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A bitter local conflict threatens to spread across the region MUHAMMAD REDWAN and his family were being hammered from all sides. In early August, rebels from Yemen’s Houthi clan took over his village in the rugged mountains of...
RIYADH, Nov 19, 2009 (AFP) - A Saudi soldier has been killed in clashes with Yemeni Shiite rebels at the border between the two countries, Saudi media reported on Thursday. Issa Madkhali, who is part of the naval forces, was...
By Mohammed al-Kaabi and Hadi Faqhi Jizan, Asharq Al-Awsat- A Saudi Arabian military official confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Huthi infiltration of Saudi territory is not something that occurred spontaneously but that...
While not declaring war on Saudi Arabia, Iran was believed to be helping both Al Qaida as well as Shi’ite rebels in neighboring Yemen to take over the area along the Saudi border. Saudi Arabia has responded with heavy air…
Saudi and Yemeni forces pounded Shiite rebel positions along the border between the two countries on Sunday as the rebels claimed they used Katyusha rockets in attacking a Saudi military base in the border Jizan region to...
In a major move to address food security concerns and to cover a shortfall in wheat supplies, Saudi Arabia has announced plans to import three million tons of wheat a year by 2016. Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization...
ADEN - The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Jizan province of Saudi Arabia Nasir Bin Abdu Muree affirmed on Thursday that Aden governorate is rich of various merits attracting investors' interests due to its...
As Saudi forces continue to pound the positions of the Yemeni rebels who infiltrated into its borders, Houthi leader Yehia al-Houthi called for a ceasefire and expressed his group's willingness to engage in dialogue in an...
Jizan, Asharq Al-Awsat- An informed Saudi Arabian source has stated to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Saudi Arabian Air Force intensively patrolled the region from Tuesday afternoon until midnight on Wednesday.
The latest Saudi Port statistics showed that the total tonnage handled in all Saudi Ports during the first 9 months of 2009 reached around 105.19 million tons, with an overall decrease of 9.09 percent over the same period of...
