Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar al-Eryani has met with officials from the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the situation in Yemen and the challenges posed by the terrorist Houthi militia.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed with the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan the bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to promote them.
Saudi Al-Nasr beat its guest, UAE's Al-Wasl, 4-0 in the match that brought them together at Al-Awal Park Stadium in Riyadh, as part of the seventh round of the AFC Champions League Elite 2024-2025.
Houthis use Hodeidah to threaten international shipping, says ambassador
[30/07/2018 01:19]
BEIRUT - SABA
Yemen's ambassador to Beirut, Abdullah al-Doays said the Houthi militia are using the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah to threaten international shipping and smuggle in Iranian-made arms.
He made the remarks in a meeting with the former Lebanese prime minister Fuoad Siniora, in Beirut on Monday.
Al-Doays briefed Siniora on the latest developments in Yemen and the efforts exerted by the government to liberate Hodeidah port and city from the militia and protect shipping in the Red Sea.
He renewed the government's in a peace deal founded on the Gulf Initiative, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 2216.
The Yemeni government reiterated its support for UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths to broker such a settlement.
He said that besides the attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea the militia confiscates relief aid shipments that arrive for the people they impoverished by the coup they mounted in 2014 and conflict they triggered in 2015 which triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Siniora affirmed his support for all steps taken by the government and the Arab Coalition to reverse the coup and restore the government's control over all provinces and state institutions.