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Visas issued for Iranian diplomatic delegation for Hajj pilgrimage: Minister
Jul 31, 2017 15:06Iran’s Culture Minister Reza Salehi Amiri says visas have been issued for members of an Iranian diplomatic delegation to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage after Tehran boycotted the pilgrimage last year amid tensions with Riyadh.
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Yemeni troops kill Saudi officer, three others
Jul 31, 2017 07:18Yemen’s Army and its allied Popular Committees have killed as many as four Saudi troops in counterattacks against the kingdom’s ongoing deadly invasion of its impoverished southern neighbor.
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Dozen Emirati soldiers killed in Yemeni attack on UAE frigate
Jul 30, 2017 16:36A Yemeni military source says at least a dozen soldiers have been killed and nearly two dozen others injured when Yemeni naval soldiers, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, targeted an Emirati military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of the country’s southwestern province of Ta'izz.
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Saudi Arabia ‘politicizing’ Hajj pilgrimage: Qatari group
Jul 30, 2017 02:09As a diplomatic crisis drags on in the Persian Gulf region, a Doha-appointed human rights commission says Saudi Arabia has been “politicizing” the annual Hajj pilgrimage through imposing restrictions on Qatari pilgrims travelling to the kingdom.
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2 martyred as Saudi police intensify attacks on besieged Shia-populated town
Jul 30, 2017 02:00Saudi security forces have martyred at least two young men in a besieged town in the kingdom’s Shia-populated Eastern Province, as the Riyadh regime continues its heavy-tactics crackdown there, targeting dissidents.
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Yemeni naval forces target Emirati vessel off Mukha coast
Jul 29, 2017 12:23Yemeni naval forces, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly targeted an Emirati military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of the country’s southwestern province of Ta'izz.
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Shia Muslims told by Saudi regime to leave Awamiyah or die
Jul 29, 2017 08:03Local sources in the al-Awamiyah town in Saudi Arabia’s Shia Muslim populated Eastern Province say the locals have been told to either leave their homes or face death at the hands of security forces.
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Saudi regime using Canadian armored vehicles in crackdown on Shia Muslims: Report
Jul 29, 2017 07:52Ottawa has expressed “deep concerns” over the Saudi Arabia’s apparent use of Canadian military equipment in its growing crackdown against its Shia Musim citizens in the restive Eastern Province.
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HRW urges Riyadh to clarify deposed crown prince’s status
Jul 28, 2017 01:18Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Saudi Arabia to clarify whether restrictions are imposed on recently-deposed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Ale Saud’s freedom of movement.
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Seven martyred as Saudi regime forces intensify attacks on besieged Shia Muslim town
Jul 27, 2017 14:57Saudi regime forces have waged a fresh wave of attacks on a besieged town in the kingdom’s Shia Muslim-populated Eastern Province, martyring at least seven people and injuring several others over the past few hours.