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US Senate considers legislation to punish Saudi Arabia
Nov 14, 2018 05:04The US Senate is expected to vote on legislation aimed at punishing Saudi Arabia over its brutal war on Yemen as well as the murder of a dissident journalist at its consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
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UN aid chief demands cessation of hostilities around Yemen's Hudaydah
Nov 14, 2018 03:05United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, has called for a ceasefire around of Hudaydah, where Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and foreign mercenaries are fighting Ansarullah fighters for the control of the western Yemeni port city.
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Tehran had 'credible information' about Saudi plot to assassinate top Iranian officials: FM
Nov 13, 2018 08:01Iran knew about Saudi Arabia’s plans to assassinate senior Iranian officials, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed.
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Trump expresses concern over Saudi oil output decrease
Nov 13, 2018 04:58US President Donald Trump has expressed concern over the Saudi decision to decrease its oil output in December, requesting oil prices to remain low.
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Saudi Arabia says no plan on agenda to dissolve OPEC
Nov 13, 2018 04:39Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Falih rejected speculations that Riyadh is studying the prospects of the elimination of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), stressing that no plan to that effect is on agenda.
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World responsible for ending human catastrophe in Yemen: Iran
Nov 12, 2018 15:30Iran has expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen, saying all nations in the world are responsible for putting an end to the ongoing human catastrophe in the impoverished country.
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EU arms sales to Saudi, UAE since 2015 total more than $86 billion: Report
Nov 12, 2018 08:26European countries have approved arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE worth more than $86.7 billion since 2015, according to figures compiled by leading online news outlet Middle East Eye.
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Yemeni fighters beat back Saudi push in eastern Hudaydah
Nov 12, 2018 08:20Yemeni forces have pushed back a large-scale assault by militants and mercenaries on the port city of Hudaydah, a source in the so-called Saudi coalition has told Agence France-Presse.
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Hunt to press Saudi rulers on Yemen war, Khashoggi murder in visit to Riyadh
Nov 12, 2018 05:38British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is due in Saudi Arabia later on Monday, will question the kingdom’s rulers about the continuation of a deadly war against the people of Yemen while urging them to come clean about the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Top Saudis discussed assassinating Iran’s General Soleimani in 2017, sources tell NY Times
Nov 12, 2018 03:08Saudi Major General Ahmed al-Assiri, who has allegedly been fired over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, took part at a meeting in Riyadh in 2017 that involved plans to assassinate the kingdom’s “determined enemy,” Iran’s Major General Qassem Soleimani, as well as sabotaging Iran’s economy, The New York Times reports, citing three sources familiar with the matter.