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Khashoggi shadow looms large as Biden seeks reset of ties with 'pariah'
Jul 16, 2022 03:45The slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s shadow loomed large over US President Joe Biden’s maiden visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday and his much-anticipated meeting with Khashoggi’s killer – the kingdom’s de-facto ruler and crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
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Iraq won't become base for threats against neighbors, affirms PM Kadhimi
Jul 16, 2022 03:29Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says the summit in Saudi Arabia will not feature discussions about normalization with the Israeli regime while asserting that his country will never become a base for threats against its neighbors.
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Biden lands in Saudi Arabia, country he once vowed to make 'pariah'
Jul 16, 2022 01:43US President Joe Biden landed in Saudi Arabia on Friday on the second leg of his four-day regional tour, welcomed in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah by Prince Khalid Al Faisal, a senior member of the royal family and the governor of Mecca.
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As Biden visits Saudi Arabia, GAO report spotlights deadly US role in Yemen disaster
Jul 15, 2022 16:49The GAO reports the mind-boggling statistic that the United States Department of Defense has administered $54.6 billion in aid to Saudi Arabia and the UAE during the Yemen War.
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Saudi Arabia opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ in gesture to Israeli regime
Jul 15, 2022 10:35Saudi Arabia says it is lifting restrictions on “all carriers” using its airspace, in an apparent gesture of openness toward Israel following US President Joe Biden’s pledge to aggressively push for the normalization of relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv.
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Saudi forces seize another Yemen-bound fuel ship in violation of UN-brokered ceasefire
Jul 14, 2022 05:51The Yemen Gas Company (YGC) says the Saudi-led coalition waging war on the country has seized yet another Yemen-bound fuel ship in blatant violation of the UN-brokered ceasefire.
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Islamic Jihad: Biden’s West Asia trip ‘unfortunate event’, only serves Israel
Jul 14, 2022 02:09A leader of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement has denounced US President Joe Biden’s visit to West Asia as “an unfortunate and unpleasant event” for the Palestinian nation and cause, saying it will not bring any good to the Muslim and Arab world.
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Saudi opposition party says founding member assassinated in Beirut’s southern suburbs
Jul 12, 2022 02:58A Saudi opposition party says one of its founding members has been killed in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital city of Beirut, and two of his brothers were arrested in connection with the incident.
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Report: Private Israeli plane lands in Saudi capital in preparation for Biden's visit
Jul 12, 2022 02:33A private Israeli jet has landed in Saudi Arabia amid speculation that the Persian Gulf kingdom and the Tel Aviv regime would normalize diplomatic relations as US President Joe Biden is going to visit the Arab country within the next few days as part of a regional trip.
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IRGC official: ‘Arab NATO’ ineffective in face of resistance front
Jul 11, 2022 10:31A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US plan to form a so-called regional defense alliance with Israel and a number of Arab countries will fail like previous coalitions formed against the resistance front.