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Riyadh has been signaled out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after consultations about the impact the low oil prices could have on its coffers, especially that almost half of the kingdom’s budget expenses are allocated to salaries, wages and Read more
Around 3,000 troops from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Yemen with hundreds of vehicles like main battle tanks, APCs, AFVs and self-propelled artillery on board ships adorned with UAE flags at the port of Yemen over the weekend. Their arrival could Read more
Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri, a spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition, has stated that President Hadi’s government would be willing to hold talks with the Houthi Movement to return to Sana’a but if the latter is reluctant, they will be forced Read more
The U.S. State Department has approved orders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for military defensive missiles worth billions of dollars. Riyadh wants 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors worth around $5.4 billion while the UAE opted Read more
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair has requested his Saudi peer Ali al-Naimi to resume work at the offshore Khafji oilfield after production was stopped in October 2014. In a letter addressed to Niami, the Kuwaiti minister pointed out that Riyadh’s Read more
“Reaching a deal is a significant step, but the text of the deal should be carefully scrutinized and the legal procedures should be taken so when the deal is ratified the other side cannot breach it” because “some of the members of Read more
The Hadi-led government based in Riyadh has told the U.N that it has agreed to implement “a truce” with the Houthi rebels, a move that could provide the much needed aid to the population and could probably help to end the war. Read more
Houthis “rocket units” have launched Scud missile at the Al Sulayyil missile base in Riyadh province “as a response to the crimes of the brutal Saudi aggression,” Military spokesman Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman was quoted by the Yemeni state news agency Saba, under Houthi Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir has stressed that the outcome of the recently signed cooperation agreements between Riyadh and Moscow, especially the military agreements, depends on the position of the armed forces of Saudi Arabia and the Read more
Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed six bilateral cooperation agreements covering diverse domains at the international economic forum in St. Petersburg. One of the cooperation agreements deals with a peaceful nuclear program and space exploration. The documents were signed after Read more