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Qatari emir shuns PGCC summit in Saudi Arabia, sends foreign minister
Dec 09, 2018 12:07Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Ale Thani has refused to participate in the annual Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which is set to take place in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh at the weekend, and instead sent the foreign minister to attend the event.
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Kushner advised MbS on how to survive in power after Khashoggi murder: NYT
Dec 09, 2018 04:06US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser has reportedly continued to have private contacts with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) following the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Zionist regime seeking formal ties with Saudi Arabia within months: TV
Dec 09, 2018 03:56A main Israeli TV station has revealed that the regime in Tel Aviv is seeking full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabian government and wants to make ties official within the next few months.
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Zionist regime authorized sale of spyware to Saudis: Report
Dec 09, 2018 03:50A report in the Washington Post says the Zionist regime was directly involved in the sale of sophisticated spyware to Saudi Arabia to help the kingdom purge and assassinate dissidents.
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More than 50% of Yemen’s population facing ‘severe acute food insecurity’: Survey
Dec 09, 2018 03:00Some 53 percent of Yemen’s population, 15.9 million people, is now facing “severe acute food insecurity” as the direct result of a Saudi-led invasion of the impoverished country and the ensuing economic collapse, a survey says.
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US has turned Middle East into ‘powder keg’: Zarif
Dec 08, 2018 09:51Iran has strongly criticized US policy of pouring weapons into the Middle East far beyond its real defense needs, warning that this has turned the region into a "powder keg".
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Yemen’s Ansarullah movement rejects proposal to handover Hudaydah
Dec 08, 2018 03:23Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has strongly rejected demands by its rival group, the country’s former Saudi-backed government, to hand over the port city of Hudaydah and to inspect flights to Sana’a airport.
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HRW rejects Saudi words, urges Riyadh to let observers ensure safety of female activists
Dec 07, 2018 15:04The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Saudi Arabia to allow independent observers to gain access to and ensure the safety of a number of women activists jailed in the kingdom, saying Riyadh is no longer trustworthy after its lies about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Germany still selling arms to Riyadh despite halt triggered by Khashoggi case: Report
Dec 07, 2018 08:45Despite a halt earlier announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel in condemnation of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Germany is covertly exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and is even planning to resume overt sales soon, a report said.
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Saudi warplanes launch 28 airstrikes on Yemen, martyr 3 amid Sweden peace talks
Dec 07, 2018 03:43The Saudi-led coalition’s jet fighters on Thursday launched over 28 airstrikes on various parts of Yemen despite earlier claims that it had ordered its forces halt their attacks on Yemen with the beginning of peace talks in Sweden.