• 22 December, 2024
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Israel participates in huge U.S. Mideast naval exercise alongside Saudi, Oman

By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel is taking part in a huge U.S.-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman,…

Five dead, 30 hurt in missile strike on Yemen’s Marib-state media

ADEN (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news…

Explainer-Why Yemen is at war

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have launched two missile attacks at the United Arab Emirates in the last week, raising the stakes in a ruinous and complex conflict. Monday's…

Thai PM to visit Saudi Arabia as diplomatic relations thaw

RIYADH (Reuters) -Thailand's prime minister will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the Saudi foreign ministry said, in what will be the first high-level meeting between the two countries since a…

Saudi-led coalition denies targeting detention centre in Yemen’s Saada

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen denied targeting a detention centre in Yemen's Saada province, saying the facility hit was not a site restricted from…

New U.S. Horn of Africa envoy to visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The new U.S. envoy to the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield, and Assistant Secretary Molly Phee will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week, the State…

Saudi-led forces receive distress signal from oil tanker off Yemen- state TV

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen received a distress signal from an oil tanker after it was subjected to "armed harassment" off Yemen's Hodeidah port, Saudi state…

Yemen’s Houthis launch missile at coalition camp in Shabwa, say sources

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis on Thursday launched a missile at a camp housing Yemeni forces belonging to a Saudi-led coalition that had sent reinforcements to counter a push on…

Houthi projectile kills two in Saudi city of Jazan – Saudi state media

CAIRO (Reuters) - A Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident were killed as a result of a Houthi projectile that hit the southern Saudi city of Jazan on Friday, Saudi…

Saudi-led coalition in Yemen destroys explosives-laden boat -state TV

CAIRO (Reuters) -The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen destroyed an explosives-laden boat in the southern Red Sea before it could carry out an attack, Saudi state television reported on Thursday,…

Saudi defences destroy two Houthi drones targeting Abha airport -news agency

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's air defences on Sunday destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthis toward the Abha international airport in the southwest of the kingdom, the Saudi Press…

UAE – Stuck in the Middle?

UAE Walks a Tightrope Between USA, Israel and Iran The United Arab Emirates is walking a diplomatic high wire between superpower ally Washington, new friend Israel and old adversary Iran…

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