West Asia
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Trump administration paves the way for more US investment in illegal Israeli settlements
Oct 29, 2020 08:40The Trump administration has lifted the bans on investment in settlements illegally built by the Israeli regime on the Occupied Palestinian Lands.
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Iran condemns assassination of Yemeni minister of youth
Oct 29, 2020 06:47Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Sa'eed Khatibzadeh condemned the assassination of senior Yemeni official Hassan Muhammad Zaid in Sana’a.
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US military tankers smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Hasakah to Iraq
Oct 28, 2020 11:36The US military has reportedly used dozens of tanker trucks to smuggle crude oil from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to western Iraq.
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US, EU continue economic terrorism against Syria: UN ambassador
Oct 28, 2020 07:15Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has censured the US and the European Union for their economic terrorism against the people of the Arab country.
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UAE lavishes ‘aid’ on Sudan after normalization with Israel
Oct 28, 2020 07:07The United Arab Emirates has given more than half a billion dollars in “financial aid” to Sudan since the latter normalized relations with Israel.
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Child malnutrition hits highest levels in war-ravaged Yemen amid COVID-19: UN
Oct 28, 2020 07:01The United Nations has warned of the “highest level” of malnutrition among young children in parts of war-stricken Yemen while the deadly coronavirus outbreak and shortfalls in aid funding have worsened a severe humanitarian crisis unfolding there.
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Female Saudi activist on hunger strike to protest detention conditions
Oct 28, 2020 06:56A prominent female Saudi activist, who has been jailed in the kingdom since 2018, launches an indefinite hunger strike in protest at her detention conditions, especially a ban on her receiving regular calls and visits from her family.
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Turkey’s Erdogan sues extremist Dutch politician over insulting cartoon
Oct 28, 2020 06:51Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal lawsuit against a far-right Dutch politician for posting an insulting cartoon of him on Twitter.
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Yemeni combat drone targets ‘important target’ in Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport
Oct 27, 2020 13:46Yemeni army forces have launched a fresh airstrike against Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Asir, targeting an “important target” inside the strategic facility.
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Yemeni minister of youth, sports assassinated in Sana’a
Oct 27, 2020 12:20Yemen says Minister of Youth and Sports Hassan Zaid has been killed in an assassination operation carried out by criminal elements affiliated with Saudi-led aggressors.