As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
For regional adversaries at loggerheads over the crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the disaster at the haj is…
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Exiled Yemeni government pulls out of planned peace talks
Yemen's exiled government said on Sunday it would no longer attend U.N.-mediated peace talks with its adversaries…
Iran is ‘true enemy’ of Gulf Arabs: Kuwaiti MP
A senior Kuwaiti lawmaker on Sunday described Iran as the "true enemy" of Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab states, in a sign…
UAE condemns rebel ‘occupation’ of its Yemen embassy
The United Arab Emirates condemned the "occupation" of its embassy in Sanaa by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels,…
Saudi Arabia says arrests brothers linked to Islamic State bombing in Kuwait
Saudi authorities have arrested three brothers linked to a suicide bombing by a Saudi man on a shia Muslim mosque…
Deadly clashes shake Yemen’s Aden
Fighting raged Thursday in Yemen's battleground southern city Aden, a day after the United Nations declared its…
Arab air strikes hit Yemen as peace talks enter second day
Arab air strikes hit military targets throughout Yemen on Wednesday and expanded into one western province for the…
Saudi Shiites prepare mass funeral for bombing victims
Saudi Arabia's Shia minority prepared a mass funeral Monday for the victims of a mosque bombing that authorities…
1,850 killed, over 500,000 displaced in Yemen: UN
The United Nations said Tuesday that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result…
Yemen crisis: UN warns rebels after they seize power
The UN Security Council has warned of unspecified further steps if the Shia Houthi rebels who took power in Yemen…
