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Saudi Arabia Must Face US Lawsuits over Sept. 11 Attacks
2018-03-29
A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Deny Giving Missiles to Houthis
2018-03-28
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards denied on Tuesday Saudi accusations that Tehran has provided the Houthi movement in Yemen with ballistic capabilities, a day after a Houthi missile hit the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
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Saudis to Repay Contractors on State Projects for Increased Expat Fees
2018-03-28
The Saudi cabinet announced on Tuesday it plans to reimburse contractors on government projects agreed before December 2016 for increased expat fees, according to a statement by Saudi Press Agency.
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Top Saudi Clerics Condemn Qatar's Al Jazeera after Missile Attacks
2018-03-28
Saudi Arabia’s top religious body accused Qatari-owned Al Jazeera TV of being a “mouthpiece for terrorist organizations”, two days after Yemen’s Houthi movement fired a barrage of missiles at the kingdom.
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UAE Says Civilian Flight Paths will not Change after War Planes Incident
2018-03-28
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will not change its civilian flight paths, the head of its aviation authority said on Tuesday, a day after the UAE accused Qatari war planes of flying dangerously close to two of its civilian aircraft.
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Iran Hits Back at Britain for Arming Saudi War in Yemen
2018-03-27
Iran accused Britain of hypocrisy on Monday for saying it should stop supplying weapons to Yemeni rebels.
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Barrage of Missiles on Saudi Arabia Ramps up Yemen War
2018-03-27
The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen vowed on Monday to fire more missiles into Saudi Arabia unless it stops bombing the country, after one of its missiles caused casualties in the Saudi capital for the first time.
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Reuters: With First Death in Riyadh, the Saudi-led War in Yemen hits Home
2018-03-27
Khattab Jalal, 27, was asleep on Sunday night in the home in eastern Riyadh that he shared with 15 other Egyptian construction workers when the sound of explosions jolted him awake.
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Trump Fundraiser Sues Qatar over Hacked Emails
2018-03-27
Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser, sued Qatar on Monday, accusing the Gulf state of pilfering and leaking emails in retribution for his attempts to influence the Trump administration in favor of regional rivals of Qatar.
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Iraq will Prevent Attacks on Turkey, Iraqi PM Abadi Tells Turkey's Yildirim
2018-03-27
Iraq’s armed forces have instructions to prevent “foreign fighters” from launching cross-border attacks on Turkey, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi told his Turkish counterpart, Binali Yildirim.
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UAE Says Qatari Fighter Jets Flew Close to Civilian Aircraft
2018-03-27
Two Qatari fighter jets flew dangerously close to two civilian aircraft from the United Arab Emirates while they were in Bahraini airspace on Monday, UAE state news agency WAM quoted its civil aviation authority as saying.
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DP World Intends to Acquire Stakes in Kazakh SEZs
2018-03-26
DP World plans to acquire stakes in two special economic zones in Kazakhstan, the state-owned ports operator said on Saturday during a visit to the UAE by Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan
2018-03-26
Two suicide attackers struck a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding eight others, officials said, in the latest assault against the Muslim minority claimed by the Islamic State group.
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US Religious Freedom Body Urges Saudi to Prioritize Textbook Reform
2018-03-26
Saudi Arabia has made little progress in removing textbook content that promotes violence and hatred towards religious minorities and others, a U.S. government watchdog said, encouraging Riyadh to take the issue more seriously.
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Turkey's Erdogan Says Operations Begin in Iraq's Sinjar Region
2018-03-26
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey had begun operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK militants would withdraw from the area.
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Poll Shows Most French Oppose Arms Sales to Saudi-Led Yemen Coalition
2018-03-26
Seventy-five percent of French people want President Emmanuel Macron to suspend arms’ exports to countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, involved in the Yemeni war, a YouGov poll showed on Monday.
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US Central Command Denies Leaving Al-Udeid Base in Qatar
2018-03-26
The US Central Command denied on Sunday (March 25, 2018) reports it was leaving the military bases in Qatar and Turkey.
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Saudi Arabia Shoots down Missiles from Yemen; One dead from Debris
2018-03-26
Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition’s three-year military campaign in Yemen.
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Iran Slams US Sanctions over Hacking Scheme
2018-03-25
Iran on Saturday slammed new US sanctions against 10 of its citizens and an Iranian company over their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking and intellectual property theft scheme.
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Trump Says may Visit Israel for Embassy Opening
2018-03-25
President Donald Trump on Monday welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for talks, as both leaders heralded the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem.