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Jubeir says Iran and Hezbollah agents launched missiles from Houthi territory  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir accused 'Iranian and Hezbollah agents' of launching ballistic missiles at the kingdom on Monday, reserving his country's right to respond at the 'appropriate time and place'. Speaking to reporters at the  United Nations  following Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Mr Jubeir said 'the Iranian ballistic missiles launched from Houthis' territory in Yemen by Iranian agents and Hezbollah agents is a stark violation of international law and UN resolution 2216'. Saudi Arabia 'reserves the right to respond on this hostile Iranian action at the right time and place'. In his first comments on the attack, Mr Al Jubeir said his country had captured and shown evidence to the international community that Iran is arming the Houthis with ballistic missiles, and that Tehran's den...

The letter was submitted by Abdullah Al-Muallami, the kingdom’s permanent representative at the UN  Saudi Arabia submitted a letter to the UN Security Council regarding the Iranian ballistic missiles which the Houthis fired towards the kingdom and demanded holding Iran accountable for supplying the Houthis with ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia also called on the UN Security Council to bear its responsibilities to maintain international security and stability. The letter which was submitted by Abdullah Al-Muallami, the kingdom’s permanent representative at the UN, to the UN security general and to the president of the UN Security Council, comes a day before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with UN Security General Antonio Guterres.

Fragments of Iranian maid Qiam-class ballistic missiles fired from Yemen at Saudi Arabia, on display in Washington, D.C. As the administration on Monday showed foreign ambassadors alleged evidence of links between Iran and ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels in Yemen, an Iranian opposition group said it has received reports that the launches are occurring under the “direct orders” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Citing sources inside the regime and the IRGC, the exiled Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran/People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (  NCRI  /MEK) said the reports indicate that the missiles are being manufactured at factories affiliated to the IRGC’s aerospace division.  “According to these sources, the Houthis received training from IRGC and the Lebanese Hezbollah on how to handle and use the missiles,” the group said in a report, which also identified shipping companies s...

President Donald Trump is welcomed with bouquets of flowers May 20 on his arrival to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia By Struan Stevenson  July 10, 2017 (UPI)  -- Last week, ahead of his meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump urged Moscow to end its support for Syria and Iran. This came on the back of Trump's first foreign visit as U.S. President to Saudi Arabia in May where he launched a head-on challenge to the Iranian regime, denouncing Iran as the Middle East's main sponsor of terror. He didn't mince his words, stating: 'From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region.' Trump urged the leaders of more than 50 predominantly Sunni Muslim states to 'drive out' the extremists in their nations, as he branded the mullahs' theocratic regime as: 'a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing t...