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US special envoy working on Persian Gulf dispute steps down
Jan 09, 2019 02:51A US special envoy tasked with resolving the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and the Riyadh regime and a number of its allies has quit his post, citing "unwillingness" of regional leaders to engage in dialogue.
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Contrasting Trump, Pompeo vows to punish Saudi over Khashoggi murder
Jan 08, 2019 09:29US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will punish Saudi Arabia for the “heinous” murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contrasting President Donald Trump’s statements that doing so would hurt American interests.
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Saudi forces conduct deadly raid in Qatif village
Jan 08, 2019 06:02Qatif region in Saudi Arabia has been the scene of fresh bloody violence. Saudi forces have stormed a small village in the Shia-populated region, martyring five people and injuring an unspecified number of others.
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Yemeni snipers kill four Saudi troopers in retaliatory attack
Jan 08, 2019 04:25Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have shot dead four Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan, in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s military campaign against the crisis-hit country.
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US to upgrade Saudi missile systems after Khashoggi murder
Jan 07, 2019 05:21The United States has approved upgrades to Saudi Arabia’s missile defenses worth $195 million despite global outrage over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a report says.
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Saudi-backed terrorists cry foul as countries resume ties with Syria
Jan 07, 2019 04:46Syria’s Saudi-backed terrorist groups are desperately calling on world nations to stop rebuilding ties with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Yemeni fighters complying with Stockholm agreement: Ansarullah official
Jan 07, 2019 03:28A senior official from Yemen’s popular Ansarullah Movement, which has been defending the nation against a Saudi-led war, says the movement will comply with the Stockholm agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah.
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Yemeni ballistic missile hits Saudi mercenaries' base in Ta’izz
Jan 06, 2019 14:18Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have hit a military base in Yemen’s southern province of Ta’izz with a domestically-manufactured high-precision ballistic missile as Saudi Arabia presses ahead with a campaign of military aggression against its impoverished southern neighbor.
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Griffiths visits Sana'a to push Hudaydah ceasefire amid reported clashes
Jan 05, 2019 16:44The UN envoy for Yemen has arrived in the capital Sana’a to discuss a recent UN-sponsored peace agreement on the country's lifeline port city of Hudaydah amid reported clashes between the warring parties.
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Yemeni troops hit Saudi bases in retaliation for air raids
Jan 05, 2019 10:32Yemen’s army, backed by Ansarullah defenders, has launched fresh retaliatory attacks against Saudi forces inside the kingdom, leaving an unspecified number of them killed or injured.