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UAE minister: US sanctions on Syria challenge rapprochement

Sweeping U.S. sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad undermine regional rapprochement efforts that could help settle the Syrian conflict, the

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Saudi led-coalition says destroyed missile launched by Houthi: report

The Saudi led-coalition in Yemen destroyed a missile launched by Houthi in the direction of Jazan in Saudi Arabia, local media reported on Thursday.

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US imposes sanctions on 2 Yemen huthi commanders

FILE PHOTO: Yemeni soldier standing guard. /Xinhua The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two commanders of Yemen's Huthi rebels, blaming them for attacks amid Washington's efforts

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U.S.-Saudi relations might never be the same again

Former U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2018. /VCG Editor's note: Andre

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Chinese UN envoy asks for more int'l aid for Yemen

Dai Bing, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, on Monday asked for more international assistance to prevent famine in Yemen.Yemen, with its multiple challenges of violent co

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Saudi-led coalition says it thwarted Houthi missile attack on Riyadh

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi group said on Saturday it had thwarted a ballistic missile attack by the Houthis on the Saudi capital Riyadh, and destroyed explosive-l

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The Middle Eastern NATO is coming

The national flags of Gulf Cooperation Council countries /Getty Editor's Note:Wang Jin is a research fellow of Charhar Institute in China and an associate Professor from Northwest University i

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New public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi

The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist

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Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report

President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detail

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Oil prices near 13-month highs, supported by Texas cold snap

Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas, U.S., August 22, 2018. /Reuters Oil prices hovered near 13-month highs on Tuesday, supported by a cold snap that shut wells in t

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Tackling the COVID-19 hunger crisis

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U.S. to lift terrorist designation of Yemen's Houthis on Feb. 16

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he will revoke the terrorist designation of Yemen's Houthi movement effective Feb. 16, even as he warned that members of the group could be hit w

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Will Biden's new policy resolve the conflict in Yemen?

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'America is back, democracy is back' – Maybe not that fast

U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn as he departs the White House to spend the weekend in Delaware in Washington, DC., on February 05, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Stephen Ndeg

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U.S.' new Yemeni policy is influenced by its Iranian one

A Yemeni man inspects a house that was destroyed in an airstrike carried out during the war by the Saudi-led coalition's warplanes, Sanaa, Yemen, February 5, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Andrew

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UN says it welcomes U.S. intent to revoke terrorist designation

The United Nations on Saturday welcomed the announcement of U.S. intention to revoke the designation of the Houthi movement in Yemen as a terrorist organization.The revocation will provide profound r

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Biden's foreign policy address lacks clear vision – for now

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