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Yemeni army soldiers, allied fighters wrest control over major base in Ma’rib
Nov 21, 2020 06:16Yemeni army troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have taken full control of a sprawling military base in the country’s central province of Ma’rib, following fierce armed clashes with Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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UN chief says looming danger of famine threatens Yemen
Nov 21, 2020 06:03UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says war-torn Yemen is on the verge of facing “the worst famine” the world has seen “for decades”, warning against any unilateral moves as the United States threatens to blacklist the Ansarullah movement, whose fighters significantly help the Yemeni army against an invading Saudi-led military coalition.
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Saudi princes tortured, blackmailed during 2017 'sheikhdown': Report
Nov 20, 2020 04:52A new report has shown that Saudi royals, billionaires and senior government officials were tortured and blackmailed in early November 2017, when they were rounded up and detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in an extraordinary power play by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) to remove people who could potentially pose a political threat.
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Iran intel ministry releases documents showing terror outfit’s Saudi ties
Nov 18, 2020 06:36Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has published secret correspondence between Saudi Arabia’s spy service and a notorious anti-Iran terrorist group.
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Iran diplomat: Saudis must drop blame game if they want to develop nuclear weapons
Nov 18, 2020 04:45Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations says Saudi officials should stop engaging in blame-shifting if Riyadh is down the path of developing nuclear weapons and seeks to invent an excuse for avoiding cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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China finds coronavirus on inner packaging of shrimp imported from Saudi Arabia
Nov 15, 2020 04:16China says it has detected the new coronavirus on the inner packaging of a batch of shrimp imported from Saudi Arabia, as it steps up testing of frozen foods to completely eliminate the epidemic in the mainland.
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Fire erupts at Saudi Arabia’s Jizan petroleum products platform after Yemeni boat attack
Nov 14, 2020 02:40A fire has broken out near a floating platform of an oil distribution station in Saudi Arabia’s southern region of Jizan, after Saudi forces purportedly destroyed two explosive-laden boats believed to have been launched by Yemeni fighters.
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UN human right expert demands lifting of Saudi-led sanctions against Qatar
Nov 14, 2020 02:34A United Nations human rights expert has called on authorities in Saudi Arabia and a number of regional countries to end the economic and diplomatic blockade that they imposed on Qatar in June 2017, saying the restrictions have harmed civilian lives in the gas-rich kingdom.
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Riyadh must stop serving Israel, start respecting neighbors: Iranian official
Nov 13, 2020 10:20Special Aide to Iran’s Parliament Speaker in International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has hit out at the anti-Tehran accusations leveled by Saudi King Salman, saying Riyadh had better stop serving the illegal Zionist entity and start respecting its neighbors.
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World Food Programme sent expired medical, food supplies to Yemen: Official
Nov 13, 2020 10:04A senior Yemeni official has lashed out at the World Food Programme (WFP) for sending expired food and medicine to the crisis-stricken Arab country.