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HRW demands prominent Saudi human rights lawyer’s release
Apr 17, 2019 00:51Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi authorities to immediately release prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
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Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built Badr-F ballistic missile
Apr 16, 2019 12:28The Yemeni army has unveiled a domestically designed and manufactured Badr-F ballistic missile intended to rain shrapnel over a vast area upon explosion in mid air to ensure maximum lethality against designated targets, amid Saudi Arabia's atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against impoverished Yemen.
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Bahrain: Regime forces detain journalist over criticizing media ‘misinformation' on Yemen war
Apr 16, 2019 07:49Bahraini police have detained a journalist, who works for a pro-government daily newspaper, after he criticized the media’s “misinformation campaign” surrounding the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen.
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Did the Saudi hackers who trapped Khashoggi target Jeff Bezos for nude photos?
Apr 16, 2019 04:49Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, breaks down the sordid web of ties between Saudi hackers, the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Jeff Bezos of Washington Post, in his article for the ‘Informed Current’, titled: “Did the Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Jeff Bezos for Nude Photos?”
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Congress demands end to Yemen war: now what?
Apr 15, 2019 12:30Just recently, the US Congress did something unprecedented on foreign policy. For the first time since it overrode President Nixon’s veto to pass the 1973 War Powers Resolution in the wake of the Vietnam War, both the Senate and the House voted to direct the president to withdraw from an unauthorized military conflict.
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Study: Saudis look for way out of Yemen, Ansarullah fighters invincible
Apr 15, 2019 08:01The International Crisis Group has urged the United States to help its ally, Saudi Arabia, to find a way out of its deadly war on Yemen that has left the kingdom sapped of resources and reputation.
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Role of foreign states in focus as Iraq begins trying 900 Daesh suspects
Apr 15, 2019 07:52Iraq has begun trying nearly 900 members of the Daesh terrorist group captured in neighboring Syria, a judiciary official says.
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Saudi Arabia funded Libya rebels push toward capital: Report
Apr 14, 2019 01:38Libyan rebel Commander General Khalifa Haftar has been directly supported by Saudi Arabia in his new campaign to seize control of the capital Tripoli, a new report has shown.
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Saudi Arabia resorting to death penalty to quash opposition: Amnesty
Apr 14, 2019 01:09Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia is making use of the death penalty to crush opposition figures, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
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Germany approves weapon supplies to Saudi Arabia, UAE: Der Spiegel
Apr 13, 2019 03:00Germany’s National Security Council has reportedly approved the provision of certain weapons and arms technology to the two main aggressor regimes involved in a deadly war on Yemen, namely Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite a ban imposed earlier on arms exports to Riyadh.