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Saudi Arabia criticized over ‘guardianship’ laws
Jan 10, 2019 03:08A Saudi teen's live-tweeted asylum plea has cast a renewed spotlight on women's rights just months after women won the right to drive, and sparked rare criticism of restrictive "guardianship" laws -- from men.
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Top Syrian official visits Saudi Arabia
Jan 09, 2019 14:26Syria’s National Security chief Major General Ali Mamlouk has reportedly paid a visit to Saudi Arabia, amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world after nearly eight years of foreign-sponsored militancy.
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UN urges Australia to take in fleeing Saudi girl as refugee
Jan 09, 2019 12:13The United Nations refugee agency says it considers a Saudi woman feeling her family and seeking asylum in Australia to be a legitimate refugee, urging Canberra to give her a humanitarian visa.
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UN urges Australia to take in fleeing Saudi girl as refugee
Jan 09, 2019 06:04The United Nations refugee agency says it considers a Saudi woman fleeing her family and seeking asylum in Australia to be a legitimate refugee, urging Canberra to give her a humanitarian visa.
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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.