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Germany still selling arms to Riyadh despite halt triggered by Khashoggi case: Report
Dec 07, 2018 08:45Despite a halt earlier announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel in condemnation of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Germany is covertly exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and is even planning to resume overt sales soon, a report said.
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Saudi warplanes launch 28 airstrikes on Yemen, martyr 3 amid Sweden peace talks
Dec 07, 2018 03:43The Saudi-led coalition’s jet fighters on Thursday launched over 28 airstrikes on various parts of Yemen despite earlier claims that it had ordered its forces halt their attacks on Yemen with the beginning of peace talks in Sweden.
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UN hopes for removal of Saudi blockade on Yemen as peace talks begin
Dec 07, 2018 03:27The United Nations has called for the immediate removal of Saudi Arabia’s blockade on Yemen as talks to end the ongoing war against the impoverished country begin in Sweden.
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Saudis paid for 500 rooms at Trump hotel in 2016: Report
Dec 07, 2018 03:10Shortly after US President Donald Trump’s election victory in 2016, lobbyists working on behalf of Saudi Arabia’s government paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for rooms in his hotel, a new report has revealed, shedding more light on the American leader’s ties to Riyadh.
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Senator Durbin calls for expulsion of Saudi ambassador to US
Dec 07, 2018 02:58US Senator Dick Durbin has said the United States should expel Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Bin Salman’s top aide personally oversaw torture of Saudi woman activist: Report
Dec 07, 2018 02:43Saud al-Qahtani, a close Aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has personally overseen the sexual harassment and torture of a Saudi female rights activist detained by the Ale Saud regime earlier this year, two sources say.
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Six Yemeni missiles hit gatherings of Saudi-led forces in Jizan
Dec 07, 2018 02:33Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters from the Ansarullah Movement, have hit gatherings of Saudi soldiers and Saudi-led mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region with six domestically-manufactured missiles in retaliation for the kingdom’s campaign of military aggression against the impoverished nation.
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Saudi, Russia leave world guessing after OPEC meeting
Dec 06, 2018 14:36OPEC has tentatively agreed an oil output reduction but is reportedly waiting for Russia to declare its commitment before deciding the exact volumes for a cut aimed at propping up crude prices.
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UN-backed peace talks on Yemen kick off in Sweden
Dec 06, 2018 09:47A round of talks between delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government open in Sweden under the auspices of the UN in an effort to find a political solution to the Yemen conflict and end a devastating Riyadh-led war on the country.
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Saudi Arabia’s friendly fire kills, injures several mercenaries in Yemen
Dec 06, 2018 03:14Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition waging a war on Yemen have mistakenly targeted allied mercenaries in the country’s central Bayda Province, leaving several dead or wounded.