The United States says it will send troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to bolster Riyadh’s air defenses following a recent drone attack on two major oil facilities owned by Saudi state oil giant Aramco. The decision to send reinforcements to the region, which was approved by President Donald Trump on Friday, was made at the request of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,... 

Iran has rebuffed US accusations of launching a drone attacks that cut Saudi Arabia’s oil output in half. A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, meanwhile, has warned Washington that Tehran is ready for war. Allegations that Iran was behind the drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities are “unsubstantiated” and false, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyyed Abbas Mousavi stated on Sunday.... 

Houthi rebels in Yemen say they deployed 10 armed drones which hit two large Saudi Aramco oil facilities on Saturday morning, causing massive fires and huge clouds of smoke on the sites. The attack was carried out by the Houthi Air Force, the spokesperson for the Yemeni rebel group, Brigadier Yahya Serai, said on Al Masirah TV, vowing to “expand the operations against the Saudi regime in the future.” The... 

The US envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, was dancing to Israel’s tune by calling for a Western coalition against Iran while posing in front of the wreckage of a missile, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT, saying the spectacle was aimed at distracting attention from Yemen. “I think that Netanyahu is calling the shots. Look, Jerusalem has just been recognized as the capital of Israel, Nikki Haley... 

In a massive victory for President Trump, the Supreme Court has ruled that the White House’s travel ban on individuals from terror linked countries will go into full effect. “The court, with two of the nine justices dissenting, granted his administration’s request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts that had partially blocked the ban, which is the third version of a contentious policy... 

The Trump Administration released a new travel ban on six terror states. The affected countries include — Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and Libya. Iraq was eliminated from the list this time. Citizens from these countries will be subjected to a 90 day ban on travel to the United States. Secretaries Tillerson, Sessions and Kelly announced the ban this morning. New York Daily News reported: President... 

The Washington Post is reporting that so far 100,000 visas have been rejected in the one week since President Trump put into effect a travel ban from seven countries that have strong ties to terrorism. The number was revealed in a lawsuit that was filed by two Yemeni brothers who arrived at Dulles International Airport last Saturday who were denied entrance into the United States and immediately put... 

A new Rasmussen poll finds that 57 per cent of Americans support President Trump’s travel ban on people arriving from terror-linked countries, with just 33 per cent opposing the measure. Asked if they support a temporary 90 day ban on “refugees” from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, a clear majority of Americans back Trump, despite widespread media criticism of the executive... 

The Obama administration announced this week their plan to release 22 top Gitmo detainees. The list includes an accused senior al Qaeda bomb-maker, the terror group’s top financial manager, and two intended 9/11 hijackers. Obama told Yahoo in December 2015 that “only a handful” of Gitmo detainees has returned to a life of terrorism. The actual number is closer to 196… So he was only off by... 

A rapidly-increasing civilian death toll resulting from Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen has prompted the White House to halt the sale of weapons to Riyadh. Washington announced that instead it will shift focus to improving target practice in the kingdom and training the Saudi Air Force. In the 20 months since the Saudis, at the behest of Yemen’s exiled president, became involved in the... 

Barack Obama announced in February his plan to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Obama told Yahoo in December that “only a handful” of Gitmo detainees has returned to a life of terrorism. The actual number is closer to 196… So he was only off by 191. Former Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al Sudani, is now an al-Qaeda leader in Yemen. Former Gitmo detainee Ibrahim... 

The U.S. government harbors a number of exiled political groups, some self-styled “governments-in-exile,” some banned opposition groups and parties, and other groups that have carried out terrorist attacks. Some of the latter groups have close links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), otherwise known as the “Islamic State.” Some Republican presidential candidates and both Republican... 

Tensions between the leading Shiite and Sunni powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have dramatically escalated following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, but whatever goals Riyadh is pursuing, it is hardly capable of countering Iran, a US think tank asserted. “By itself, Saudi Arabia is no match for the much larger, more populous Iran — and the end of Western sanctions is only boosting... 

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of using warplanes to attack the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Some guards were reportedly wounded in the attack, according to state news channel IRIB. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it will investigate the accusation, according to coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, as cited by Reuters. Asseri acknowledged that coalition... 

United Nations, (Prensa Latina) Uruguay took over on Friday (01) the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, in a global scenario marked by conflicts such as Syria, Yemen and Burundi. Monday, the body of 15 members set its monthly program of work, which no doubt will occupy important places mentioned above trying to solve the crisis and find the actions possible to find a political solution. The...