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US drone attack leaves five people dead in SW Yemen
Sep 14, 2016 11:55The United States has conducted a fresh drone strike in the southwestern Yemeni province of Bayda, killing five people.
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Senior Iranian official advises Saudis against politicizing Hajj
Sep 14, 2016 11:50Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia has politicized the Hajj rituals, advising officials in Riyadh against trying Tehran’s patience.
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Hajj pilgrims ‘stone devil’ on last day of rituals
Sep 14, 2016 08:12Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform Jamarat or ‘Stoning of the Devil’ in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on the last day allocated to the ritual as this year’s Hajj pilgrimage comes to an end.
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Saudis using petrodollars to export ideology of hate: Iran FM
Sep 14, 2016 03:42Iran’s foreign minister says the Saudis have long spent their petrodollars to export the extremist Wahhabi ideology, a “death cult” inspiring terror groups, emphasizing that the regime cannot continue to play the “Iran card” to keep its allies on board in this “folly.”
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Saudi-dominated PGCC worried about Sept. 11 legislation
Sep 13, 2016 01:52Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf region have expressed dissatisfaction about recent legislation in the US that would enable the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to lodge complaints against Riyadh and demand reparations over the kingdom’s alleged role.
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Iraqi Hezbollah chief calls Saudi Arabia, Israel two sides of same coin
Sep 13, 2016 01:20The Secretary General of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement, a major Shia resistance group, slammed Saudi Arabia for its hostile policies against some Muslim nations, saying that the Riyadh and Tel Aviv regimes are “two sides of the same of coin”.
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Yemeni retaliatory attacks kill six Saudi forces
Sep 12, 2016 14:47Six Saudi forces have been killed as Yemeni forces target the kingdom’s military positions in retaliatory attacks against Riyadh’s military aggression against the impoverished Arab country.
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Saudis Hajj restrictions reminiscent of Israel policy on Aqsa Mosque: Yemen’s Houthi leader
Sep 12, 2016 11:34The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has lashed out at Saudi Arabia for mishandling of the Hajj rituals, saying restrictions imposed on Muslims for this year’s Hajj are reminiscent of Israel’s repeated desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Yemeni soldiers, allied fighters capture base in Saudi Arabia
Sep 12, 2016 09:13Yemeni army soldiers and allied volunteer fighters have take control of a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Asir in a retaliatory operation against Riyadh.
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Saudi warplanes bomb Yemen’s Sa’ada, kill 14
Sep 12, 2016 09:08Saudi fighter jets have pounded several areas across Yemen on the first day of the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), killing at least seven people in the northern province of Sa’ada.