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Senior Lebanese Shia cleric shrugs off Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, calls it 'theatrical event'
Jul 18, 2022 09:29A prominent Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric has played down an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah as a “theatrical event,” saying that the participants simply used the event to take a series of photographs.
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Iran lauds Iraq for promoting regional dialogue after Biden's failed West Asia tour
Jul 18, 2022 04:58Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has commended Baghdad for its role in promoting dialogue in West Asia with the aim of enhancing security and stability in the region.
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Biden's West Asia trip shows his disregard for journalists
Jul 18, 2022 02:41Joe Biden has made trips to Saudi Arabia and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, two regimes who have made headlines for murdering journalists.
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Sanders: US should not maintain ‘warm relationship’ with Saudi Arabia
Jul 18, 2022 02:08Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying the United States should not maintain a “warm relationship” with the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia’s opening of airspace to Israeli flights ‘grave insult’ to Muslims: Top Hezbollah official
Jul 17, 2022 07:45The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced Saudi Arabia’s decision to open its airspace to all flights to and from the Israeli-Occupied Territories.
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Ex-Khashoggi lawyer detained in UAE, rights group says
Jul 17, 2022 03:10UAE security agents have detained US citizen Asim Ghafoor, former lawyer of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on charges related to an in absentia conviction for money laundering.
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At regional summit, Biden says US won't leave West Asia
Jul 16, 2022 15:15US President Joe Biden has said America would not leave the West Asian region, saying any vacuum left would be filled by Washington's rivals.
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International Committee of Red Cross: Children, mothers dying in Yemen due to a lack of health services
Jul 16, 2022 12:18Despite the UN-brokered truce, the consequences of the Saudi-led war are still taking the lives of Yemeni women and children. A recent report by the International Committee of the Red Cross says a mother and 6 newborns die every two hours in Yemen, of complications that occur during pregnancy and causes that can be avoided in normal circumstances.
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Iraq PM vows to push for Iran-Saudi rapprochement to ease regional tensions
Jul 16, 2022 11:06Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says his country will keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia in line with efforts to ease regional tensions.
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Yemen: Ansarullah warns Arabs of disastrous consequences of Biden visit
Jul 16, 2022 10:19Yemen’s popular Anasrullah resistance movement has strongly denounced US President Joe Biden’s trip to West Asia, stating the visit aimed to push for further normalization of diplomatic ties between Israel and Arab countries.