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UAE withdraws 'large' number of troops from Yemen
Jun 28, 2019 10:42The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has withdrawn large numbers of troops from the embattled country of Yemen.
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Saudi forces, allies shoot down 4th Saudi-led surveillance drone in past week
Jun 27, 2019 13:42Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted the fourth unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition in past week, in retaliation for the alliance’s military aggression against their conflict-stricken country.
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Saudi Khashoggi investigation fails to name who ordered murder: UN expert
Jun 27, 2019 00:33A senior United Nations official says the investigation that Saudi Arabia carried out into the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October has failed to examine who ordered the killing and ignored the primary suspects.
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Yemeni armed forces to put new domestically-built missiles, drones on display: Spox
Jun 27, 2019 00:11A high-ranking Yemeni military official says Yemeni Armed Forces are to unveil new domestically-designed and developed military hardware, including ballistic missiles, winged rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Spokesman: US sanctions against FM Zarif show B-Team’s fear of diplomatic logic
Jun 26, 2019 11:34Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiee lashed out at Washington for signing new round of sanctions against the officials of the Islamic Republic, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying that boycotting a diplomat means that warmongers in the US are afraid of logical diplomacy.
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‘Trump’s Deal of Century meant to expel Palestinians from motherland’
Jun 26, 2019 11:14Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir-Abdollahian denounced the scheme proposed by US President Donald Trump which is called the “Deal of the Century”, saying that the plot is devised to strip Palestinians of their right over their motherland and to expel them from territories occupied by Tel Aviv.
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Khashoggi's fiancee calls for international probe on killing, following UN report
Jun 26, 2019 02:40Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, called for an international investigation on the journalist's killing, speaking on Tuesday in Geneva, following the release of a UN report on the case.
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Anti-Wahhabi Saudi thinker faces execution: HRW
Jun 24, 2019 11:39Human Rights Watch has condemned the Saudi authorities for seeking the death penalty against a reformist religious thinker and critic on charges that bear “no resemblance to recognized crimes.”
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Trump rejects UN request for FBI probe into Khashoggi's murder to save weapons sales
Jun 24, 2019 01:12US President Donald Trump has rejected a United Nations (UN) request for the FBI to investigate the brutal murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, expressing concern that the move would affect America's trade with the kingdom.
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Pompeo visiting Saudi, Emirates to seek ‘global coalition’ against Iran
Jun 24, 2019 01:08US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is visiting Saudi Arabia and UAE after Iran shot down a US drone violating its airspace, stating that he is seeking a “global coalition” against Tehran.