2020-02-11: News Headlines

yenisafak (2020-02-11). Palestinian father, son to appear in Saudi court: Family. yenisafak.com Saudi Arabia will hold a court hearing for a Palestinian father and son next month, a family member confirmed on Tuesday. Mohamed al-Khudari, 81, and his son, Hani al-Khudari will appear before a Saudi court along with other Palestinian and Jordanian detainees on March 8."We learned this by chance and through unofficial sources," said Abdul Majid al-Khudari, brother of the elderly detainee.The family claims the father and son were engaged in humanitarian activities with the knowledge of the Kingdom and they were arrested without any charge.Earlier this month, a Saudi human rights group, Detainees of Conscience sa…

news.un (2020-02-10). Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians. news.un.org Attacks on health facilities in Yemen's Marib province, East of the capital Sana'a, have left some 15,000 people — many of them displaced from other parts of the country — with severely limited options for medical care, the UN said on Monday.

teleSUR (2020-02-10). UAE Withdraws Some Troops From Yemen, Sudan Plans the Same. telesurenglish.net United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started withdrawing its forces from Yemen, where it took part for five years in the brutal Saudi-led intervention against the Houthis in the impoverished country. | RELATED: | According to local media reports, a large number of soldiers returned Sunday from Yemen to UAE's capital Abu Dhabi. | At a medal awarding ceremony for his troops, Deputy Chief of Staff of UAE Armed Forces, General Eisa Saif Al Mazro…

teleSUR (2020-02-10). Saudi Crown Prince Expected to Meet Netanyahu: Report. telesurenglish.net Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ( RELATED: | "Important talks [are] underway between Washington, Jerusalem, Cairo and Riyadh to convene a summit in Cairo, possibly bef…