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Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport targeted again in Yemeni retaliatory drone attack
Jun 17, 2021 14:53The Yemeni army has launched a fresh retaliatory attack against Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Asir, using two domestically-manufactured Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) combat drones.
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S. Africa under fire for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE amid crimes in Yemen
Jun 17, 2021 04:14The High Court of South Africa has ordered the country’s National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to provide a list of companies that have supplied Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with weapons found to have been used against civilians in the Yemen war.
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Iran protests Saudi’s decision to bar pilgrims from Hajj over coronavirus
Jun 16, 2021 14:02Iran’s top government authority on Hajj has protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
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Saudi Arabia martyrs Shia Muslim youth for taking part in peaceful protests
Jun 15, 2021 12:07Saudi authorities have martyred a youth from the Shia Muslim majority Qatif region in the Eastern Province over alleged incitement and taking part in peaceful protests against the regime in Riyadh among other baseless accusations.
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Yemen: Army releases pictures of Saudi troops, Sudanese mercs captured during Jizan operation
Jun 15, 2021 07:14The media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command Center has published the pictures and interviews of a number of Saudi troops and Sudanese mercenaries captured during a recent operation in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region, with an eye to swapping them with Yemeni prisoners held by the Saudi regime troops.
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Spokesman: Yemeni forces' drone carried out new attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Intl. Airport
Jun 14, 2021 09:47Yemeni forces have launched a new drone attack against Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing military aggression and its brutal blockade against the war-torn Arab country.
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Saudi first quarter GDP shrinks 3%, hit by oil sector decline
Jun 14, 2021 09:07Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product fell 3% in the first quarter, slightly less than official estimates and compared with a 1% contraction last year, as a sharp fall in the oil sector pulled back the economy, data showed.
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Paper details US, Israel, Saudi role in coup plot against Jordan king
Jun 14, 2021 08:51Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States joined forces to pressure Jordan's King Abdullah II to partake in the US-sponsored "normalization deals" with Tel Aviv, according to the Washington Post.
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years
Jun 13, 2021 09:15Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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US prioritizes war in Yemen: Houthi
Jun 11, 2021 06:43A high-ranking Yemeni official has condemned the US decision to impose new sanctions on Yemen, saying the measure falls within a systematic plot aimed at suffocating the impoverished state’s economy.