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Saudi Arabia sacks information minister, ambassador to US
Apr 23, 2017 03:02Saudi Arabia has sacked Information Minister Adel Al-Toraifi and has also replaced its ambassador to the US.
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Pakistani ex-army chief flies to Riyadh to head Saudi-led military bloc
Apr 21, 2017 15:08Retired Pakistani army general Raheel Sharif, 60, has departed for Saudi Arabia to take charge as the commander-in-chief of a Saudi-led military bloc.
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UN must list Saudi Arabia, allies for violating child rights in Yemen: Aid groups
Apr 20, 2017 14:44A new report by two international aid groups says Saudi Arabia and its allies must be named in the UN's annual list of perpetrators of child rights violations as Riyadh continues to carry out attacks on schools and medical facilities during its military aggression against Yemen.
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Defense chief rejects US claim of sending arms to Yemen
Apr 19, 2017 13:29Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has rejected the US allegation that Tehran is sending weapons to Yemen, saying the claims were made as Washington continues to supply arms to terrorists committing crimes in different parts of the world, including in Syria and Iraq.
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Nearly dozen Saudi soldiers killed in Yemeni bomb attack
Apr 16, 2017 13:01Nearly a dozen Saudi soldiers have been killed when Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched an attack against a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan as they continue their retaliatory raids against Riyadh regime’s aerial bombardment campaign.
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Yemenis kill 4 Saudi troops, attack military base
Apr 16, 2017 11:12Yemeni soldiers and allied Ansarullah fighters have killed four Saudi troops in sniper fire in the kingdom’s extreme southwest in retaliation for new attacks on the impoverished nation.
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Yemeni Army launches missile strikes at Saudi troops in Jizan
Apr 15, 2017 11:14The Yemeni Army's missile units targeted a large number of Saudi-led troops along the al-Khazra corridor in the kingdom's Jizan Province with Zelzal-2 missiles.
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Germany sells more arms to UAE amid Yemen war
Apr 15, 2017 06:42The German government has approved more arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is assisting Saudi Arabia in its deadly military campaign against Yemen.
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Spanish firefighter refuses to ship arms to Saudi, faces job loss
Apr 15, 2017 06:39A Spanish firefighter is facing a four-year suspension from his job for his refusal to supervise the shipment of 4,000 tons of munitions to Saudi Arabia, believing the armaments could facilitate more war crimes in Yemen.
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Woman trying to escape forced marriage strong-armed back to Saudi Arabia
Apr 15, 2017 02:09A Saudi woman, trying to escape a forced marriage in Saudi Arabia, has been forced back to the Arab country by his relatives and airport authorities in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, where she had arrived before a planned trip further away to Australia.