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The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces that has been taking place in the Arabian Peninsula, including the southern Saudi regions of Asir, Jizan, and Najran, and northern Yemeni governorates of Saada, Al Jawf, and Hajjah, since the onset of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen in 2015.
The Al ash-Sheikh are the descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the 18th century founder of the Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam which is today dominant in Saudi Arabia. [55] The family is second in prestige only to the Al Saud (the royal family) [56] with whom they formed a "mutual support pact" [57] and power-sharing arrangement nearly 300 ...
The Biden administration is close to finalizing a treaty with Saudi Arabia that would commit the U.S. to help defend the Gulf nation as part of a deal aimed at encouraging diplomatic ties between ...
Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Saudi Arabia Iran: 2013–2017 War in Iraq (2013–2017) Iraq: 155,500–165,500+ 2015– Yemeni Civil War [b] Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen Yemen Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates: 377,000+ 2016– Western Iran clashes Iran: 74–156 15–16 July 2016 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt Turkey
Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia are the diplomatic and trade relations between Saudi Arabia and other countries around the world. The foreign policy of Saudi Arabia is focused on co-operation with the oil-exporting Gulf States, the unity of the Arab World, Islamic solidarity, and support for the United Nations. [1]
A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia has allegedly provided support to the Kurdish militants within the KDPI, PAK, and PJAK through its consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan. [362] Saudi Arabia and the UAE has also supported the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, as part of CJTF-OIR. [363]
Saudi Arabia's missile defense system failed to stop the swarm of drones and cruise missiles that struck the oil infrastructure. [19] It is reported that Saudi Arabia has at least one MIM-104 Patriot missile defense system in place at Abqaiq. [19] The missile defense system used was designed to mitigate threats from "high flying targets". [19]