‘Often overshadowed by the proxy war being fought in Syria, is the nine month old regional conflict in Yemen which ostensibly pits Sunni Saudi Arabia against Shia Iran. British-made ‘smart’ bombs dropped from British-built aircraft both of which continue to be sold in vast numbers to the Saudi’s have contributed to thousands of civilian deaths […]
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‘The European Union says the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi regime could have “dangerous consequences” for the Middle East, a region already in the grip of deadly turmoil. In a statement issued in reaction to the execution, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Saturday that the specific […]
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‘Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people for terrorism, including the prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. His execution has stirred particular outrage among the kingdom’s critics, saying the cleric’s death aims to “set the region on fire.” Most of those executed were said to be involved in a series of […]
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‘A recently announced Saudi-led “anti-terror” coalition was met with great skepticism. This is not because of doubts over Saudi Arabia’s sincerity alone, but because of the fact that much of the terrorism the “coalition” is allegedly to fight is an intentional creation of Saudi Arabian foreign policy to begin with. CNN’s article, “Muslim nations form […]
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Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh urged increased Islamic cooperation against Daesh, claiming that the militant group was a “part of the Israeli army.” The Mufti’s statements followed remarks attributed to secretive Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a 24-minute audio recording released last week. In the recording Al-Baghdadi called the new Saudi-led alliance […]
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‘Saudi Arabia says the increase in the kingdom’s military spending in 2015 was almost entirely due to its aggression against Yemen as Riyadh struggles with a rising annual budget deficit. Economy Minister Adel Fakeih said Monday that Saudi Arabia’s expenditure in 2015 increased by 13 percent to hit 975 billion riyals (USD 260 billion), adding […]
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‘Saudi Arabia and Turkey have reached an agreement on setting up a “strategic cooperation council” to boost bilateral ties, says Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Jubeir made the announcement on Tuesday during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, following a meeting between Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and […]
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‘Kuwait, which is formally part of the Saudi-led coalition conducting a military crackdown in Yemen, is to send an artillery battalion to protect southern regions of its Gulf neighbor from cross-border attacks, according to a report. “Kuwait decided on the participation of its ground forces, represented by an artillery battalion, in operations to strike at […]
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‘The Yemeni army, backed by Popular Committees loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, has hit a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border city of Najran with a ballistic missile. Yemen’s al-Masirah news channel reported on Sunday that the Qaher 1 missile caused huge explosions by hitting armories of the base, located in the al-Arissah […]
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I have been waiting for this threat against Israel to provide the excuse eventually for Israel to fully enter the Syrian and wider Middle Eastern conflict. The ignoring of Israel by ISIS while they and their like have been targeting secular Arab states has been so blatant – but publicly threatening Israel was always going […]
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The UK governement signed a secret security pact with Saudi Arabia when Theresa may visited the arab country last year but has been keeping it a secret until a freedom of information request by the Lib-dems exposed the scope of the ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ Read more: Cameron Attempting to keep details of secret security pact with Saudi […]
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‘The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticized Saudi Arabia for carrying out a “disproportionate amount” of attacks on civilian areas in Yemen. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein made the comments during the first public session of the UN Security Council on Yemen on Tuesday. Hussein said he has observed heavy shelling from the ground […]
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‘Saudi Arabia is about to execute a teenage boy for attending a protest rally against the ruling Al Saud monarchy as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on dissidents, a rights group says. Abdullah al-Zaher, who is a member of Saudi Arabia’s Shia religious community, was just aged 15 when he was arrested after participating in […]
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‘Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army units have managed to kill nearly 150 troops working for Saudi Arabia in two ballistic missile attacks against Saudi bases in the impoverished country. The first Qaher1 missile hit Safer military base located in the central Ma’rib province on Saturday night and killed 68 forces, including some senior military […]
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‘Human rights activists fear British military personnel could be embedded with Saudi Arabian allies who are bombing Yemen after receiving opaque responses from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Concerns have been raised by the charity Reprieve, which is best known for its work on post 9/11 torture and rendition, after the MoD published figures detailing […]
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