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Qatar calls for Iran-Persian Gulf states dialogue; welcomes any initiative for regional peace
Dec 23, 2020 14:07Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called for dialogue between Iran and Persian Gulf littoral states, saying Doha welcomes any initiative that would contribute to peace and stability in the region.
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Ports in aggressor states will be targeted if Saudi-led siege continues: Yemeni FM
Dec 23, 2020 09:41Foreign Minister in the Yemeni National Salvation Government, Hisham Sharaf Abdullah, has warned Saudi Arabia and its regional allies against continuation of the sea, land and air blockade on Yemen, stating that their ports and economically strategic sites will be targeted if such crippling measures are not abolished.
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Yemeni army shoots down another Saudi drone, this time over Ma’rib
Dec 21, 2020 12:14Yemeni forces have shot down a combat and surveillance drone belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition while hovering over the central Province of Ma’rib.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE used Israeli spyware to hack phones of three dozen journalists: Report
Dec 21, 2020 06:16A report says operatives linked to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates hacked the phones of dozens of Qatar-based Al Jazeera journalists using an Israeli spyware.
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Saudi war, blockade kill 100,000 Yemeni newborns every year: Health ministry
Dec 20, 2020 15:52A Yemeni health ministry official says 100,000 newborns die every year in the impoverished country due to the ongoing war of aggression and total blockade imposed on Yemen by the Saudi-led military coalition.
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Yemen is still suffering
Dec 20, 2020 07:23Beyond the starvation and malnutrition, war-torn Yemen has been the site of cholera epidemics, and medical shortages so extreme and so long that some chronic illnesses, like diabetes, killed the bulk of those inflicted simply from going untreated too long. Saudi airstrikes continue to kill large numbers of people, mainly civilians, and those strikes have fuelled international outcry, yet no decisive action by the UN to force an end to the conflict and hold the Saudi-led culprits to account.
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EU complicit in Saudi-UAE genocide in Yemen: Parliament member
Dec 20, 2020 05:40A member of the European Parliament has censured Europe’s double standards on human rights, saying the EU is complicit in crimes and atrocities perpetrated by the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen.
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UK MPs urge sanctions on Riyadh for detaining bin Nayef, other royals
Dec 19, 2020 00:04British lawmakers have raised renewed concerns over the unlawful detention of the former Saudi crown prince and other royals, calling on London and other governments to slap sanctions on the kingdom over its growing human rights abuses.
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Receiving Nobel Prize, World Food Programme chief warns 'we are losing battle against hunger'
Dec 17, 2020 15:19As the Saudi-led, U.S.-backed assault on the impoverished nation of Yemen continues, food prices are spiking alongside a collapsing domestic currency—a situation the WFP chief described as "a huge blow in a country that imports 80% of its food."
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Iran opposes any act of sabotage against maritime safety, intl. trade after fuel tanker blast
Dec 17, 2020 02:25Iran opposes any act of sabotage against maritime safety and international trade security after an explosion hit a fuel tanker off the Saudi Port of Jeddah.