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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi Arabia: ‘Pointless’ dealing with Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon

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Dealing with Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon is “pointless,” said Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud in a TV interview on Sunday. “There is a crisis in Lebanon with the dominance of...
(From left) Human-rights activist Dr. Arwa al-Khattabi, head of the Yemeni Broken Chair Organization for Mine Victims, former U.S. Deputy Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim and Andy Vermaut, president of human rights NGO Post Versa speaking at the “Terrorism and Rights Violations of the Minorities in Yemen” conference in Geneva, Sept. 21, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

UN conference highlights Houthi persecution of minority populations in Yemen

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A conference spotlighting the oppression of Yemen’s minorities by the Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels occurred Monday on the sidelines of the 48th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, which takes place from Sept. 13...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Houthis and the Jews

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The following are remarks that the author delivered to the European Organizations Union for Peace in Yemen and the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women, at the conference, “Terrorism & Violations of the Rights of...
Fighters in the Yemeni city of Taizak. Credit: Ramalrasny/Shutterstock.

Iran views Houthi attacks as ‘experiment lab’ for its weapons and doctrines

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Iran views ongoing attacks by its radical ally in Yemen, the Houthis, on Saudi Arabia and others in the area as an important “experimentation lab” to test out new kinds of weapons and combat...
Israeli naval forces and the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser “USS Monterey” conduct maritime security operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, March 15, 2021.Credit: U.S. Navy.

Report: US navy seizes ship with cache of weapons headed for Yemen

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The U.S. Navy announced on Sunday that it seized a shipment of assault weapons, machine guns and sniper rifles bound for Yemen. A U.S. official told the AP that the Navy discovered that the vessel came from...
A billboard displaying Iranian Ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei. Credit: erdalislakphotography/Shutterstock.

Iran is fighting two parallel shadow wars, partly to seek retaliation

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Recent events have demonstrated that Iran is engaging in two, parallel “shadow wars”: one against Israel and the second is against the United States. The explosive attack against an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Through its Yemen maneuver, the Biden administration is giving a free pass to Iran

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The Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations on Feb. 16 after they were added to the list by the previous administration in January, shortly before...
The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. Credit: Nanking 2012 via Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi foreign minister: Iranian nuclear program threatens entire region

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A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Monday. “The development of...
An Iranian “Shahed 129” unmanned aerial vehicle at the Eqtedar 40 defense exhibition in Tehran, Jan. 30, 2019. Credit: Fars News via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran positions ‘suicide drones’ in Yemen, within range of Israel

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As tensions escalate in the Red Sea region, Iran has sent several Shahed-136 loitering munitions, known as “suicide drones,” to its proxies in Yemen, Newsweek reported on Thursday. According to the report, satellite footage from Dec. 25...
Iranian “Ambassador” Hassan Irlu eulogizes his former colleague, Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a memorial service in the Houthi “capital” of Sanaa on Jan. 2, 2021. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency.

Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer

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The American and Israeli alerts against the possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran and its offshoots over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani continue, and the Iranians are pleased with U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbroglio after the...