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Rights groups threaten legal action against France over arms exports to Saudi, UAE
Mar 23, 2018 01:39Two human rights groups have given the government of French President Emmanuel Macron two months to end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are involved in a devastating three-year-old conflict in Yemen, or face legal proceedings.
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Saudi, Emirati officials bribe NGOs to whitewash rights abuses
Feb 27, 2018 09:50An independent European organization, monitoring developments in the Middle East, says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been bribing a number of international NGOs to cover up their gross human rights records at home and abroad.
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UAE attempting to fragment Yemen by forging regional armies: Official
Feb 26, 2018 16:37An official in the government of Yemen's former president says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to fragment the impoverished country by creating separate “regional and tribal armies” in southern parts of the war-hit country.
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Djibouti seizes Dubai-operated port, angering Emirati firm
Feb 23, 2018 10:15The Horn of Africa country of Djibouti has seized control of a container terminal that had been leased out to Dubai Ports World (DP World) for 30 years.
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US oil flows to Middle East; buyer is Saudi ally UAE
Feb 07, 2018 12:18The United Arab Emirates has become the first country in the Middle East to import crude oil from the United States, Bloomberg reports.
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Doha ‘diffused’ attempt by Riyadh, Abu Dhabi to invade Qatar: Defense minister
Feb 03, 2018 12:56Qatar’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had planned a military invasion of his country at the beginning of a diplomatic crisis that erupted last year when several states cut off diplomatic relations with Doha.
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Saudi, UAE serve US, Israeli interests: Ansarullah's leader
Feb 02, 2018 16:21Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has reiterated that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are engaged in the war on Yemen, are serving the interests of the United States and the illegal Zionist entity.
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Yemen’s former PM to flee Aden as separatist seize presidential palace
Jan 30, 2018 10:04Yemen’s self-proclaimed prime minister is reportedly preparing to flee to Saudi Arabia after the UAE-backed separatists seized the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, where they have been engaged in fierce clashes with rival Riyadh-sponsored militants.
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Yemen: UAE-backed separatists send reinforcements to Aden amid clashes
Jan 29, 2018 10:40Separatists in southern Yemen, who are backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have dispatched sizable reinforcements to the city of Aden, where they have been engaged in fierce clashes with Saudi-allied militants loyal to the former Yemeni government.
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Fierce Aden clashes split Saudi 'coalition' in Yemen
Jan 28, 2018 10:46Several people are killed as mercenaries allied to Saudi Arabia fiercely fight pitched battles with separatists backed by the UAE in Yemen's southern city of Aden, deepening a rift between the two sides.