia February 20, 2020. (Reuters) February 22, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Friday pictures showing his visit to Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan [...]
A ship is seen docked at the Hodeidah seaport in Al Hudaydah, Yemen. (AP) February 22, 2020 Recent intelligence shows that weapons used by Houthi militias to attack Saudi Arabia were smuggled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to Yemen via the strategic Hodeidah port, the Arab Coalition’s Spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said [...]
King Salman welcomes US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (SPA) February 21, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited American troops in Saudi Arabia Thursday after talks with King Salman on the second day of a visit focused on countering Iran. The United States began building up its military presence at the Prince Sultan [...]
Smoke is seen following a fire at an Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, Sep 14, 2019. (REUTERS) February 19, 2020 Drone components used in attacks which targeted Saudi Aramco facilities on September 14 were Iranian-made, according to a report by Conflict Armament Research published on Wednesday. CAR documented a component called the “vertical gyroscope” [...]
The devastation left after the bomb that targeted the motorcade of Rafik Hariri in Beirut on February 14, 2005. (AP) February 17, 2020 Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said on Sunday that the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri had been assassinated by Iranian militia. The deputy defense [...]
