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UAE-backed separatists warn of 'imminent war' with Saudi mercenaries in Yemen
Apr 19, 2020 03:55UAE-backed separatists in southern Yemen have warned of an "imminent war" with Saudi-sponsored militants as divisions between the two sides continue to deepen.
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Saudi strikes several regions of Yemen despite ceasefire
Apr 19, 2020 03:47The Saudi-led coalition has once again carried out airstrikes in a number of Yemeni provinces despite its earlier announcement of a ceasefire to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus infections among Saudi royals ‘exceedingly surpassed’ previous figures
Apr 18, 2020 07:32A Saudi whistleblower has said that the number of Saudi royals infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) has “exceedingly surpassed” figures previously revealed by a New York Times report.
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HRW alarmed by Saudi’s mass trial of Palestinians, Jordanians
Apr 18, 2020 01:32Human Rights Watch (HRW) raises serious questions about the circumstances surrounding Saudi Arabia’s mass arrest, detention, and trial of scores of Palestinians and Jordanians for, what Riyadh calls, association with an unnamed “terrorist organization.”
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Saudi-led coalition carries out 230 airstrikes in spite of truce claim: Yemen army
Apr 17, 2020 00:43The Spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces has rejected a two-week ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led coalition, which is engaged in a brutal military campaign against the West Asian country, saying the alliance has carried out over 200 airstrikes despite the truce announced last week.
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Executions double in Saudi Arabia under Salman: Group
Apr 16, 2020 08:41Saudi Arabia carried out its 800th execution last week, marking an almost two-fold increase in the use of the medieval practice since Salman assumed power in 2015, a rights group says.
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UK arms giant sold £15bn in weapons to Saudi Arabia during Yemen war: Report
Apr 15, 2020 03:04Britain’s leading arms manufacturer is found to have sold above £15 billion ($18.9) worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the kingdom started a brutal war against Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation.
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Migrant workers face predicament in Persian Gulf countries amid pandemic
Apr 15, 2020 03:00Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region have locked down over-crowded labor camps and areas with large populations of low-wage workers in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, leaving migrant workers stranded and jobless.
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Saudi regime forces kill tribal activist after resisting deportation over NEOM megacity project
Apr 15, 2020 02:48Saudi regime forces have reportedly shot and killed a tribal activist in the northwestern Tabuk region of the kingdom after he dismissed a demolition order and resisted leaving his home to allow construction of the controversial megacity project NEOM pursued by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the area.
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Ansarullah reports rise in Saudi-led aggression after truce claim
Apr 14, 2020 13:29Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the invading Saudi Arabia-led coalition has even ramped up its acts of aggression against the impoverished country after claiming it had initiated a voluntary ceasefire.