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Yemenis being evicted from strategic island to make way for UAE military base
Jul 06, 2022 23:56Dozens of Yemeni families are being forcibly evicted from their homes in Abd al-Kuri island, southwest of the strategic island of Socotra, to make way for an Emirati military base, purportedly under the supervision of Israeli military experts.
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Iraq prepared to host Iran-Saudi talks
Jul 01, 2022 03:57Iraq's foreign minister expressed his country’s readiness to pave the way for the resumption of political negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Biden: I won't directly ask Saudis to increase oil production during visit
Jul 01, 2022 01:11US President Joe Biden has said he will not directly request the leaders of Saudi Arabia to increase oil production to curb soaring crude prices when he visits the kingdom next month.
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Houthi: Yemeni army’s defense capabilities greater than many Arab states
Jun 30, 2022 02:38The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement on Wednesday commended the country’s meteoric progress in developing indigenous long-range ballistic missiles, stressing that Yemenis have overcome difficult stages and challenges over the past eight years of Saudi-led war.
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Jordanian FM denies ‘Arab-Israeli NATO,’ says Arab countries seek close ties with Iran
Jun 30, 2022 00:38Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi says Arab countries look for promotion of diplomatic relations with Iran, roundly dismissing the existence of any talks on the formation of an anti-Iran West Asian military alliance similar to NATO, which would include Israel.
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Over 19 million Yemenis facing hunger amid dramatic food aid cuts: UN
Jun 29, 2022 06:16As the World Food Programme (WFP) announces further dramatic cuts to food aid in Yemen, a new UN report says more than 19 million Yemenis are now facing hunger, setting a new record since the beginning of the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen in 2015.
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Western energy crisis: Saudi Arabia, UAE unable to increase oil production, says Macron
Jun 29, 2022 03:36Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the leading Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil producers can barely increase their oil production capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron cited the Emirati president as saying on Tuesday.
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Iran supports Tehran, Riyadh reopening of embassies, says foreign minister
Jun 27, 2022 02:37Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran backs initiatives aimed at reopening the Iranian and Saudi embassies in the capitals of the two regional heavyweights.
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Turkish court closes Khashoggi murder case ahead of Saudi crown prince visit, cites set of legal reasons
Jun 26, 2022 01:12A Turkish court has closed the case into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi days before Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the country, citing a set of legal reasons.
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Pres. Raeisi: Iran will not stop talks on removal of sanctions, will not back down from its positions
Jun 25, 2022 17:28President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the country will not stop the negotiations on the removal of sanctions imposed on the country, adding that the other parties to the talks must return to their commitments under the 2015 deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).