Saudi Arabia limits worship at Mecca & Medina mosques, risking tighter crowds amid coronavirus pandemic
rt.com | 2020-03-19
Muslims unable to enter the holy mosques of Mecca and Medina will no longer be allowed to pray in the overflow areas outside their walls, the Saudi government decided ahead of Friday prayers in a bid to contain Covid-19 spread. | The Mecca and Medina mosques are the only two worship sites still open for prayers in Saudi Arabia. The move to restrict worship there as well comes as the desert kingdom attempts to slow the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. | Congregational and Friday prayers have been suspended at every single other mosque in Saudi Arabia, an unprecedented move for the devout country. | Also on r…
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US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort to Restrict Them
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
Berlin– A year after a German court issued a ruling that would have dramatically restricted U.S. drone operations in accordance with international law, no substantive changes have taken place, as the lawsuit that led to the March 2019 ruling is still stuck in the appeals process. | The lawsuit, filed by Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber over the killing of two family members, alleges that the German government intentionally…
truthout.org/articles/us-drone-assassinations-continue-despite-german-effort-to-restrict-them/

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-18
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman wants the world to believe he is the Arab world's liberal reformer, but he he has imprisoned women as foreign agents and spies.
truthdig.com/articles/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-the-curtain-on-crown-prince-mbs/