Tags - Saudi
Report:
Rasa - Saudi Arabia has paid tens of thousands of dollars to US army veterans in an attempt to kill a recently-passed law allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi nationals for their alleged role in facilitating the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed thousands of Americans, a report says.
News ID: 429576 Publish Date : 2017/05/11
Rasa - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played down the Saudi officials' war rhetoric against Tehran, and warned that Riyadh is only seeking to stir tension in the region.
News ID: 429570 Publish Date : 2017/05/10
Rasa - A court in Bahrain upheld the death and life sentences against three political activists over their alleged involvement in an attack on regime forces.
News ID: 429564 Publish Date : 2017/05/10
Rasa - World Health Organization said an acute outbreak of cholera-related cases in war-torn Yemen has claimed the lives of at least 34 people in the past two weeks with over 2,000 people still sick, and Doctors Without Borders has warned that the outbreak could spiral out of control.
News ID: 429562 Publish Date : 2017/05/10
Rasa - It is welcome news to hear that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Trump administration to obtain documents about the January raid in Yemen that ended with many civilians dead. But documents are never enough.
News ID: 429556 Publish Date : 2017/05/10
Rasa - Saudi forces have shot dead a youth during a raid on the village al-Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia’s Shia-populated Qatif region.
News ID: 429555 Publish Date : 2017/05/10
Rasa - Rapporteur of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini underlined his country's high military power, and called on the Saudi officials to choose their words carefully when speaking about Iran.
News ID: 429550 Publish Date : 2017/05/09
Rasa - A newly leaked document revealed that the Saudi regime is spending $68 million to host US President Donald Trump amid austerity measures hurting citizens in the kingdom.
News ID: 429538 Publish Date : 2017/05/09
Rasa - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blasted the war rhetoric by Saudi officials against Iran, and said that the Riyadh government is acting at the order of the arrogant powers.
News ID: 429536 Publish Date : 2017/05/09
Rasa - On Friday, May 5, Iran, Russia and Turkey, the main sponsors of the Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan, signed a deal to create “deescalation zones” inside the war-torn country.
News ID: 429528 Publish Date : 2017/05/08
HRW:
Rasa - The International rights groups Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a UN-sponsored forum recently held in the Saudi capital Riyadh amounted to a "slap in the face" for persecuted Saudi activists jailed across the kingdom.
News ID: 429527 Publish Date : 2017/05/08
Syria:
Rasa - An Arab media source reported that a large number of Saudi aid packages have been discovered in the terrorist groups' positions during the Syrian Army soldiers' cleansing operation in al-Qaboun district.
News ID: 429514 Publish Date : 2017/05/08
Rasa - Following Saudi deputy crown prince's comments about moving the battle to Iran, Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says if the Saudis do anything stupid, the Iranian army will hit back and destroy all of the kingdom -- apart from Mecca and Medina.
News ID: 429510 Publish Date : 2017/05/08
Iran general:
Rasa - Iran's chief Armed Forces spokesman has dismissed the recent Saudi deputy crown prince's remarks against the Islamic Republic, stressing that Riyadh is implementing the hostile policies of the US and the Israeli regime in the region.
News ID: 429505 Publish Date : 2017/05/07
Rasa - As the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, is struggling with an unprecedented outbreak of cholera, its al-Sabeen Maternity and Child Hospital is on the verge of breaking point, crammed with pandemic patients.
News ID: 429495 Publish Date : 2017/05/06
HRW:
Rasa - Human Rights Watch slammed the United States’ role in Saudi-led coalition’s bombing of Yemen, stressing that the coalition has been committing unlawful crimes against Yemeni people.
News ID: 429481 Publish Date : 2017/05/07
Arab Daily:
Rasa - A leading Arab newspaper referred to Saudi Arabia's recent military deals with Washington and Ankara, and wrote that Riyadh is after signing huge arms contracts to pursue its warmongering policy in the region and help the US and Turkish economies.
News ID: 429480 Publish Date : 2017/05/07
UN Special Rapporteur:
Rasa - A UN lawyer accused Saudi Arabia of a long list of human rights violations including detaining and torturing free speech activists.
News ID: 429466 Publish Date : 2017/05/05
Yemen War:
Rasa - The United States, which often presents the war on Yemen as being against Al-Qaeda and tries to justify ever deeper direct US involvement, should take note: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Qasim al-Rimi says AQAP forces regularly “fight alongside the Saudi-led, US-backed forces against Yemen.”
News ID: 429449 Publish Date : 2017/05/04
Rasa - Iran's UN Ambassador Gholam-Ali Khoshrou has urged the global community to take action against Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorism and extremism.
News ID: 429448 Publish Date : 2017/05/04