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Saudi gift to Yemen: Bloodied oil
Sep 28, 2020 07:59Saudi Arabia unleashed its military might against its poor, impoverished neighbor Yemen in 2015, which has resulted in death and destruction of biblical proportions, in a bid, according to Riyadh, to return ousted president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to power. Throughout this five year period the Saudis have intentionally allowed the war to rage on with the intent to plunder Yemen’s almost untapped oil and gas reserves amid spiraling chaos and power vacuum.
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Yemen war: Journos gather ‘war crime’ evidence at scene of Saudi-led airstrike
Sep 28, 2020 05:01A group of journalists have looked for evidence of war crime at the scene of a recent massacre of civilians, including children, during a Saudi Arabia-led strike that targeted a civilian home near Yemen’s border with the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia officially boycotts Turkish products: Report
Sep 28, 2020 04:55Saudi Arabia will officially ban Turkish products this week after months of pressure it imposed on local businesses not to trade with Ankara as part of a “secret” embargo, a Turkish media report says.
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UN: Yemen’s warring sides agree to swap more than 1,000 prisoners
Sep 27, 2020 13:53The warring sides in Yemen have reached a “milestone” agreement to swap more than 1,000 prisoners, as part of trust-building steps to revive stalled UN-brokered peace negotiations, the United Nations says.
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Exiled Saudi dissidents launch political party; hope to dethrone MBS and open door to democracy
Sep 27, 2020 05:22A group of prominent Saudi dissident figures in exile has launched a political party that they hope will bring about a transition to democracy and ultimately dethrone the Arab kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the first formalized political opposition during King Salman’s reign.
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Algeria rules out rapprochement with Israel, says ready to host meeting of Palestine factions
Sep 25, 2020 10:38Algeria has once again rejected any normalization of relations with the illegal Zionist entity, saying that Algiers is prepared to host a meeting of Palestinian factions as part of its efforts to support the Palestinian cause.
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Saudi king had better directly face Iran if he has scores to settle: Yemen’s Ansarullah
Sep 25, 2020 10:35A senior Yemeni Ansarullah official has asked Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to settle scores with Iran if he dares to face the Islamic Republic directly.
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Saudi Arabia source of instability in region not Iran: Envoy
Sep 25, 2020 03:40Iran’s permanent representative to the UN dismissed Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s recent accusations against Tehran as a “blame game” aimed at diverting world attention away from Riyadh’s dark record of supporting terrorism.
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Iranian, Swedish diplomats call for intra-Yemeni talks
Sep 25, 2020 03:28The Iranian foreign minister’s senior assistant in special political affairs held virtual talks with Sweden’s special envoy for Yemen.
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Spokesman rejects Saudi king’s remarks against Iran as ‘blame game’
Sep 25, 2020 03:20Iran vehemently rejected as "false and raving" recent remarks against Tehran by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the UN, saying his speech was part of the kingdom’s “blame game” meant to cover up its crimes in Yemen.