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British MPs, lawyers seek access to Saudi prison amid abuse reports
Jan 02, 2019 05:40A cross-party group of British parliamentarians and international lawyers has asked Saudi Arabia to allow them access to the maximum security Dhahban Prison, where the regime holds female activists, amid reports of torture and sexual harassment there.
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UK offered arms sales to Saudi after Khashoggi murder: Report
Jan 01, 2019 05:40The UK kept weapons sales talks with Saudi Arabia running after the kingdom admitted to dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, a new report has revealed.
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Child soldiers from Sudan's Darfur fight in frontline of Saudi war on Yemen
Dec 29, 2018 14:08Child soldiers from Sudan's Darfur have reportedly been fighting on behalf of Saudi Arabia and its allies in the frontline of the deadly war on Yemen, with money being their only motive.
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Italy to halt arms sales to Saudis amid Yemen war
Dec 29, 2018 09:37Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says his government wants to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia due to war and atrocities in neighboring Yemen.
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Yemen: Ansarullah start to redeploy in Hudaydah amid Saudi raids
Dec 29, 2018 08:38Yemen's Ansarullah defenders say they have started to redeploy from the port of the Red Sea city of Hudaydah as part of a UN-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month.
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Saudi king demotes FM in reshuffle seen as whitewash
Dec 27, 2018 14:04Saudi King Salman has demoted Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in a major reshuffle, which included changes to key national security posts amid fallout from the murder of a dissident journalist.
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Russia backs bin Salman, warns US not to interfere with Saudi throne succession
Dec 27, 2018 02:35Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has "every right" to succeed his ailing father into power, says Russian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, warning the United States against interfering with the embattled prince's right to rule the kingdom.
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Sporadic clashes reported in Hudaydah ahead of truce committee meeting
Dec 26, 2018 08:02Fresh clashes have been reported between Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and militants loyal to the country’s former Saudi-backed regime in Hudaydah ahead of a UN-organized joint committee meeting meant to monitor the ceasefire in the strategic Red Sea port city.
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Yemeni drone strikes military base of Saudi mercenaries in Jawf
Dec 26, 2018 02:52Yemeni army soldiers, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly carried out an aerial attack against a position of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, in the country’s northern province of al-Jawf.
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Trump: Saudi Arabia, not US, will pay to rebuild Syria
Dec 25, 2018 10:57US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia, not the United States, will provide funds to help rebuild Syria, destroyed, in fact, mostly by American and Saudi sponsored terrorists.