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Saudi Arabia's Ritz-Carlton Hotel reopens after crackdown
Feb 12, 2018 06:04Saudi Arabia has reopened its opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, more than three months after converting it into a gilded prison for hundreds of royals, government officials, and businessmen as part of a purge.
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Saudi regime forces kidnap three youths in Shia-populated Qatif
Feb 12, 2018 04:04Saudi regime forces have arrested three young Shia men, including a minor, in the kingdom’s Shia-populated and oil-rich Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against members of the religious community.
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Nine more Yemeni civilians fall victim to Saudi airstrikes
Feb 11, 2018 14:53Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives when Saudi military aircraft carried out two airstrikes against a residential area in Yemen’s western coastal province of Hudaydah as the Riyadh regime pushes ahead its devastating aerial bombardment campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
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Pro-Saudi British MP accepted $20,000 for anti-Qatari event: Report
Feb 11, 2018 14:44A British lawmaker, known for entertaining pro-Saudi bias, is revealed to have been paid handsomely to advise and address an anti-Qatar conference in London, also joined by other bribed British figures.
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Yemeni snipers kill four Saudi soldiers in retaliatory attacks
Feb 10, 2018 16:53Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have shot dead four Saudi troopers in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions of Asir and Jizan, in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s military campaign against the crisis-hit country.
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Zarif urges immediate halt to Saudi war on Yemen, delivery of aid to nation
Feb 10, 2018 16:28Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for an immediate halt to the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen, urging the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
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About 85,000 displaced in 10 weeks as violence rages in Yemen: UN
Feb 09, 2018 16:52The United Nations has expressed deep concern over surging violence across Yemen, warning that the worsening situation has pushed some 85,000 people from their homes over the past 10 weeks.
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Saudi officials arrest activist over criticizing normalization of ties with Israel
Feb 09, 2018 02:45Saudi authorities have arrested a female activist over denouncing the Riyadh regime’s attempts, particularly those of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel at the expense of the "Palestinian issue."
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Saudi Arabian court sentences famous columnist to 5 years in prison
Feb 09, 2018 02:22A Saudi Arabian criminal court has sentenced a prominent columnist to five years in prison on charges of allegedly insulting the royal court.
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US oil flows to Middle East; buyer is Saudi ally UAE
Feb 07, 2018 12:18The United Arab Emirates has become the first country in the Middle East to import crude oil from the United States, Bloomberg reports.