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Dissident Saudi journalist dies due to health problems nearly two months after prison release
Jul 20, 2020 09:54A dissident Saudi journalist has reportedly died of health problems nearly two months after release from prison amid a widening crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against rights campaigners and intellectuals in the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia postpones Iraqi PM's visit after King Salman hospitalized
Jul 20, 2020 03:25Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has announced that the visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to the kingdom has been postponed after King Salman bin Abdulaziz was admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh.
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Iran ready for dialogue with all regional countries: Spokesman
Jul 20, 2020 02:38Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi underlined Tehran’s readiness for talks with regional countries, saying there is no other way than dialogue for resolution of differences.
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Saudi network ’utterly shameless’ in airing anti-Iran terrorists event: Iranian UK envoy
Jul 19, 2020 01:07Iran’s ambassador to the UK decries a Saudi-funded London-based television network that has been set up with the aim of smearing the Islamic Republic for its “utter shamelessness” in broadcasting the annual gathering of an anti-Iran terrorist cult.
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Iraqi PM due in Riyadh as Saudis seek to turn corner in rocky ties
Jul 18, 2020 11:50Iraqi officials say Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran back-to-back next week in his first foreign trip as premier.
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Why US lawmakers want troops in Yemen
Jul 18, 2020 03:38Under the direct orders of American lawmakers, war-party Washington is strengthening its military presence in Yemen to protect Saudi oil and Israeli regime which faced the 1973 War when Yemen closed the Bab al-Mandeb strait with the agreement of Egypt.
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Iran condemns latest Saudi air raids, calls for UN intervention to save Yemeni lives
Jul 17, 2020 08:14Iran has strongly denounced the latest Saudi airstrikes against Yemen, calling on the United Nations to stop Riyadh’s atrocities “by any means possible”.
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Yemeni tribes reject Saudi compensation, seek revenge for Jawf bloodshed
Jul 17, 2020 05:38Yemeni tribes in the northern province of al-Jawf have rejected a financial offer from Saudi Arabia to compensate for Wednesday airstrikes that claimed over two dozen civilian lives, saying the only thing that would calm them down is revenge.
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UN envoy for Yemen urges ‘transparent investigation’ into deadly Saudi-led airstrikes in Jawf
Jul 17, 2020 04:42United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has called for a transparent investigation into airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition in the northern province of al-Jawf, which claimed the lives of over two dozen people, among them women and children.
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Qatar Airways to sue Saudi-led quartet over ' illegal' blockade
Jul 16, 2020 03:01Qatar Airways says it will seek compensation for losses caused by an "illegal airspace blockade," which Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies imposed on Doha three years ago.