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Nearly 300 air strikes conducted by Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in seven days: Army
Apr 08, 2020 03:43The Yemeni army says the Saudi-led coalition has carried out nearly 300 air strikes across the country over the past week.
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Iran steps up efforts for oil market stability
Apr 08, 2020 03:38Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said he has held consultations with several foreign officials about plans to restore stability to the global oil market ahead of a meeting between OPEC and its allies.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah agrees to UN offer for large-scale prisoner exchange with Saudi-backed militants
Apr 07, 2020 14:52Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has reportedly agreed to an offer by the United Nations to implement a major prisoner swap with Saudi-sponsored militants supporting the fugitive former president Mansur Hadi.
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Yemeni army dismisses claim of attacking women's prison in Ta'izz
Apr 07, 2020 04:54The Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, has categorically dismissed a claim that the Yemeni army and its allied fighters from the Popular Committees targeted the female section of a prison in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz.
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Saudi jets launch fresh strikes on civilian areas across Yemen
Apr 06, 2020 09:26Saudi warplanes on Monday targeted residential areas in several Yemeni provinces, including Sa’ada, Hajjah, Ma’rib, Jawf, and al-Bayda.
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Oil prices slide 7% after producers' meeting is postponed
Apr 06, 2020 03:57Global benchmark oil prices traded as much as $3 a barrel lower as the market opened for Monday's trading session, reflecting fears of oversupply after Saudi Arabia and Russia postponed to Thursday a meeting about a potential pact to cut production.
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Coronavirus outbreak threatens poor districts in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca: Report
Apr 06, 2020 03:29Saudi activists have expressed serious concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus in some neighborhoods of the holy city of Mecca, emphasizing that the slums are hotspots for the severe outbreak as they are densely-populated and suffer from unsanitary conditions and weak health infrastructure.
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Yemeni army refutes Saudi allegation of attack on oil pipeline in Ma’rib
Apr 06, 2020 03:19The Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree has categorically dismissed an allegation by Saudi media outlets that Yemeni troops and allied fighters from the Popular Committees have attacked an oil pumping station in the Central Province of Ma’rib as “baseless.”
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Amnesty International calls on Saudi monarch to release senior Hamas official, his son
Apr 05, 2020 02:01Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia's King Salman to order the immediate release of a high-ranking official of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas and his son, citing his poor health condition amid the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus.
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UAE altering demographics of Yemen’s Tai’zz to dislodge fmr. pro-Saudi govt.: Former official
Apr 04, 2020 10:45The former governor of Yemen’s southwestern Ta'izz province has said that the United Arab Emirates is manipulating the demographic composition of the province to weaken pro-Saudi forces, exposing further rift in the Saudi-led coalition.