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War-party Washington is broke
Jun 15, 2020 10:56America’s wars on Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen – which were based on lies and paid for by American taxpayers and Saudi cash - have ended with a beaten and bankrupt America. No wonder the political class in Washington cannot afford to keep its military bases running in Europe or Far East, or buy new weaponry. The big picture remains the same: Total defeat and bankruptcy for war-party Washington.
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MSF sounds death knell of Yemen health system amid Saudi war
Jun 14, 2020 07:27The coronavirus crisis has taken the final toll on Yemen’s already struggling healthcare system, a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) official says.
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Iran dismisses UN report on missiles ‘of Iranian origin,’ says body under US, Saudi pressure
Jun 13, 2020 01:41Iran has dismissed a recent claim by the United Nations that missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia have been "of Iranian origin," saying the organization has spoken out under political pressure from the US and the Saudi regime.
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Fuel shortage caused by Saudi blockade adds to Yemen’s woes
Jun 13, 2020 01:19Yemenis have been forced to wait in long lines at gas stations for the third consecutive day amid a severe shortage of fuel. This comes despite the government’s guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Girl killed in Saudi Arabia’s Asir as bulldozers demolish family home
Jun 12, 2020 01:57A young Saudi girl has reportedly lost her life as bulldozers razed her family home in the kingdom’s southern region of Asir, nearly two months after regime forces fatally shot a dissident tribal activist in the Tabuk region as he resisted leaving his home to allow construction of a controversial megacity project.
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Yemeni bodies condemn Saudi-led coalition over use of banned cluster bombs in Sana’a
Jun 11, 2020 07:56Yemeni bodies have censured the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition over deploying cluster bombs against a residential neighborhood in the country’s capital province of Sana’a, seriously injuring members of a family.
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Qatar welcomes ‘real’ initiative meant to end Saudi-led blockade: Envoy
Jun 11, 2020 00:41Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al Shafi says Doha welcomes any genuine initiative that would end the economic and diplomatic blockade Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on the gas-rich kingdom in June 2017.
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New humanitarian crisis in Yemen
Jun 10, 2020 10:52Saudi Arabia and its partners in crime have intensified their bombing campaign as the COVID-19 outbreak looms over Yemen. This is while efforts are underway through an emergency donor conference to support the war-torn country as it faces a coronavirus catastrophe in the sixth year of the Saudi-led military campaign. Aid groups have warned that the fast-spreading virus could wreak havoc after years of war and amid crippling funding shortages.
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Canada doubles arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite dire rights record: New figures
Jun 10, 2020 05:19Newly-released figures have revealed that Canada’s sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia hit a record in 2019, despite a moratorium that was in place on approval of new arms exports to the kingdom due its poor human rights record.
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OPEC agrees to extend output cuts by one month: Iran minister
Jun 07, 2020 01:56Members of The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to extend a deal on reduction of output provided that non-OPEC producers would comply with their share of the cuts, according to Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh.