Category: Politics

Published by Al-Araby When a comedy sketch on Saudi TV went viral recently, it set people talking in Washington. The sketch depicted a senile President Joe Biden being manhandled by his staff – not exactly ground-breaking comedy, and hardly unique among international portrayals of the president. But for observers of the Gulf kingdom, it was […]

Published by Al-Araby Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Wednesday they are considering renewing a United Nations-brokered truce with the government which expires in two weeks. The Houthis “Supreme Political Council will consider the request for an extension of the truce, which ends on June 2,” the rebels’ Saba news agency said. The report comes a […]

Published by Reuters By Tom Perry, Parisa Hafezi and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT/DUBAI (Reuters) – For Saudi Arabia, losses for Iran’s allies in a Lebanese general election mark a rare piece of good news from a country where Tehran has long been ascendant, and could play to Riyadh’s advantage in a regional tussle for influence. The […]

Published by Al-Araby A ray of hope for peace emerged in Yemen this week as the first commercial flight in six years left Sanaa on Monday as part of a truce deal in the country’s civil war. Carrying 151 passengers, the Yemen Airways flight was headed for the Jordanian capital Amman, according to Houthi media […]