2020-10-07: News Headlines

Alan Macleod (2020-10-07). Following US Pressure, Aid to Yemen Falls to Just 25 Cents Per Day. mintpressnews.com Secretary of State Pompeo successfully pressured the UN to significantly cut back aid to one of the world's poorest countries, claiming it could fall into rebel hands.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-07). Saudi Arabia biggest buyer of UK arms in West Asia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — A new report by the British government indicates that the UK is the second-largest arms exporter over the past decade and the biggest buyer of these weapons is West Asia, especially Saudi Arabia.

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-07). Relating Yemen war to Iran, another American fallacy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — The chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen dismissed the speculations relating the Yemen war to the US' pressure campaign on Iran, saying this is transparently another fallacy by the Americans.

Abdel Bari Atwan (2020-10-06). Saudi Arabia's trade war on Turkey. thealtworld.com Tensions erupt after years of steadily deteriorating relations between the two former allies | Just after the second anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi authorities have effectively declared a trade war against Turkey. On Sunday, the chairman of the Saudi Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ajlan al-Ajlan, declared that Saudi businesses and consumers had a responsibility to "boycott everything Turkish, whether… imports, investment or tourism", due to "the Turkish government's continuing hostility to our leadership, country and citizens." | Saudi Arabia's political and c…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-04). Kuwait's new emir meets with Saudi, Iranian representatives. middleeasteye.net Kuwait's new emir meets with Saudi, Iranian representatives | The two rivals were among a number of states to send dignitaries to offer condolences after the death of Sheikh Sabah | Sun, 10/04/2020 – 15: 19 | Kuwait's new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (first right) receiving condolences from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif (left) in Kuwait City. Picture released by the…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-04). Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia allows 'limited' number of pilgrims to perform Umrah. middleeasteye.net Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia allows 'limited' number of pilgrims to perform Umrah | Riyadh says it will allow 6,000 pilgrims per day before the next stage, when it will double the number of worshippers | Sun, 10/04/2020 – 11: 24 | Saudi Arabia says it will monitor the situation and vet which countries will be permitted to send pilgrims for Umrah (AFP) | Wearing masks and walking along sociall…

Gordon Duff (2020-10-03). Trump at Walter Reed, False positive and faking probably but most want him dead. thealtworld.com Bush 43 hates Trump? Have we heard from Cheney and Rumsfeld? Dick and Donald have been relatively silent and they are the real power behind the GOP's muscle, their control of the JSOC which kept America in war during 8 years of Obama, crippling White House attempts to wrest control of the military from Pentagon traitors and private contractors paid by the Saudi's. | Unmasked Trump supporters called upon to 'protect America from excess voting' | You see, the US went rogue around 2005, when Operation 9/11 took final hold. How wa…