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For Yemen’s sake, stop giving Saudis WMDs: Rouhani to West
Feb 28, 2018 10:29President Hassan Rouhani has called on the Western countries to stop providing Saudi Arabia with weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) for the sake of Yemeni people, who have been suffering under Riyadh’s bloody attacks and siege.
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Senator Ed Markey concerned as US mulls nuclear deal with Riyadh
Feb 28, 2018 06:28US Senator Ed Markey has expressed concern over the Trump administration's efforts to sign a nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia for the construction of nuclear reactors.
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Saudi, Emirati officials bribe NGOs to whitewash rights abuses
Feb 27, 2018 09:50An independent European organization, monitoring developments in the Middle East, says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been bribing a number of international NGOs to cover up their gross human rights records at home and abroad.
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Friendly Saudi airstrike kills 20 Riyadh-backed forces in Yemen: Military source
Feb 27, 2018 03:59A friendly airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition ravaging Yemen has killed at least 20 pro-Riyadh mercenaries in the impoverished country, reports say.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman initiates major military reshuffle
Feb 27, 2018 03:00Saudi Arabia's King Salman has fired the kingdom's military chief of staff and several other high ranking military officers.
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UAE attempting to fragment Yemen by forging regional armies: Official
Feb 26, 2018 16:37An official in the government of Yemen's former president says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to fragment the impoverished country by creating separate “regional and tribal armies” in southern parts of the war-hit country.
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Iran in focus as Security Council mulls rival Yemen resolutions
Feb 26, 2018 09:03The UN Security Council is to vote on two rival draft resolutions on Yemen after Russia proposed a measure to counter a UK motion against Iran over Ansarullah missiles.
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Saudi Arabia starts to enlist female soldiers
Feb 26, 2018 05:47Saudi Arabia has begun to permit women to join its armed forces as part of the kingdom's Vision 2030 social program.
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Qatar to lose right to host World Cup: Saudi minister
Feb 25, 2018 09:35Saudi Arabia’s sports minister has suggested that Qatar could be stripped of its right to host 2022 World Cup.
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Mosques flattened in fresh Saudi airstrikes in Yemen
Feb 25, 2018 08:53Saudi Arabian warplanes have flattened a mosque in Yemen's west-central Ma’rib Province, and stricken another in the northwestern Sa’da Province.