Saudi Arabia has now committed acts worse than those promulgated by the “Zionist regime” (Israel), Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, who is Chief Justice of the Iranian regime’s Judiciary body, announced Wednesday, according to a report by Iran’s state-controlled Mehr News Agency.
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Saudi officials announced Tuesday that their U.S.-backed, Sunni coalition is implementing the next phase of its plan to restore Yemen’s recognized president to power.
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and escort guided missile cruiser USS Normandy were deployed to join 10 other American warships on the waters near Yemen to dissuade Iran from shipping weapons to Shiite Houthi rebels.
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The Pentagon has stated that a U.S. aircraft carrier is “repositioning” for a security operation, contrary to prior reports that the warship was tasked with intercepting an Iranian fleet in off the coast of Yemen.
The “Escape From Yemen” story has become a tense subgenre of international journalism, as Americans left to fend for themselves by the Obama Administration seek flights to safety on foreign ships and planes. The spectacle of desperate Americans frantically looking for berths on Indian and Russian ships, while Team Obama spreads its hands and looks helpless, will not soon be forgotten.
According to a report by al-Jazeera, several American generals are skeptical that Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen will succeed.
Lebanon’s Hizbullah terror gang is normally one of the most active and belligerent terrorist organizations in the world. It is therefore significant that Hizbullah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, told a Syrian News TV interviewer that his organization is not capable of carrying out a war against Israel on its own.
The Shiite Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Haider al Abadi has taken to criticizing the Saudi-led campaign–which the United States is a part of–against the Houthi militants in Yemen.
(Reuters) – At least five merchant vessels carrying food are stuck off Yemen, shipping data showed on Wednesday, as warships from a Saudi-led coalition search them for weapons bound for Iran-allied Houthi rebel forces, with delays adding to a humanitarian crisis.
Saudis to Hezbollah: Yemen is none of your business; United Nations is ‘deeply shocked’ at Europe’s failure to save migrants
Ali Awad Asiri, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Lebanon, told terrorist group Hezbollah they should not be concerned about Yemen.
If anyone understands the Iranian mullahs’ mindset better than most, it is Alireza Jafarzadeh. If anyone misunderstands that mindset better than most, it is President Obama.
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday decided to impose an arms embargo on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and their allies, including former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his son.
The Saudi-owned, London-based Al-Hayat news site was taken over on Monday by hackers that identified themselves as part of a pro-Houthi “Yemen Cyber Army,” in an Arabic message displayed for its readers.
The Saudis have blamed the Iranian-backed Houthis for the large number of civilian casualties, while the Iranians and their allies have blamed the Saudis for the same deaths.
Desperate Kenya demands closure of refugee camp after Garissa school attack; Pakistan hits back at UAE over Yemen war military support issue
Holy Fire from Jerusalem’s Easter celebration arrives in Athens; Pakistan and Turkey refuse to support Saudi Arabia in Yemen; Pakistanis fear repercussions from neutrality on Yemen
Nearly a third of fighters participating in Yemen’s armed conflict are children who are experiencing chronic malnutrition, a United Nations official told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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The Indian government went to great lengths to evacuate 4,640 Indian nationals and nearly 960 foreign citizens from 41 countries, including the United States, out of war-ravaged Yemen.
Saudi-led airstrikes against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen continued on Thursday as Iran called the two-week campaign a “genocide.”
A Saudi princess with a penchant for lavish hotel stays and extravagant shopping sprees has a history of dodging her bills. Vanity Fair followed Princess Maha bint Mohammed bin Ahmad al-Sudairi’s devious trail of nearly $30 million in evaded bills.
Germany fears wave of xenophobia after arson attack on refugee home; U.S. begins daily aerial refueling for Saudi warplanes in Yemen; Fears of tribal and ethnic violence in Kenya continue
Iran deployed its 34th naval fleet over to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, which means that its ships may infringe upon a Sunni coalition-led naval blockade over Yemen, Iranian state-media reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama is trumpeting the recently announced interim nuclear framework agreement between Iran’s Shiite Islamic Republic and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (United States, France, Great Britain, China, and Russia) plus Germany (P5+1) as a good deal that will make the world safer.
He should be mindful of Newton’s Third Law of Motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Bashar al-Assad’s Syria army showing signs of collapse; Why do Awakening era civil wars always fizzle?; US speeds up weapons deliveries to militias in Yemen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Tehran this morning to discuss economic and political negotiations with Iran. Once close allies, Erdogan’s visit arrives a week after the president declared that Iran’s meddling in Yemen “has begun annoying us,” and accused the Islamic Republic of attempting to “dominate the region.”
Death tolls in Yemen continue to rise with a California man believed to be the first American killed in the current escalating violence between Iran-backed Shia Houthi militias and Sunni tribes supportive of Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, who
Pakistan parliament debates sending troops to Yemen to support Saudi Arabia; Greece confirms that it will pay the IMF on Thursday and avoid bankruptcy
A senior official from Iran reportedly called on the Saudi Arabia-led coalition to stop its bombing campaign against Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Yemen Houthis arrest Sunnis in Sanaa, as fighting continues in Aden; Saudi Arabia razing villages near the border with Yemen; Many countries, but not US, are evacuating their citizens from Yemen
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BBC– Houthi rebels in Yemen have intensified their push to control the port city of Aden, amid reports of troops landing from the sea.
WASHINGTON, DC — President Obama released U.S. military aid to Egypt that had been suspended since the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was ousted from Egypt’s presidency in 2013, the White House announced.
Yemen crisis continues growth into major war and humanitarian crisis; Pakistan debates Saudi Arabia’s call for help
Russian President Vladimir Putin received massive blacklash from countries at the Arab summit when he submitted a letter that stated he could not “express support for the Middle East.” The leaders at the summit accused Putin of hypocrisy since he is a known ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reported Israel and Arab states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan were finding “common cause” in “their opposition to US policy” towards Iran on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live.” “Israel, however, and several countries across
Naval forces from Saudi Arabia moved to block ports in Yemen in an effort to prevent weapons and fighters from coming in and out of the country as coalition airstrikes continue to target Iran-backed Houthi rebels.