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Saudi-led coalition calls on UAE-backed separatists to return to Riyadh deal
Apr 27, 2020 02:55Saudi Arabia-led coalition that has been attacking Yemen since 2015 has called on Emirati-backed separatists that used to ally themselves with the invading force to return to a so-called de-confliction deal after they declared “self-rule” in the impoverished country’s south.
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Iranian, Emirati FMs discuss regional issues
Apr 27, 2020 01:01The highest-ranking diplomats of Iran and the United Arab Emirates discussed the latest regional developments in a telephone conversation.
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UAE-backed separatists break with Saudi-sponsored militants, declare self-rule in southern Yemen
Apr 26, 2020 03:12UAE-backed separatists have broken with once-allied Saudi-sponsored militants in Yemen, saying they will establish a self-ruled administration in the war-torn country’s southern regions.
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Qatar repeats call for lifting of ‘unjust, unlawful’ Saudi-led blockade
Apr 26, 2020 03:02Qatar has reiterated its call for the lifting of a land, air and sea blockade, which Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies imposed on Doha more than two years ago, amid little prospect of an end to the conflict.
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Libya's UN-recognized GNA forces down UAE combat drone
Apr 19, 2020 10:23Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) says its forces have managed to down a United Arab Emirates (UAE) combat drone in the skies of the northern parts of the country.
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Coronavirus fears terrify and impoverish migrants in West Asia
Apr 17, 2020 14:04Advocates for workers say measures the Persian Gulf’s Arab governments have announced to shore up their economies and slow the coronavirus’s spread do not do enough to protect laborers. King Salman of Saudi Arabia announced last month that he would cover the treatment of anyone suffering from COVID-19 in the kingdom, including foreigners. But a $2.4-billion aid package that will partially cover the salaries of private sector workers applies only to Saudi citizens.
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Migrant workers face predicament in Persian Gulf countries amid pandemic
Apr 15, 2020 03:00Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region have locked down over-crowded labor camps and areas with large populations of low-wage workers in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, leaving migrant workers stranded and jobless.
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Indian migrant workers living in squalid conditions in UAE susceptible to coronavirus infection
Apr 14, 2020 06:42The Chief Minister of India’s Kerala State has voiced alarm at the risks facing migrant workers from the region in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid the coronavirus pandemic, citing reports of “inadequate” quarantine facilities and “ineffective” preventative measures in the Persian Gulf country.
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UAE: Drive-through coronavirus test centre opens in Dubai
Apr 13, 2020 03:52Coronavirus drive-through testing facility opened in Mina Rashid, Dubai, as footage filmed on Sunday shows.
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Saudi-backed militants take military camp on Yemen's Socotra island
Apr 12, 2020 06:58Saudi-backed mercenaries and militants have reportedly seized control of a military camp in Yemen's strategic island of Socotra from UAE-backed separatists amid growing divisions.