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Bahrain inks deal to buy US copters after Senate favor
Nov 16, 2018 03:51Bahrain signs an agreement with a US aerospace manufacturer to buy 12 twin-engine attack helicopters after the Senate votes down a draft resolution to block American arms sales to the kingdom.
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US may extradite Gulen to ease Turkey’s pressure on Saudi Arabia: Report
Nov 16, 2018 03:00The White House is finding ways to extradite the US-based Turkish dissident Fethullah Gulen, an arch-rival of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a media report says.
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US imposes sanctions on 17 Saudis over Khashoggi killing
Nov 16, 2018 02:25The United States has imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudis involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including top aides of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Iran's reactions to Saudi empty talk covert but painful: IRGC chief
Nov 15, 2018 13:56The top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says the Aal-e Saud regime's empty talk against Iran does not go unanswered, and that Tehran's reactions to such hostile behavior are "covert but painful."
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Saudi squad involved in Khashoggi murder must be tried in Turkey: Cavusoglu
Nov 15, 2018 13:40Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the 15-man Saudi team involved in the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be tried in Turkey.
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US discusses plan to create ‘Arab NATO’ with Qatar
Nov 15, 2018 13:38US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Qatari Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah in Washington over a US plan to create a NATO-like Arab military alliance as Washington pushes for an end to a diplomatic rift between Doha an a Saudi-led quartet in favor of an alliance against Iran.
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House Republicans block vote on measure seeking to end US role in Yemen war
Nov 15, 2018 11:47US President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House of Representatives have blocked a vote on a measure that sought to end Washington’s support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.
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European arms sales stoking Yemen war, tougher checks needed: Parliament
Nov 15, 2018 07:44The European Parliament (EP) says the European Union’s arms exports to Saudi Arabia are stoking the deadly war on Yemen, calling for sanctions on the countries that refuse to respect the EU’s rules on weapons sales.
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Gaza flare-up part of bin Salman’s scenario to distract world from Khashoggi case: Report
Nov 15, 2018 00:37The recent flare-up of violence in the besieged Gaza Strip was likely Zionist regime’s contribution to a plot hatched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to divert the world’s attention away from the Saudi assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a report says.
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Saudi-backed militants pause Hudaydah attack
Nov 15, 2018 00:32Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have halted their offensive aimed at taking the strategic port city of Hudaydah from the Ansarullah fighters.