Étiqueté : Saudi

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Yemen’s Houthis: Saleh’s overture to Saudi ‘a coup’

Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh has said he is open to talks with a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels, in what the fighters called « a coup » against their fragile alliance with the ousted president. The Saudi-led coalition, consisting of several Arab-Sunni states, intervened in Yemen in March 2015 to push back Houthi rebels and Saleh forces…

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Hariri: What took place in Saudi stays in Saudi

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said that the events that unfolded over the past three weeks of his time in Saudi Arabia will remain undisclosed, emphasising that he does not wish to discuss the details of what happened to him during that period.  In an interview with French channel C News on Monday, Hariri…

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Anger over Greek thought to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia

Athens, Greece – A political dispute in Greece over a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia is deepening, with opposition politicians and critics decrying plans to sell 66m euros ($78.7m) worth of surplus missiles and bombs to the Arab Gulf country.  Opposition politicians have accused the government, which is currently headed by the leftist Syriza…

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US warns citizens in opposition to travelling to Saudi Arabia

The US State Department has cautioned its citizens « to carefully consider » travelling to Saudi Arabia, citing persisting terrorist threats and a spillover of violence from Yemen across the border. The travel warning, issued on Tuesday, warned of the threat of ballistic missiles fired by rebel groups from Yemen into the kingdom. « In the past year,…