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Outspoken Saudi prince dies aged 87 after hunger strike
Dec 23, 2018 05:38A Saudi prince, known internationally for his open criticism of the ruling family including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has died after being critically weakened by a hunger strike.
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UN advance team arrives in Yemen’s Aden to monitor ceasefire in Hudaydah: Officials
Dec 22, 2018 17:04An advance team of the United Nations has arrived in Yemen with the task of monitoring a fragile ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah recently agreed by the two warring parties, namely Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government, local officials say.
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Saudi-led bloc planned military invasion of Qatar in 1996: Ex-French cmdr.
Dec 20, 2018 09:36A former French army commander reveals new details of a 1996 coup attempt in Qatar, saying the Saudi-led quartet of countries, which are now blockading Doha, planned to invade the Persian Gulf country at that time.
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Kuwait holding negotiations with Saudi Arabia to end Persian Gulf diplomatic spat: Official
Dec 20, 2018 08:25A high-ranking Kuwaiti official says his country is in talks with Saudi Arabia to help work out a solution to a diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf region, which has seen the Riyadh regime and a number of its allies impose a diplomatic and trade boycott against Qatar.
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EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Beeley interviews Yemen’s Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Dr. Yousef Al-Haidari
Dec 20, 2018 04:44Vanessa Beeley, an independent journalist, peace activist, photographer and associate editor at 21st Century Wire, has interviewed Yemen's Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Dr. Yousef Al-Haidari.
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Sore loser loses again
Dec 20, 2018 04:15The major last minute deal in the Yemen talks in Sweden, a ceasefire in and around Hodeida, is under threat, with locals reporting Saudi airstrikes in the same area.
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Iran, Saudi Arabia sign deal on Hajj pilgrimage
Dec 20, 2018 03:19Officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement about the dispatch of Iranian pilgrims to the Arab county for next year’s Hajj rituals.
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UK must stop fueling Saudi Arabia’s bloody war on Yemen: Charity group
Dec 20, 2018 02:28A main charity group in the United Kingdom has called on the British government to stop fueling a conflict in Yemen by imposing a total ban on sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi fighter jets attack international airport, airbase in Yemeni capital city
Dec 19, 2018 15:13Saudi military aircraft have carried out a string of airstrikes against the Sana'a International Airport and al-Dailami airbase in the Yemeni capital city as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against its impoverished southern neighbor.
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Yemeni Ansarullah fighters foil Saudi-backed militiamen’s push for Hudaydah, inflict losses
Dec 19, 2018 03:01Yemeni Ansarullah Movement says army soldiers and allied fighters from popular committees have managed to frustrate a large-scale offensive by Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Hudaydah, hours after a UN-brokered ceasefire started at midnight in the strategic port city.