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Saudi crown prince plans to replace ‘hardline’ foreign minister: Report
Aug 26, 2017 01:08Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly considering replacing the country’s incumbent foreign minister with his 28-year-old younger brother Khalid bin Salman.
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UN says Saudi airstrikes killed 42 civilians in 1 week
Aug 25, 2017 12:26Airstrikes by a coalition under the leadership of the regime in Riyadh against civilian targets across Yemen have killed 42 more civilians, including a number of children, over the past week, the United Nations human rights office says.
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Saudi airstrike kills 14 civilians in Sana'a after carnage
Aug 25, 2017 08:23Saudi Arabian fighter jets have pounded a neighborhood in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, massacring 14 people, including women and children.
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US, Saudis urge Syria opposition to accept Assad’s political role: Report
Aug 25, 2017 07:35In a major policy U-turn, US and Saudi diplomats have reportedly been urging the armed Syrian opposition to come to terms with President Bashar al-Assad’s role in Syria’s future as Damascus’ army irreversibly holds the upper hand on the battlefield against militant groups.
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1.4 million Muslims arrive in Saudi Arabia for Hajj: Officials
Aug 25, 2017 02:30More than 1.4 million Muslims have arrived so far in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage slated to begin next week, with this year’s rituals featuring the return of tens of thousands of Iranians.
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Saudis' destructive policies harming region, kingdom itself: Iran’s FM
Aug 23, 2017 12:27Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Saudi Arabia's policies have harmed not only the region but also the kingdom itself.
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Yemeni sharpshooters kill 2 Saudi troops in Jizan
Aug 22, 2017 12:29Two Saudi soldiers have been killed when the Yemeni army and fighters from the allied Popular Committees launched an attack against the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
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Saudi Arabia claims Qatar blocking flights to Mecca
Aug 21, 2017 03:29Saudi Arabia has claimed that Qatar is stopping its planes from landing in Doha to take pilgrims to Mecca.
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Several Saudi servicemen killed in Yemeni attacks on Najran, Jizan
Aug 20, 2017 12:27The forces of the Yemeni army and Popular committees, in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi-led coalition, targeted a military base in the kingdom’s southwestern province of Najran, killing several Saudi servicemen.
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Iranian families to visit Saudi Arabia to identify Hajj crush victims
Aug 20, 2017 10:13Eleven relatives of the Iranian victims of the 2015 Hajj crush in Saudi Arabia are to travel to the kingdom to identify their loved ones.