Diplomatic Cross

Global media on Thursday claimed that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman has gone missing since April 21 attack on the royal palace in Riyadh. It is believed that he had been injured in the attack and shifted to an undisclosed location by his guards. For almost one month, where is he, no one knows it officially, as reported by Russian and Iranian media. As  Press TV  points out, the official Saudi websites have not released any new photo of bin Salman for several past weeks. The crown prince was allegedly hit by two bullets during the attack. According to local media reports, bin Salman was evacuated to a nearby bunker at a military base for his safety. bin Salman’s long disappearance has raised speculation about his health. However, no official statement regarding the disappearance came from Saudi Arabia. Some sources claimed that attack on the royal palace was part of a coup led by Saudi royals who are opposed to King Salman, whil...

This file picture shows a domestically-designed and -developed Badr-1 ballistic missile shortly after launch in Yemen. (Photo by the media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command) Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically-designed and -developed ballistic missile at a strategic economic target in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan in retaliation to the Riyadh regime’s devastating military aggression against their impoverished country. A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the short-range Badr-1 missile struck Jazan Economic City, located 967 kilometers southwest of the capital Riyadh, with great precision early on Friday, Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported. The development came a day after Yemeni forces fired a Badr-1 missile at al-Anad air base in the southwestern province of Lahij, leaving scores of Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to Yemen's resigned pre...