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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.
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Qatar could give Saudi more headache after leaving OPEC: Bloomberg
Dec 06, 2018 03:00Qatar’s surprise decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) might be just a taste of things to come, as some analysts suggest the tiny Persian Gulf country plans to irritate Saudi Arabia even more by leaving the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC).
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Iran raps US envoy’s meetings with OPEC members as ‘unprofessional, meddlesome’
Dec 06, 2018 02:51The Iranian oil minister has lashed out at US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook over his “meddlesome” meetings with members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, asserting that OPEC is an independent body that does not take orders from the US.
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UN wants international probe into 'awful' Khashoggi murder
Dec 06, 2018 02:40With more than two months into the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has stressed the necessity of an international investigation to identify those responsible for the “awful” murder at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.
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Turkey files arrest warrants for Saudi crown prince allies over Khashoggi murder
Dec 05, 2018 11:35A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for two Saudi nationals close to heir apparent Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) over the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Saudi-backed Yemeni delegates head to Sweden for peace talks
Dec 05, 2018 11:20A delegation from Yemen’s former Saudi-sponsored government has left Riyadh for Sweden to attend UN-brokered peace talks with representatives from the Ansarullah movement as a push by the world body to end a devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen gains steam.
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Qatari monarch receives Saudi Arabian King Salman’s invitation to PGCC summit
Dec 05, 2018 04:13Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to participate in the upcoming Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which is set to take place in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh later this month.
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Ansarullah delegation departs Yemen for peace talks in Sweden
Dec 05, 2018 03:19Delegates from the Ansarullah movement, escorted by United Nations Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, have flown from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a to Sweden to attend UN-sponsored peace negotiations with representatives from the administration of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Human rights official: Khashoggi killed after Trump's greenlight
Dec 04, 2018 12:48Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani argued that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a victim of internal conflicts and feuds between the US democrats and was killed only after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman received a green light from President Donald Trump.
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The inconvenient truth about Saudi Arabia
Dec 04, 2018 12:05It is no secret that the regime in Riyadh, in complicity with the US, is indulging in every sort of crime against humanity and trying to get away with it.