(2020-05-16). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
(2020-05-16). 14 Dead in Sixth Day of Fighting in South Yemen. telesurenglish.net Fourteen combatants died in Yemen Saturday, as fighting between pro-government troops and separatist forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) entered a sixth day in the southern province of Abyan, according to sources on both sides. | RELATED: | "Fourteen fighters, including ten pro-government soldiers, were killed on Saturday," a government military official told AFP on condition of anonymity. | The toll was confirm…
(2020-05-16). Saudis react to economic squeeze. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia and the UAE introduced the five percent Value Added Tax (VAT) in January of 2018, a first for the Persian Gulf region which had long prided itself on its tax-free, cradle-to-grave welfare system. On the same day, Saudi Arabia announced a petrol price hike of 127 percent.
(2020-05-16). Al-Nujaba calls for condemnation of Saudis' insult to Shahid al-Muhandis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) — The spokesman of al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance has responded to the insult made by the Saudi MBC TV channel to the commander of the IPMF, Shahid Abu Mehdi al-Muhandis.
(2020-05-16). Al-Nujaba calls on Iraqi emulation sources to condemn Saudis' insult to Shahid al-Muhandis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) — The spokesman of al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance has responded to the insult made by the Saudi MBC TV channel to the commander of the IPMF, Shahid Abu Mehdi al-Muhandis.
(2020-05-15). Give Peace a Chance: Saudi Arabia and the UAE Jostle for Position in War-Ravaged Countries for Contracts. strategic-culture.org Is the coronavirus, which has hit GCC countries quite hard, going to fuel proxy wars further with the economic objective of fortunes to be made, once the fighting stops? Or dig them in deeper? Don't overlook Russia in the scramble for reconstruction contracts. | The bigger they are, the harder they fall. This certainly applies to countries in the GCC which are attempting to pick themselves up again. It's a cruel irony, some might argue, that the UAE's diversification in its economy away from oil dependency, made it more vulnerable than Saudi Arabia's and so was hit harder by the virus. An economy dependent on tou…
(2020-05-15). COVID-19 Spreads in Yemen With Health System in Shambles. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of people in Aden, southern Yemen's main city, have died in the past week from symptoms of what appears to be the COVID-19, local health officials said in interviews with The Associated Press. | RELATED: | The officials fear the situation is only going to get worse: Yemen has little capacity to test those suspected of having the virus, and a 5-year-long civil war has left the health system in shambles. | One gravedigger in Aden told A…