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Yemeni retaliatory attack leaves 8 Saudi soldiers dead in Jizan
Feb 11, 2019 14:10At least eight Saudi troopers have been killed when Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, launched a surprise attack against them in response to Riyadh’s war on their conflict-stricken country.
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Conjoined Yemeni twins die due to Saudi blockade
Feb 11, 2019 02:42Conjoined twin boys born in Yemen, who were in urgent need of medical treatment abroad, have died because of a Saudi blockade preventing air travel to and from the country.
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EX-UK PM Blair accused of spreading Iranophobia with Saudi money
Feb 10, 2019 11:35Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his private organization have been accused of receiving money from Saudi Arabia to spread biased views against Iran.
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Saudi Arabia: Shia Muslim Kid barbarously murdered in Medina before mother’s eyes
Feb 09, 2019 02:03A Shia Muslim little boy, while on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medina with his mother, has been barbarously killed for unknown reasons, fueling speculations that he could have been a sectarian and hate crime victim.
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MBS told aide he would use ‘bullet’ on Khashoggi, intel gathered by US shows
Feb 08, 2019 16:12American intelligence agencies have revived communication — originally intercepted in 2017 — between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a close aide in which Mohammed says he would use “a bullet” on Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi if he did not return to Saudi Arabia or stop criticizing the prince.
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Arab League chief to visit Beirut for talks on Syria’s return to bloc
Feb 08, 2019 16:11Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit is reportedly going to pay an official visit early next week to Lebanon, where he will discuss the restoration of Syria’s membership in the regional organization with high-ranking Lebanese government officials.
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EU plans to blacklist Saudi Arabia for failure in fighting money laundering: FT
Feb 08, 2019 09:08The European Commission is planning to name Saudi Arabia in a list of countries that have failed to fight against terrorist financing and money laundering, a report says.
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Morocco stops involvement in Yemen war amid row with Saudi Arabia
Feb 08, 2019 06:12Morocco says it has stopped its involvement in Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen, and recalled its ambassador to the kingdom amid rising tensions between Riyadh and Rabat.
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Khashoggi 'victim of brutal killing by Saudi officials': UN probe
Feb 08, 2019 03:45A UN-led probe into Jamal Khashoggi's murder has concluded that the Saudi dissident was the victim of a “brutal and premeditated killing” planned and perpetrated by the kingdom's officials.
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Saudi Arabia to take $3.46bn from state reserves to finance budget deficit
Feb 06, 2019 02:03A high-ranking Saudi economic official says the oil-rich kingdom is going to draw down a total of 13 billion Saudi riyals ($ 3.46 billion) from the general reserves over the current year in a bid to close its budget deficit.