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Pakistan to quit Saudi-led military coalition if it turns sectarian
Apr 12, 2017 11:57Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif says Islamabad will quit a controversial Saudi-led military coalition if it becomes sectarian.
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First Shia woman on trial in Saudi Arabia over protests
Apr 12, 2017 00:51Saudi authorities have started legal proceedings against a Shia woman for taking part in protests in the east of the country, where Shias have for long complained about discrimination.
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Saudi executes three Pakistani nationals, brings 2017 beheading toll to 26
Apr 10, 2017 03:32Saudi Arabia has beheaded three Pakistani nationals after sentencing them to death on charges related to drug trafficking, bringing to 26 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
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Saudi king congratulates US for attacking Syria with missiles
Apr 08, 2017 07:36Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has called US President Donald Trump to praise in person Washington’s recent missile strike against a Syrian army air base.
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UN experts warn Saudi Arabia against demolition of Shia neighborhood
Apr 06, 2017 03:58UN rapporteurs have urged Saudi Arabia to immediately halt a planned demolition of an entire 400-year-old neighborhood inhabited by the kingdom’s Shia Muslim minority.
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PM May gets top Saudi honor as British bombs rain on Yemeni civilians
Apr 06, 2017 03:16Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Ale Saud has presented visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May with the kingdom’s highest civilian honor as UK-supplied bombs keep raining on Yemenis during Riyadh's war on the impoverished Arab country.
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Over 120 Saudi-led troops killed by Yemeni snipers in 3 months
Apr 05, 2017 12:25Informed military sources disclosed that the Yemeni army and popular forces have hunted down tens of Saudi-led forces in the southern part of the kingdom over the past three months.
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'Iraqis consider Saudi Arabia state sponsor of terror'
Apr 04, 2017 07:27Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the nationals of his country have good reason to believe Saudi Arabia is a state sponsor of terror.
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Saudi fighter pilots get 60% pay boost as Yemen bombing rages
Apr 04, 2017 01:41Saudi Arabia has increased its air force pilots' salary by up to 60 percent shortly after its bombing campaign against Yemen enters its third year.
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Egyptian lawyer appeals court verdict giving islands to Saudi Arabia
Apr 03, 2017 12:44An Egyptian lawyer has launched an appeal against a recent court ruling which lifted a block on the transfer of two Red Sea islands to the Saudi regime under a controversial deal.