The conflict between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition continues to escalate. In the latest development Houthi fighters say that they have fired 14 drones at several Saudi cities on Saturday, including at Saudi Aramco's oil refineries in Jeddah.

Conflict between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Saudi-led coalition continues to escalate

Saudi Arabia-led coalition says that it has killed more than 100 Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen's Marib and Al-Bayda.

Yemen: Saudi Arabia-led coalition targets Iran-backed Houthis

Middle East seems to have got embroiled into a tug-of-war between regional kingpins, Saudi Arabia and Iran, said analysts. This time the victim is financially-crippled Lebanon as Riyadh and other Gulf states expelled the envoy of the country.

Financially-crippled Lebanon gets entangled in Saudi-Iran tug-of-war

Lebanon's government cannot afford to resign over a growing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and some Gulf states, a member of a Lebanese crisis group of ministers said on Saturday following a near three-hour meeting over the widening rift.

Lebanon says government can't afford to resign as Saudi rift widens

Saudi Arabia ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave within 48 hours on Friday and banned all Lebanese imports in response to critical comments made by a Lebanese minister about the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.

Saudi-Lebanon diplomatic crisis worsens as envoy expelled, imports banned

A former top Saudi intelligence official who is living in exile accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday of targeting him, and made an unprecedented public plea to the Biden administration to help obtain the release of his children jailed in Saudi Arabia.

Former Saudi spymaster seeks US help for his jailed children

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Sunday its air strikes had killed more than 260 Huthi rebels in the past three days, but a rebel spokesman said the bombing campaign will not stop them.

Saudi-led coalition says killed over 260 Yemen rebels

Energy giant Saudi Aramco committed to being a net zero enterprise by 2050, its chief said Saturday, shortly after the kingdom said it aimed to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2060.

Saudi Aramco sets 2050 zero carbon emissions target

Following Newcastle United being taken over by the new Saudi owners, the club locked horns with the Harry Kane-led Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League face-off on Sunday (October 17).

'Education sessions' likely to be held for fans who welcomed Saudi owners with imitation headdresses

In pics | Social distancing goes for a toss at Grand Mosque in Mecca

The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing

At least 100 Yemeni rebels and pro-government troops have been killed in the past 48 hours as fighting intensifies for the key city of Marib, military and medical sources said Wednesday.

At least 100 people were killed in clashes for Yemen's Marib: Military sources 

In a meeting on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held discussion with Saudi counterpart Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud on various developments in Afghanistan, the Gulf and the Indo-Pacific.

Indian EAM meets Saudi foreign minister, discusses regional, bilateral issues

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will hold extensive talks with his Saudi counterpart Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud here on Sunday with a focus on developments in Afghanistan as well as matters relating to bilateral ties.

India's foreign minister Jaishankar to hold wide-ranging talks with Saudi counterpart on Sunday

Energy giant Saudi Aramco's second quarter profits for 2021 have bounced back to pre-pandemic levels due to higher oil prices, nearly quadrupling compared to the same period last year.

Saudi Aramco Q2 profits bounce back to pre-pandemic levels

Saudi Arabia has begun compensating the families of health workers who died because of the coronavirus as the government announced last year that each will receive $133,000.

Saudi compensates families of COVID-19 health worker victims

Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military and the first group of Saudi women soldiers to work in Islam's holiest sites, where they are helping secure the haj annual pilgrimage.

For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj

Israel secretly authorized a group of cyber-surveillance firms to work for the government of Saudi Arabia despite international condemnation of the kingdom’s abuse of surveillance software to crush dissent, even after the Saudi killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, government officials and others familiar with the contracts said.

Israeli companies aided Saudi spying despite Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia will host another downsized hajj from Saturday, with only residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus permitted and overseas Muslim pilgrims barred for a second year.

Saudi hosts vaccinated pilgrims for second downsized hajj

A rare public spat between Saudi Arabia and UAE has threatened the future of OPEC. As the two traditional allies chart a post-oil future, Ghadi Francis takes a look at what this will mean for the future of the cartel.

The West Asia Post: Saudi-UAE spat goes public

Saudi Arabia's deputy defence minister on Tuesday became the highest-ranking Saudi envoy to visit Washington since Joe Biden became president in January, and held talks with senior officials on the Yemen war and threats from Iran.

Saudi official in US for talks on Yemen, Iran

Iran reported 'good progress' on Tuesday in talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia but said some of their disputes are complex and may take time to resolve. Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies continue to pressure Iran, which backs the opposite side in conflicts in the region, over its nuclear programme, which Tehran says is entirely peaceful, its ballistic missiles, and its support for militant groups.

Iran says Saudi talks progress but time needed to resolve disputes

Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the State Department, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Saudis who killed journalist Khashoggi received paramilitary training in US: Report

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen destroyed a drone launched by Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state TV reported.

Saudi-led coalition destroys drone fired by Yemen's Houthis: State TV

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