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Iran military drills forced enemy to abandon threats: Top general
Jan 25, 2021 09:36Iran’s senior military commander says the country’s recent back-to-back military drills has forced the United States give up its threats of military action against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran not to allow revival of Daesh: Spokesman
Jan 25, 2021 06:34The Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson pledged that Iran will work with its allies to prevent a resurgence of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and elsewhere.
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Yemen warring sides kick-start prisoner swap talks in Jordan: UN
Jan 24, 2021 14:13Fresh talks between delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and Saudi-backed former government have begun over exchange of hundreds of more prisoners, as part of steps taken to revive stalled UN-brokered peace negotiations, the United Nations says.
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Ansarullah: Saudi to pay heavy price for continuing Yemen war, siege
Jan 24, 2021 08:45Yemen’s defensive Ansarullah movement says the Saudi-led coalition will pay dearly for keeping up the war and a siege that it has simultaneously imposed on the impoverished country.
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Yemen crisis linked to weapons maker Raytheon’s influence on US foreign policy (1)
Jan 24, 2021 05:33Starting under Obama and continuing under Trump, the U.S. has been heavily involved in the war on Yemen, primarily through weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners. These weapons are by and large used to intentionally target and kill Yemenis.
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Iran would welcome change of approach by Riyadh, if genuine: Foreign Ministry
Jan 24, 2021 05:13Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Saudi Arabia has begun to realize that its aggressive foreign policy has been a failure and appears to be revising some aspects of it accordingly, adding that the Islamic Republic would welcome any genuine change of approach by Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile air target’ going toward Riyadh
Jan 24, 2021 03:32Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted an apparent missile or drone strike over Riyadh, after a blast was heard in the Saudi capital on Saturday morning.
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Rhetoric or retreat: Saudi FM says hands outstretched to Iran
Jan 23, 2021 11:29Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has said Riyadh stands ready for rapprochement with Iran but claimed that the Islamic Republic does not commit itself to de-escalating tensions.
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Asa'ib blames Saudi, UAE for deadly bombings in Iraqi capital
Jan 23, 2021 06:55Iraq’s Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement, a subdivision of anti-terror Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi, has blamed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the deadly twin bombings in the capital Baghdad.
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Iraq PM orders major security changes in capital after terrorist attacks
Jan 22, 2021 14:19A day after deadly bombings that rocked the heart of Baghdad, Iraq’s prime minister has expelled four senior security officials as part of a set of structural changes to the capital’s security apparatus, pledging the nation that his government will not allow a repeat of such attacks.