2020-07-08: News Headlines

en.mehrnews (2020-07-08). Saudi fighter jets violate ceasefire in Al-Hudaydah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Saudi fighters violated the ceasefire in Yemen and launched a series of attacks on Al-Hudaydah province in the past 24 hours.

yenisafak (2020-07-07). Arabs call for int'l stance against Israeli annexation. yenisafak.com Nine Arab countries on Tuesday called for an effective international stance against an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. | The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman and Kuwait held a virtual meeting on Tuesday. | A statement issued following the meeting called on the international community to take "clear and effective measures to prevent the implementation of the Israeli annexation plan to safeguard international law and peace".It also underlined the need to return to serious and effective talks for solving the Pal…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-07-07). Revealed: Saudi Arabia Tripled its Theft of Yemen's Oil amid Price War with Russia. mintpressnews.com Saudi Arabia has been eyeing the largely untapped oil reserves in Yemen for decades, now, with the war seemingly winding down, it's scrambling to secure them at any cost.

Andrew Korybko (2020-07-07). Britain Is Following Its Big Brother By Imposing So-Called Humanitarian Sanctions. thealtworld.com The UK's imposition of so-called "humanitarian sanctions" against 49 individuals from Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, and Saudi Arabia that it claims are supposedly involved in "human rights abuses" is nothing more than London following its "big brother's" lead from "across the pond" in…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-07-07). UK sanctions 19 Saudi nationals linked to 2018 Khashoggi murder. peoplesdispatch.org Inspired by the US Magnistky act, the new sanctions will impose a UK visa ban on the named individuals and groups, as well as freeze their financial and other assets inside the country…

yenisafak (2020-07-07). Yemen rebels threaten to attack Saudi royal palaces. yenisafak.com Yemen's rebel Houthi group on Tuesday threatened to attack royal palaces in Saudi Arabia. | Speaking at a press conference in Sanaa, rebel spokesman Yahya Saree called on Saudi civilians and residents to stay away from palaces of Saudi officials. | "These palaces have become on the list of military targets by our forces," he said in statements cited by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. | The spokesman said his group has targeted "sensitive" sites in Saudi Arabia, but without giving further details. | There was no comment from Saudi authorities on the Houthi threat. | On Friday, Houthi rebels claimed drone attacks on…

en.mehrnews (2020-07-05). VIDEO: Iraqi nation protest Saudi's insult to Ayat. Sistani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) — Hundreds of Iraqi people gathered in front of Saudi Arabia's embassy in Baghdad on Sunday to protest against a cartoon published in Asharq al-Awsat that has insulted Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani.