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Saudi-led war martyred, maimed more than 11,000 children in Yemen: UNICEF
Dec 12, 2022 04:48More than 11,000 Yemeni children have been martyred or maimed since the Saudi-led aggression against the impoverished country began in 2015, according to the executive director of UNICEF.
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Iran on Persian Gulf islands: ‘Harsh response’ awaits neighbors’ notorious ambitions
Dec 11, 2022 06:34The Iranian Parliament's deputy speaker has underscored the territorial integrity of the country with regard to the three islands in the Persian Gulf region, saying the Islamic Republic will give a “harsh and regrettable” response to any of its neighbors’ excessive ambitions.
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Yemen oil minister warns foreign firms against looting energy resources
Dec 11, 2022 09:23The minister of oil and minerals in Yemen’s National Salvation Government has warned foreign companies against plundering energy resources of the war-wracked Arab country, stressing that Sana’a will spare no effort to defend national sovereignty and safeguard public interests and wealth.
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Spox: PGCC statement repetition of failed policy of Iranophobia
Dec 11, 2022 04:34Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned anti-Iran remarks featured in a joint statement issued by China and the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC), as continuation of the Council's failed "Iranophobic policy."
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Iran reaffirms sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands
Dec 11, 2022 02:38Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has once again reaffirmed that the three islands in the Persian Gulf are eternal parts of the country's territory, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic will never compromise on its territorial integrity.
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Iran thwarts influx of smuggled weapons amid riots
Dec 10, 2022 10:43Ever since the riots began in September, anti-Iran media has been depicting the situation as a violent crackdown on so-called peaceful protesters. For the past two months they have been running a propaganda campaign to further pressure Iran under the pretext of violating human rights. But are these peaceful protesters?
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China's Xi calls for oil trade in yuan at Persian Gulf summit in Riyadh
Dec 10, 2022 06:36China’s President Xi Jinping has called on Persian Gulf Arab states to conduct energy sales in the Chinese yuan as he aims to weaken the US dollar’s grip on world trade and establish yuan internationally.
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Landmines, unexploded ordnance left 159 people injured in Yemen’s Hudaydah over past 6 months, UN says
Dec 09, 2022 04:46The United Nations says land mines and other unexploded ordnance have caused some 159 casualties in Yemen’s strategic western port city of Hudaydah over the past six months, as Saudi-backed militants have been accused of planting landmines in areas adjacent to battlefields and in most residential neighborhoods in retaliation for their defeat.
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Military option on table against all-out blockade on Yemen: Deputy Prime Minister
Dec 09, 2022 04:24The deputy prime minister in Yemen’s National Salvation Government says the military option is still on the table if the Saudi-led coalition adamantly refuses to lift restrictions on Yemeni airspace to allow for the reopening of the country’s main airport and resumption of humanitarian flights.
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Xi lands in Riyadh amid Saudi Arabia's fraying ties with US
Dec 08, 2022 10:20Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia on a visit hailed by Beijing as “epoch-making” as the proximity between Beijing and Riyadh grows amid the Arab kingdom’s souring relations with the United States, particularly over the Saudi support for oil output curbs.