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‘Yemen is the worst country in the world for deaths and injuries caused by explosive weapons, according to a new report published amid claims that British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are prolonging and deepening the conflict. “Yemen is the worst country for civilian deaths and injuries from explosive weapon use in the first seven […]

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‘A group of human rights experts affiliated with the United Nations has called on the Saudi regime to stop executing children, saying Riyadh must abide by the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “Any judgment imposing the death penalty upon persons who were children at the time of the offense, […]

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‘Yemenis take to the streets in the capital, Sana’a, to slam the relentless and deadly Saudi aggression against their country. On Monday, thousands of people staged a demonstration in Sana’a at the invitation of the leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdel Malek al-Houthi. The massive rally was held to mark the first anniversary of the […]

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‘The United Nations has been criticised for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role – despite the country having “arguably the worst record in the world” on freedoms for women, minorities and dissidents. Critics, including the wife of imprisoned pro-democracy blogger Raif Badawi – sentenced to 1,000 lashes for blogging about free speech – […]

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‘A range of official government documents released under Freedom of Information (FOI) expose how the British government is valiantly promoting democracy in the Middle East: by courting the region’s most vociferous opponents of democracy. The approach reflects the consistent focus of Britain’s strategy in the region on promoting “stability” through energy investments and arms sales […]

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‘Saudi Arabia has once again used banned cluster bombs in its deadly airborne aggression against the war-torn Yemen. Yemen’s al-Masirah TV reported on Friday night that Saudi warplanes attacked residential areas in Baqim district in Yemen’s northwestern Sa’ada province with cluster munitions, which are banned under the international law. There are no immediate reports on […]

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‘Anybody who follows the international media will be aware that some terrible harm has been done to the world’s spiritual and cultural heritage in the course of fighting in Syria and Iraq; and that some of this destruction is a result of deliberate efforts by Islamic State fighters to eliminate all structures which are out […]

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‘A coalition of Washington-backed armies led by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has escalated their bombing raids on civilian areas in Yemen. Neighborhoods, hospitals, mosques, factories, ports and other locations were hit during the last week. Dozens of people were killed in the airstrikes which are becoming more vicious in the aftermath […]

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‘After midnight, in the early hours of a September morning in the sumptuous environs of Mayfair’s Claridge’s hotel, a garrulous high-roller called Ivan Glasenberg sealed his reputation as the world’s greatest trader. The year was 2012, and huddled around the table of his lavish suite, with a phalanx of highly paid advisers and lawyers, were […]

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‘At least 107 people, including an Iranian citizen, are killed as a crane falls on Hajj pilgrims in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi sources said on Friday that strong winds and storm had brought the crane down. At least 238 people have also been injured. Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization also announced […]

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‘Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Washington is making a grave mistake by appeasing those who want to use the terrorist group Islamic State to force the ouster of Syria’s president, Bashar Assad. On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on the phone with his US counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, who expressed concern […]

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‘While European countries are being lectured about their failure to take in enough refugees, Saudi Arabia – which has taken in precisely zero migrants – has 100,000 air conditioned tents that can house over 3 million people sitting empty. The sprawling network of high quality tents are located in the city of Mina, spreading across […]

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‘Almost 21 million people, or 80 percent of Yemen’s population, require food, drinking water and medical assistance amid the ongoing military conflict in the country, Communications Officer with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Monday. “The humanitarian situation in Yemen is of deep concern. The conflict is continuing for the sixth month, and some 1.8 […]

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‘The Saudi cities of Jeddah, Abha, and the capital Riyadh will turn into legitimate targets for the Yemeni forces in their retaliatory attacks against the kingdom, which is continuing military aggression against its impoverished southern neighbor, a spokesman for the Yemeni army says. Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman made the remarks on Saturday, a day after […]

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