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Saudi Arabia sentences prominent cleric to ten years in prison as crackdown against dissent widens
Aug 26, 2022 03:45A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a distinguished cleric and former imam of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca to 10 years in prison, amid an intensified crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers, and intellectuals in the kingdom.
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UN special rapporteur voices concern about deteriorating health condition of detained Saudi Shia cleric
Aug 26, 2022 02:51The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders has expressed concern about the deteriorating health condition of Saudi Shia cleric and human rights activist Sheikh Mohammed Hassan al-Habib, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community and pro-democracy campaigners.
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Advisor rejects Saudi-owned TV's 'completely false' report about JCPOA talks
Aug 25, 2022 03:54An advisor to the Iranian negotiating team has roundly rejected a Saudi-owned TV channel's "erroneous report" about the ongoing talks aimed at potentially salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
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Foreign forces pillaging Yemen's gas and oil resources: Ansarullah chief
Aug 24, 2022 02:29The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement says foreign forces and their supporters in Yemen are pillaging the country’s gas and oil resources.
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In a first, Israeli plane flies over Saudi airspace to non-Persian-Gulf destination
Aug 23, 2022 03:30In a first, an Israeli commercial flight flew over Saudi Arabia's airspace to a non-Persian Gulf destination since Riyadh opened its skies to all air carriers, including Israeli ones, last month.
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Egypt hosts war games with US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece
Aug 22, 2022 01:54Special forces from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Greece, and Cyprus launched joint military exercises on Sunday, according to a statement by the Egyptian military.
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UK foreign secretary urged to take action on Saudi woman jailed for 34 years over tweets
Aug 22, 2022 01:38British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been urged to intervene in the case of Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student and Saudi women's rights activist that has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting the critics of the kingdom on Twitter.
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Saudi-led coalition violates Yemen’s truce over 200 times in 24 hours
Aug 21, 2022 09:55The Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militant groups have over the past 24 hours breached more than 200 times a UN-brokered nationwide truce that took effect in war-ravaged Yemen in April.
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Saudi-led coalition plundered billions of dollars worth of Yemen oil since 2018: Minister
Aug 21, 2022 02:30The Yemeni National Salvation Government says the Saudi-led coalition that invaded the impoverished country in 2015, has plundered billions of dollars worth of Yemen’s oil over the past four years.
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Iran to develop oilfield shared with Saudi Arabia in 3 years
Aug 21, 2022 00:08Iran says it will start pumping oil from a key oilfield that straddles the maritime border with Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf within the next three years.