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Khashoggi’s family may have pardoned killers under Saudi pressure: Saudi scholar
May 27, 2020 05:47A Saudi scholar says the family of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have forgiven his killers under “pressure and intimidation” from the Riyadh regime.
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UN refugee agency’s relief operations in Yemen near 'potential breaking point'
May 26, 2020 08:49The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned its activities in Yemen are near a “potential breaking point” as the new coronavirus is spreading throughout the impoverished country, where the healthcare system has effectively collapsed amid a bloody Saudi-led war.
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HRW: Riyadh must free children of ex-Saudi official in exile, overhaul justice system
May 26, 2020 08:03Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the immediate release of two adult children of a former Saudi intelligence officer, who has been lying low abroad since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to power.
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Yemeni army warns Saudi aggressors of 'dire consequences' if air raids continue
May 25, 2020 01:27The Yemeni army has warned the Saudi-led coalition of "dire consequences" if it continues its aerial attacks against the country.
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Iraqi deputy PM in Riyadh as neighbors watch Kadhimi's moves
May 24, 2020 03:04Saudi Arabia has announced that it will be sending back its ambassador to Baghdad as Riyadh seeks closer ties with Iraq following the defeat of the Daesh terrorist group.
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US manufactured 'emergency' to sell arms to Saudi Arabia: Report
May 23, 2020 07:13US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered officials at the department under his watch to find a way to justify the use of an emergency declaration meant to expedite the $8 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, CNN reports.
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MSF: Scores died of COVID-19 in southern Yemen in just two weeks
May 22, 2020 01:19Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says its main COVID-19 treatment center in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just two weeks.
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Saudis procrastinate in swap of Hamas detainees with war prisoners
May 22, 2020 00:25Yemen's head of peace negotiations Mohammed Abdul-Salam revealed in a televised interview that Riyadh continues to procrastinate [in] the release of the Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia in a swap deal with Saudis under the custody of Ansarullah and the Yemeni army.
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Saudi-led blockade strands 15 vessels carrying oil derivatives outside Yemen's ports: Company
May 19, 2020 10:59The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) says more than a dozen tankers carrying over 410,000 tons of oil derivatives are stuck outside ports in Yemen as the ongoing blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition against the impoverished country hampers its efforts to import vital commodities.
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Yemen: Press Saudi-led coalition into letting in medical supplies
May 18, 2020 09:31Yemen has asked the international community to try and pressure the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which has been attacking the impoverished country since 2015, into letting in medical supplies that are urgently required for diagnosing and treating the new coronavirus’ infection.