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Omar Hasan

Omar Hasan is an AFP correspondent based in the Middle East. His reporting has also appeared in: Yahoo, MSN, Business Insider, Sydney Morning Herald, France 24, Times of Israel, The Star (South Africa), Arab News, Daily Star (Lebanon), Japan Today, and The Citizen (Tanzania).

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Omar Hasan

Riyadh would “respond to any action with a bigger one”

Houthi
Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

Will attack on Saudi Tanker Expand Scope of Yemen War?

Omar Hasan

With Anuj Chopra in Riyadh | – Dubai (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s halt to oil shipments through a strategic waterway after Yemeni rebel attacks could provoke an international intervention in Yemen’s “forgotten” war, analysts say. The world’s top oil exporter on Wednesday suspended all oil deliveries through the Bab al-Mandab Strait after accusing the Iran-aligned […]

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