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Iran ready to hold talks with Saudi Arabia, with or without mediation: Foreign ministry
Oct 13, 2019 03:03The spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry says the country is prepared to hold talks with Saudi Arabia, with or without mediation, ahead of a planned visit by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to Tehran.
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Yemenis warn about retaliatory attacks on Saudi Arabia
Oct 13, 2019 02:54Saudi Arabia has intensified its airstrikes on different regions of the war-torn Yemen prompting Yemeni armed forces backed by Ansarullah fighters to warn about resumption of their retaliatory attacks on the kingdom.
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Al-Houthi calls on US to ‘learn from Vietnam’ as US announces deployment in Saudi Arabia
Oct 12, 2019 11:57Head of Yemen's Supreme Revolutionary Committee has called on the US to "learn from Vietnam" after Washington announced plans to deploy about 2,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia.
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Yemeni attack on Aramco facilities costs Saudi $2bn worth of oil output
Oct 12, 2019 04:31Saudi Arabia has lost $2 billion worth of its oil production after Yemen's retaliatory attacks on the kingdom's vital energy infrastructure last month, a report by the Financial Times says.
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Pentagon announces new military deployments to Saudi Arabia
Oct 12, 2019 03:39The United States has announced to deploy a large number of additional forces and equipment to Saudi Arabia, including air defenses and fighter aircraft, a move that officials say will help the kingdom protect itself against the kind of attacks that last month destroyed its oil facilities.
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Iran hails efforts to mediate talks with Saudis ahead of Imran Khan visit
Oct 12, 2019 02:52Iran's foreign minister says the country welcomes efforts by intermediaries to arrange talks with Saudi Arabia, including those by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan who is due to arrive in Tehran on Saturday.
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Pakistan's Imran Khan to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia: Report
Oct 11, 2019 12:07Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on an official visit to Iran and Saudi Arabia as part of Islamabad’s efforts to defuse increasing tensions in the West Asia, diplomatic sources say.
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Yemen's Ansarullah offers new prisoner swap deal to Saudi-backed ex-govt.
Oct 11, 2019 09:05Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has offered the Saudi-backed former government a new deal for exchange of prisoners over a week after the popular movement unilaterally released hundreds of detainees.
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Iranian oil tanker hit by two blasts in Red Sea
Oct 11, 2019 03:05Two separate explosions, possibly caused by missile attacks, in an Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) have hit the vessel near the Saudi port city of Jeddah.
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Prolonged Saudi war to make Yemen world's poorest country: UN
Oct 10, 2019 13:11A new UN report projects that Yemen is on course to become the world's poorest country if Saudi Arabia's aggression against the impoverished nation continues.