Red Sea

Yemeni army thwarts Houthi attempt to plant mines on coast of Midi

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

The Yemeni army killed five Houthi gunmen and arrested another while they were trying to plant naval mines on the coast of Midi, adjacent to the Red Sea, in the Hajjah Governorate, West of Yemen. A military source said Yemeni soldiers on four boats clashed on Sunday with Houthis on three other boats while they were trying to plant theRead more

First food aid in weeks docks

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

A vessel carrying the first shipment of food aid in three weeks docked Sunday at the rebel-controlled Red Sea port of Saleef in western Yemen, a United Nations official said. Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme for the Middle East and North Africa region, said some 25,000 tons of wheat will be offloaded early on Monday. SheRead more

Yemen’s army achieve advance in both Sanaa and Taiz

Aden - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led Arab coalition have made more territorial gains along the Red Sea coast in the Taiz province, an army spokesman told Gulf News on Monday. Abdo Abdullah Majili, a spokesman for the Yemeni army, said that government troops kicked Al Houthi militants out of Al Ameri mountain range and bombed Al Houthi forces retreating downRead more

Houthis repeat threat to target international shipping lines, oil tankers

Hodeidah - Muslimchronicle

Iranian-backed Houthi militias reiterated threats to target international shipping lines and oil ships in the Red Sea. “We will take measures we have not taken before and we can target oil ships. We can do anything,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the chief of the so-called supreme revolutionary committee, said on Facebook. Mohammed al-Houthi, who is on Saudi Arabia’s terror list, saidRead more

Elite Saudis arrested in anti-graft sweep to face trial

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Dozens of high-profile Saudi political and business figures arrested in an anti-corruption sweep will face trial, the attorney general said Monday, after the biggest purge of the kingdom's elite in its modern history. Authorities hinted they could widen the crackdown after princes, ministers as well as billionaire tycoon Al-Waleed bin Talal were swept up in the weekend purge -- hoursRead more

Saudi Airlines to operate first flight

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines will launch its first flight to Baghdad in 27 years on Monday, state media said, amid a thaw in ties between the Arab neighbours. The airline, also known as Saudia, will depart from the Red Sea city of Jeddah barely two weeks after Saudi budget carrier flynas made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to BaghdadRead more

‘Virtual’ Neom wows Future Investment Initiative delegates

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

A virtual reality show illustrating what the soon-to-be-constructed Neom city will look like drew big crowds at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh yesterday. Plans for the $500 billion mega city and business zone on the Red Sea were unveiled on Tuesday by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Neom will be one of the biggest projects of its kindRead more

Crown prince pledges 'moderate' Saudi Arabia

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a "moderate, open" Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics in favour of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth. The Saudi strongman, 32, did not mince words in declaring a new reality for the kingdom, hours after announcing the launch of an independent $500 billion megacity -- with "separateRead more