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Macron hosts MBS amid continued uproar over Khashoggi’s murder
Jul 29, 2022 04:46French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia's heir apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) amid the West’s efforts to welcome Riyadh back into the international fold despite global outrage at the kingdom’s atrocities.
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Saudi-led coalition will be hurled into dustbin of history, Yemeni defense minister says
Jul 26, 2022 02:42The Yemeni defense minister in the National Salvation Government says the Saudi-led military coalition will be thrown into the “dustbin of history” if it does not change course and presses ahead with its atrocious campaign and brutal siege against its southern neighbor.
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MbS eager for formal direct talks with Iran
Jul 25, 2022 04:04Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has expressed the kingdom’s willingness to hold official political negotiations with Iran, an Iranian spokesman quoted the foreign minister of Iraq as saying.
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Saudi Arabia, Iran to hold first ‘public’ meeting on reconciliation talks in Baghdad
Jul 24, 2022 07:26Iraq says it will host a “public” meeting between Iran and Saudi Arabia at the level of foreign ministers as part of successive reconciliation talks mediated by Baghdad.
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Saudi forces seizes another Yemen-bound fuel tanker
Jul 20, 2022 13:36Yemen’s Petroleum Company (YPC) says the Saudi-led coalition has seized yet another Yemen-bound fuel ship in blatant violation of a UN-brokered ceasefire.
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Senior Lebanese Shia cleric shrugs off Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, calls it 'theatrical event'
Jul 18, 2022 09:29A prominent Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric has played down an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah as a “theatrical event,” saying that the participants simply used the event to take a series of photographs.
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Iran lauds Iraq for promoting regional dialogue after Biden's failed West Asia tour
Jul 18, 2022 04:58Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has commended Baghdad for its role in promoting dialogue in West Asia with the aim of enhancing security and stability in the region.
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Sanders: US should not maintain ‘warm relationship’ with Saudi Arabia
Jul 18, 2022 02:08Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying the United States should not maintain a “warm relationship” with the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia’s opening of airspace to Israeli flights ‘grave insult’ to Muslims: Top Hezbollah official
Jul 17, 2022 07:45The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced Saudi Arabia’s decision to open its airspace to all flights to and from the Israeli-Occupied Territories.
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Ex-Khashoggi lawyer detained in UAE, rights group says
Jul 17, 2022 03:10UAE security agents have detained US citizen Asim Ghafoor, former lawyer of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on charges related to an in absentia conviction for money laundering.