Press TV - At least one ballistic missile and a rocket have been intercepted in the sky above the Saudi capital Riyadh and the southern city of Jazan, Saudi state media report. Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported that two rockets were intercepted on Saturday in the sky above Riyadh and Jazan, citing its correspondent and sources. However,...

Tasnim Saudi Arabias King Salman met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh on Tuesday, footage on the Russian foreign ministrys official Youtube channel showed. Lavrov is on a tour of the Persian Gulf, also expected to include the United Arab Emirates and KuwaitReuters reported. On Monday, Lavrov held talks in Qatar with Foreign Minister ...

FNA - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari underlined the necessity for the settlement of differences between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but meantime, said that Tehran doesnt accept Riyadh's hegemonic policies against Doha. "The Islamic Republic of Iran doesnt support exacerbation of the crisis between Doha and Riyadh, and it clearly ...

IFP - Middle East observers believe that the recent positive signals sent by Saudi Arabia on its interest in improving relations with its regional arch-rival Iran are aimed at testing the reactions. A Saudi Arabian journalist, close to Al Saud family, has implied that Riyadh will soon have close and strong ties with Tehran and Baghdad,...

Sputnik - Saudi Arabia set out several conditions for Qatar to normalize the bilateral relations amid the diplomatic rift and gave Doha 24 hours for the implementation of the conditions, local media reported Wednesday. DUBAI (Sputnik) According toAkhbar Al Aan news outlet, the conditions included the expulsion ofall the members ofthe Muslim Brotherhood ...

MNA Iranian official Amir-Abdollahian said Trumps trip to Riyadhmost likely follows up on Saudis proposal for investment up to $200bn for infrastructure and energy sector. Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs HosseinAmir-Abdollahian told Mehr News that the credibility of Saudi regime does not rely on democracy and support ...

Sputnik - Ahead of US President Donald Trumps upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, unofficial sources are claiming that Riyadh will be attempting to curry favor with Washington by pulling out the checkbook for Americas highways. According toa recent Bloomberg report, Saudi Arabia is seeking todiversify its investment infossil fuels, and will pump ...

Tasnim The representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and pilgrimage affairs said Irans expert teams have traveled to Saudi Arabia to discuss preparations for the next annual Hajj pilgrimage. Several expert teams have been dispatched to Saudi Arabia to supply essential services to pilgrims and help pave the way for over ...

IFP - British Prime Minister Theresa May has defied Saudi Arabias strict custom and refused to wear a headscarf for her first meeting with the Arab countrys ruling elite. May landed in Riyadh on Tuesday on the second leg of her three-day tour of the Middle East and risked angering her hosts by refusing to cover her head. She follows ...

IRNA - Director of the London-based Abrar Islamic Foundation (Abrar House) think tank Saeed Shahabi said that whilst Tehran seeks to downplay tensions in the region, Riyadh however wages war and conflict in the Middle East. The scholar made the remarks in a recent exclusive interview with IRNA in London. As for the role played by the Saudi Arabia ...

Alwaght- The Saudi Arabian relations with Russia over the past years have been described as complex, multilayered, and shifty. In these relations on the one hand there are factors that can pave the way for boost of the two countries' ties and on the other hand there are others that can function as hurdles to any relations improvement. At the ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) In 2015, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz ascended the throne of Saudi Arabia. He wasted little time in turning his tribes long-held rule of succession, designed to maintain tribal harmony. On its head, by nudging aside the Crown Prince and imposing a nephew as the new Crown Prince and making his 30-year old son Deputy Crown Prince ...

Riyadh should put up with Tehran's growing role in the region as it is "the result of natural developments", the Iranian Foreign Ministry said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Saudi Arabia must come toterms withthe fact that Iran has increased its influence inthe region and abandon inappropriate behavior because Tehran's patience is not limitless, Iranian ...

The figures on capital punishment coming out of Riyadh are staggering: there have been more than 150 people already executed in the kingdom in 2015, far more than in years past, according to Amnesty International. This year has seen 151 individuals put todeath inSaudi Arabia, and there are more tocome, Amnesty reported onMonday. The usual annual ...

Saudi Arabias King Salman has put sanctionson the Saudi Binladin Group over a construction crane crash incident in the holy city of Mecca that claimed the lives of over 100 pilgrims. Salman suspended the group from participating in new contracts and ordered the finance ministry to review the firms current contracts. According to the ruling, announced ...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says US President Barack Obama has assured Riyadh about the favorable impacts of the recent nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1. "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was satisfied with these assurances after having spent the last two months consulting with our allies,"Jubeir said following a meeting between ...

Riyadhhas announced a five-day lull in its deadly military aggression against Yemen, according to the Saudi Press Agency. A Saturday statement carried by the SPA said that the humanitarian ceasefire will take effect from Sunday evening at 11:59 pm Yemens local time (2100 GMT)and will last for five days. It said the truce is meant to allow humanitarian ...

Gulf Arab leaders meeting on Monday were expected to announce closer political union, starting with two or three countries including Saudi Arabiaand Bahrain. According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will weigh closer political union at a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday aimed at pooling efforts to neutralize Shi'ite Muslim protests in ...

Qom, Nov 9, IRNA Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi on Sunday urged Riyadh to punish those involved in the massacre of Shiite mourners in al-Ahsa district. Masked gunmen stormed a mourning procession marking Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam, in al-Dalwah, and opened fire as people were observing Ashura,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian lawmaker rejected the claims made by Saudi Arabian foreign minister on Tehrans interference in regional countries as baseless and irrational.   The Islamic Republic never pays heed to such absurd and baseless remarks and will defend the oppressed people around the world..., Mohammad Hassan Asafari, a member ...