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Saudi-led coalition kills civilians on purpose: American official
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The Saudi-led coalition’s indiscriminate bombing of civilians took the lives of dozens at the end of 2017:
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has killed 109 civilians in air strikes in the past 10 days,…
Economic war hits Yemen from south to north
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The southerners have run out of patience during the three years of the Saudi-Emirati occupation of their country, and the Saudi-Emirati promises are today, only camps and foreign soldiers, the looting of wealth and the…
US government shutdown begins over budget impasse
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The US government has officially shut down after lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress failed to reach a deal on a short-term budget for funding government operations.
Senators were still negotiating on the…
US-led invasion worsened Afghan security situation: Iran diplomat
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A senior Iranian diplomat says the US-led invasion of Afghanistan has merely led to the deterioration of the security situation in the Asian country, urging enhanced economic ties with Kabul to pave the way for an…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally against repatriation to Myanmar
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Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have protested a joint plan to repatriate them to Myanmar, where they have faced a bloody crackdown by military forces and extremist Buddhists.
The refugees, living…
United States triples the number of deadly airstriks , causes most severe humanitarian crisiathis…
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The United States has tripled the number of airstrikes this year against what it claimed to fight Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen. American allies have pushed the militants from their lucrative coastal strongholds. And the…
HRW: UAE violating human rights at home, aboard
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blasted the United Arab Emirates for violating human rights by suppressing dissent and discriminating against citizens at home while committing war crimes in Yemen.
In its World Report…
Trump’s Big Saudi Arms Deal Will Cause More Misery for Yemen
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On Monday, the first day of trading since the announcement that Saudi Arabia had agreed to buy a hundred and ten billion dollars in U.S. weaponry, defense stocks jumped. “General Dynamics (GD.N), Raytheon (RTN.N), and…
How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse?
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Since the war began, at least 13,000thousand Yemeni civilians have been killed, though the number is potentially much higher, because few organizations on the ground have the resources to count the dead. Some three…
Saudi Arabia Closes the World’s Ritziest Prison
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The Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh is due to resume life as a five-star hotel next month, but the purge that turned it into the world’s most luxurious prison still carries risks for Saudi Arabia’s young leader.
Crown Prince…