2019-07-24: Social Media Postees

Russia Advocates for Integral Peace in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an integral peace agreement, with the mediation of the United Nations, was necessary in Yemen after meeting with a Yemeni delegation. | RELATED: | War in Yemen May Actually Come to an End: UN | The Foreign Ministry added in a statement that such a deal should include the Stockholm agreement reached in December 2018, stressing the need for a peaceful and political option. | He added that urgent measures should be implemented to address the humanitarian…
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Russia Advocates for Integral Peace in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an integral peace agreement, with the mediation of the United Nations, was necessary in Yemen after meeting with a Yemeni delegation. | RELATED: | War in Yemen May Actually Come to an End: UN | The Foreign Ministry added in a statement that such a deal should include the Stockholm agreement reached in December 2018, stressing the need for a peaceful and political option. | He added that urgent measures should be implemented to address the humanitarian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Advocates-for-Integral-Peace-in-Yemen-20190724-0015.html

Trump Vetoes Congress' Block to Sell $8B Arms to Saudi Arabia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
United States President Donald Trump vetoed Wednesday three congressional resolutions that blocked US$8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. | RELATED: | Yemen World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The Trump administration avoided Congress by using a legal loophole citing rising tensions with Iran to call on emergency…
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Trump Vetoes Congress' Block to Sell $8B Arms to Saudi Arabia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
United States President Donald Trump vetoed Wednesday three congressional resolutions that blocked US$8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. | RELATED: | Yemen World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The Trump administration avoided Congress by using a legal loophole citing rising tensions with Iran to call on emergency…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Vetoes-Congress-Block-to-Sell-Arms-to-Saudi-Arabia-20190724-0027.html

Iran Seizure of a British Tanker. More than Tit for Tat. Towards a War Scenario?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The British-flagged tanker "Steno Impero", heading for Saudi Arabia, was seized on Friday, 19 July 2019, by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the Strait of Hormuz, after it rammed an Iranian fishing boat, whose distress call it ignored….
globalresearch.ca/iran-seizure-of-a-british-tanker-more-than-tit-for-tat-towards-a-war-scenario/5684461

The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can't Solve
Dr. Cyril Widdershoven | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Saudi Arabia's CEO Amin Nasr's message to the press that oil flows to the market are guaranteed, should be taken with a pinch of salt. | Looking at the current volatility in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the possibility of a temporary …
globalresearch.ca/oil-crisis-saudi-arabia-cant-solve/5684380

Yemen's Houthis Maintain Upper Hand, as Peace Talks Proceed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-22
A UN-brokered ceasefire to protect the port of Hodeidah appears to be holding, while the United Arab Emirates are withdrawing, having achieved their objectives, says Patrick Cockburn. Also, US Congressional effort to stop US support for the war is having an effect…
therealnews.com/stories/yemens-houthis-maintain-upper-hand-as-peace-talks-proceed

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Trump's Middle East Policy Could Push Yemen's Houthis into Iran's Hands
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-20
As both the United States and Saudi Arabia continue to wage war and impose economic blockades on both Yemen and Iran, it is likely that the Houthis' political alliance with Iran against their common enemies will grow, turning the fears of both the Saudi Arabia and the United States into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
mintpressnews.com/trump-middle-east-policy-pushing-yemen-houthis-iran-hands/260719/

Yemen: UN Envoy 'guilty' of optimistic hope that war is 'nearing the end'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-18
With Yemen once again at a "crucial moment" the UN Special Envoy trying to facilitate peace there told Security Council members on Thursday that despite the dangers of being over optimistic, he could not help thinking the country could finally be "nearing the end of its war."
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Thursday's Daily Brief: Mandela Day, war waning in Yemen? Deadly monsoon rains, zero hunger hopes fade, fifth anniversary of MH17 crash
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-18
In today's Daily Brief: World celebrates Nelson Mandela; Security Council hears end of Yemen war may be in sight; South Asia children turned 'upside down' by monsoon rains; world 'off track' to meet zero hunger target; Italy urged to stop 'criminalising' migrant rescues…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042801

Seeking New Routes for Oil Delivery Saudi Arabia Tightens Its Grip on Eastern Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-16
Saudi Arabia is consolidating its military hold on eastern Yemen's al-Mahrah province, hoping to use the area for an oil pipeline that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
mintpressnews.com/new-routes-oil-pipeline-saudi-arabia-tightens-grip-al-mahrah-yemen/260572/

Seeking New Routes for Oil Delivery Saudi Arabia Tightens Its Grip on Eastern Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-16
Saudi Arabia is consolidating its military hold on eastern Yemen's al-Mahrah province, hoping to use the area for an oil pipeline that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
mintpressnews.com/new-routes-oil-pipeline-saudi-arabia-tightens-grip-al-mahrah-yemen/260572/