Al-Jubeir in his meeting with General Raheel Sharif discussed “regional security situation”, a statement from Inter Services Public Relations said.
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Crowds of protesters in Iran then attacked two Saudi diplomatic posts, leading the Saudi government to sever ties with Tehran.
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al Khalid al Sabah, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah, Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and UAE’S Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L-R) pose for a group photo during an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh January 9, 2016. Iran has said the kingdom is to blame for the diplomatic crisis.
The GCC Ministerial Council also condemned the blatant Iranian interventions in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia, as reflected by the Iran’s hostile and provocative statements on the judicial rulings implemented by t Saudi against a number of terrorists.
Saudi Arabia, which is trying to throttle unexpectedly resilient United States shale producers to safeguard market share, certainly doesn’t appear to be counting on a major rebound.
Nimr was a highly respected cleric in Saudi Arabia’s Shiite community who was behind demonstrations calling for better treatment of the minority, but he was executed for terrorism.
Somalia followed suit Thursday, saying it had given Iranian diplomats 72 hours to leave.
The clubs were expected to ask the Saudi Arabian Football Federation to officially request the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to move the games away from Iran.
Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, is held by Shiite rebels known as Houthis. Iran has offered support to the Houthis, but denies actively supporting their war effort. However, an Associated Press reporter who reached the site just after the announcement saw no damage to the building, which sits in a neighborhood near a presidential palace that’s seen many previous strikes.
Last December, Saudi Arabia said it had formed an alliance of 34 countries to combat terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt and Syria.
Iran’s state-run news agency says a Saudi-led airstrike last night hit the Iranian Embassy in Yemen.
In recent months, however, the United States has played a key role in bringing both Iran and Saudi Arabia to the table at peace talks created to bring about an end to the Syrian Civil War.
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Annual imports from Saudi Arabia total about $60 million a year and consisted mostly of packing materials and textiles.
