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Zarif meets Omani officials, Ansarullah spokesman in Muscat
Dec 24, 2019 08:48During a visit to Muscat, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Omani officials and the spokesman of Yemen's Ansarullah movement.
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Saudi court releases MBS aides in Khashoggi murder trial
Dec 23, 2019 10:37Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor says two top figures, including Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who were investigated in the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last year, had been exonerated and released.
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Arabs-Israel normalization of ties amounts to treason, Hamas says
Dec 23, 2019 03:16A spokesman for the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned attempts aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between some Arab countries with the Israeli regime, describing such behavior as “treason.”
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Saudis pressured Pakistan into skipping Malaysia summit: Turkey’s Erdogan
Dec 22, 2019 09:34Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Saudi Arabia pressured Pakistan to pull out of a recently concluded summit of Muslim nations in the Malaysian capital, adding it was not the first time that Riyadh had threatened Islamabad.
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Netanyahu rejoices as UAE FM supports Israel-Arab alliance
Dec 22, 2019 05:25The UAE minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation has tweeted an article supporting an alliance between Arab countries and Israel, receiving an immediate welcome from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Saudi Arabia deploys dozens of troops to key oil field in eastern Syria: Report
Dec 22, 2019 05:00Saudi Arabia has reportedly deployed dozens of combat troops to a major oilfield in Syria’s Eastern Province of Dayr al-Zawr as the United States and some of its regional allies are vying with one another to seize oil reserves and plunder natural resources in the war-battered country.
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80,000 Yemeni children suffer from persistent trauma, psychological disorders: Ministry
Dec 22, 2019 04:48Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights has warned that the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught against the impoverished and conflict-ridden Arab country has taken heavy toll on Yemeni children's mental wellbeing, saying tens of thousands of minors suffer from persistent trauma and psychological disorders there.
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US report on Khashoggi murder must reveal individuals involved: UN official
Dec 21, 2019 09:03The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, Agnes Callamard, says a US intelligence report on the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi must reveal the individuals involved in the killing.
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Twitter aborts another ‘manipulative’ Saudi state-backed op, which included activity against Iran
Dec 21, 2019 03:44Twitter has uncovered a “significant” misinformation operation originating in Saudi Arabia and backed by the Riyadh regime, removing more than a staggering 88,000 accounts involved in that operation, which included activity against Iran.
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UN reiterates that it can't verify US allegations against Iran in Aramco attacks
Dec 20, 2019 13:09The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has reiterated earlier remarks by the UN General Secretary that the body cannot verify US claims blaming Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facilities.