Category: Arabian Peninsula

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., reacts to OPEC’s decision to cut oil production along with America’s growing crime crisis on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ #foxbusiness

The Biden administration approved two massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help them defend against Iran. Package includes $3 billion in Patriot missiles for…

Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, discusses Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia as oil prices rise, the Iran Nuclear Deal and Sen. Joe Manchin’s response to the Democrats’ spending bill. … REP.…

Saudi Civil Defence member is seen at the site of what Saudi-led coalition claims was a drone a attack by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, that targeted the Al-Shaqeeq desalination plant…

China, India and the UAE abstained from voting on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia Moscow vetoed the resolution demanding that the Kremlin stop its attack on Ukraine and…

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The UAE intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Monday…

President Biden on Monday said he would designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally as he highlighted the relationship between the U.S. and the Gulf state as central to relocating Afghans,…

Yemen’s seven-year war lurched into its latest crisis Monday with Houthi rebels saying they have seized an Emirati-flagged military ship which the Saudi-led coalition insisted was carrying medical supplies. The…

The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, suspended operations in 2015, and the American ambassador was relocated to Saudi Arabia. (Getty Images) CAIRO — Yemeni security employees of the U.S. government…

Two U.S. Navy sailors stand watch on the starboard bridge wing as the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) departs Eilat, Israel, Nov. 5, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo…

An American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at sunrise on the morning of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The American flag…

FILE – In this July 13, 2005, file photo, outgoing reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami talks on the phone with the mother of female journalist Masih Alinejad, right, after meeting…

ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement on Sunday carried out a rare missile strike on a southern region that has seen renewed infighting between forces allied to a military coalition…

In Senate floor remarks, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) linked the attacks from Hamas on Israel to Iran.

Thousands of illicit weapons are displayed onboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) which was seized from a stateless dhow in international waters of the North Arabian Sea in…

CALEXICO, Calif. — Two men on a terrorism watch list were arrested after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into California, the U.S. Border Patrol announced Monday. A 33-year-old man…

Smoke rises over Sanaa after air strikes ‘on military targets’ by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (AFP) Houthis claim to have fired drones and missiles at Ras Tanura, one of…

FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the site of Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen March 7, 2021. REUTERS (Reuters) – The United States on Monday expressed alarm at “genuine security…

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs first season of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council, virtually, with Bahrain’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, in Riyadh,…

Emiratis celebrate after the Hope Probe enters Mars orbit as a part of Emirates Mars mission, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The spacecraft from the United…

After losing the election, Donald Trump approved a deal to sell 50 Lockheed-Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets to the UAE The move temporarily freezes billions of dollars in arms sales…

RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday, a move that diplomats and…

A Saudi journalist is pictured in front of the logo of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at the media centre ahead of the 41st summit in the city of Al-Ula…

Yemeni ministers pray as they attend the first meeting of their cabinet, a day after they survived an attack on Aden airport, in Aden, Yemen December 31, 2020. REUTERS ADEN…

A military vehicle is seen on the tarmac as dust rises after explosions hit Aden airport, upon the arrival of the newly-formed Yemeni government in Aden, Yemen December 30, 2020.…

In this July 30, 2014 photo US and German flags fly outside the Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (AP Photo) BERLIN  — Germany’s top administrative court has ruled that the country’s…

This Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. annotated by TankerTrackers.com, shows a damaged tank and fire-suppressing foam on the ground at a Saudi Arabian Oil Co.…

A combination picture shows Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Osaka, Japan June 29, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem February 9, 2020. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin…

Photo: Depositphotos.com Shots have been fired at the Saudi embassy on the Koninginnegracht in the centre of The Hague, according to local media reports, but police say it is too…

CAIRO – (Reuters) – The Saudi-Led coalition said on Wednesday that it intercepted two explosive-laden boats in the southern Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthis from the Yemeni governorate of…

In this Aug. 5, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an F-35 fighter jet pilot and crew prepare for a mission at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United…

(Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis want to strengthen bilateral ties with Iran in various fields, the foreign minister for the Houthi administration that runs north Yemen told Iran’s new ambassador to…

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Air Force F-35 flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel June 27,…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates landed near Tel Aviv on Monday, further cementing a normalization…

CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition forces fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed an explosive drone fired by Iran-aligned Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, state news agency SPA said early on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: An F-35 pilot prepares for take off from the Vermont Air National Guard Base with the flag of the United States, before a flyover in South Burlington, Vermont,…

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz attends a virtual cabinet meeting in Neom, Saudi Arabia August 18, 2020. Saudi Press Agency/Handout viaREUTERS NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King…

In this image made from UNTV video, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly,…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia likely has enough mineable uranium ore reserves to begin its domestic production of nuclear fuel, according to a new report. Confidential…

‘You’re going to have peace in the Middle East,’ Trump said Tuesday. President Trump will preside over the signing of two historic deals between Israel and two Gulf nations at the White House…