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UN warns Saudi deportation of Ethiopian migrants to fuel coronavirus spread
Apr 14, 2020 01:55The United Nations says Saudi Arabia’s recent deportation of thousands of Ethiopian migrants will risk the spread of the new coronavirus, urging Riyadh to suspend the practice for the time being.
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Financial toll of Saudi-led war on Yemen’s telecom sector exceeds $4bn: Ministry
Apr 14, 2020 01:45The Yemeni Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology says the financial toll on the country’s telecom sector five years after a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia began bombing the impoverished Arab state stands at billions of dollars.
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Saudi Arabia submits to oil output cut after US threat
Apr 13, 2020 04:13OPEC and other large oil producers led by Russia have approved a deal to cut output, after the US threatened to take measures against Saudi Arabia over its crude price war with Moscow.
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Turkish court indicts 20 Saudis for murdering Khashoggi
Apr 13, 2020 03:59A Turkish court has accepted an indictment brought against 20 Saudis, including two former associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for the brutal murder of prominent dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018.
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Ansarullah: Saudi-led coalition’s ceasefire merely aimed at misleading world
Apr 12, 2020 13:17A high-ranking official from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has roundly rejected as fraudulent a two-week ceasefire declared by the coalition led by the Saudi regime, saying the declaration deceitfully targets the world public opinion.
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Saudi-led campaign, blockade inflict over $12bn losses on Yemen education sector: Ministry
Apr 12, 2020 10:18The Yemeni Ministry of Education says the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign and all-out blockade against the war-ravaged Arab country have resulted in substantial losses to the education sector amounting to more than 12 billion dollars.
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Saudi-backed militants take military camp on Yemen's Socotra island
Apr 12, 2020 06:58Saudi-backed mercenaries and militants have reportedly seized control of a military camp in Yemen's strategic island of Socotra from UAE-backed separatists amid growing divisions.
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Saudi Arabia says final accord on oil production depends on Mexico
Apr 10, 2020 10:02Major oil producers have reached a partial agreement on the reduction of their production to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus pandemic but Saudi Arabia says the final accord depends on Mexico’s consent to go along with the proposed cuts.
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Saudi-led coalition’s ceasefire in Yemen nothing but political, media maneuver: Ansarullah
Apr 10, 2020 03:35The spokesman for Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, has dismissed a two-week ceasefire announced by the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody military onslaught against the impoverished country as a publicity stunt.
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Canada resuming arms exports to Saudis despite criticism
Apr 10, 2020 02:25Canadian authorities say they have found a way around bans on the controversial weapons exports to Saudi Arabia despite growing calls for a full halt to sales of arms to a regime involved in numerous cases of human rights violations.