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Migrant workers face predicament in Persian Gulf countries amid pandemic
Apr 15, 2020 03:00Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region have locked down over-crowded labor camps and areas with large populations of low-wage workers in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, leaving migrant workers stranded and jobless.
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Saudi regime forces kill tribal activist after resisting deportation over NEOM megacity project
Apr 15, 2020 02:48Saudi regime forces have reportedly shot and killed a tribal activist in the northwestern Tabuk region of the kingdom after he dismissed a demolition order and resisted leaving his home to allow construction of the controversial megacity project NEOM pursued by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the area.
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Ansarullah reports rise in Saudi-led aggression after truce claim
Apr 14, 2020 13:29Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the invading Saudi Arabia-led coalition has even ramped up its acts of aggression against the impoverished country after claiming it had initiated a voluntary ceasefire.
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UN warns Saudi deportation of Ethiopian migrants to fuel coronavirus spread
Apr 14, 2020 01:55The United Nations says Saudi Arabia’s recent deportation of thousands of Ethiopian migrants will risk the spread of the new coronavirus, urging Riyadh to suspend the practice for the time being.
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Financial toll of Saudi-led war on Yemen’s telecom sector exceeds $4bn: Ministry
Apr 14, 2020 01:45The Yemeni Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology says the financial toll on the country’s telecom sector five years after a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia began bombing the impoverished Arab state stands at billions of dollars.
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Yemen is not prepared to face coronavirus
Apr 13, 2020 11:12As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the world, Yemen is among the nations most at risk. Studies by international aid agencies and non-governmental organizations warn that the health care system in Yemen is on the verge of collapse and that the country is experiencing a complex humanitarian emergency. The only way to save millions of lives would be for the US and Saudi Arabia to end their illegal war and inhumane blockade in order to let medical supplies into Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia submits to oil output cut after US threat
Apr 13, 2020 04:13OPEC and other large oil producers led by Russia have approved a deal to cut output, after the US threatened to take measures against Saudi Arabia over its crude price war with Moscow.
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Turkish court indicts 20 Saudis for murdering Khashoggi
Apr 13, 2020 03:59A Turkish court has accepted an indictment brought against 20 Saudis, including two former associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for the brutal murder of prominent dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018.
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Ansarullah: Saudi-led coalition’s ceasefire merely aimed at misleading world
Apr 12, 2020 13:17A high-ranking official from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has roundly rejected as fraudulent a two-week ceasefire declared by the coalition led by the Saudi regime, saying the declaration deceitfully targets the world public opinion.
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Saudi-led campaign, blockade inflict over $12bn losses on Yemen education sector: Ministry
Apr 12, 2020 10:18The Yemeni Ministry of Education says the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign and all-out blockade against the war-ravaged Arab country have resulted in substantial losses to the education sector amounting to more than 12 billion dollars.