(2020-12-27). Yemen: Anger as newly sworn-in cabinet excludes women for first time in 20 years. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Anger as newly sworn-in cabinet excludes women for first time in 20 years | Women activists take to the streets declaring the composition of the Saudi-backed government as illegitimate | Sun, 12/27/2020 – 11: 13 | Dozens of female activists protested in Taiz city demanding women be given positions in the cabinet (MEE) | The swearing in of a new government in Yemen on Saturday has…
(2020-12-27). Any stupid move makes Tel Aviv interests legal targets: Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) — An official at the Yemeni Foreign Ministry warned that any stupid move by the Zionist regime would lead to a full-scale war targeting the interests of the regime and its partners in the Red Sea.
(2020-12-27). Yemen army says Houthi drone intercepted in Taiz. yenisafak.com Government forces said Sunday that a Houthi drone was intercepted by the Saudi-led coalition in Taiz province in south-western Yemen, according to the Yemeni army.A military statement said the rebel drone was shot down while flying in the sky of Mocha city on Yemen's western coast.There was no comment from Houthi rebels or the Saudi-led coalition on the report.Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa. The crisis escalated in 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi te…
(2020-12-26). 'Freedom Is Blossoming': After Dismembering a Journalist, Saudi Arabia Goes on a PR Spree. commondreams.org Behind the media and money blitz, the kingdom remains one of the world's worst human rights violators—both at home and abroad. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/khashoggi_1.jpg …
(2020-12-26). Saudi Crown Prince Triggers Surge in Registrations for COVID-19 Vaccine – Report. sputniknews.com Mohammed bin Salman became the first Saudi citizen to be inoculated against coronavirus in a televised broadcast on Friday, after the Kingdom's health ministry confirmed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was safe and efficient.
(2020-12-25). Saudi crown prince receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi crown prince receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine | Health ministry says it hopes to have enough vaccine to cover 70 percent of population | Fri, 12/25/2020 – 21: 44 | MBS is one of several world leaders to have received their first dose of the vaccine (AFP) | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Friday, a week after health author…
(2020-12-25). Al-Akhbar under cyberattack for reporting Saudi and Emirati bankrolling Israel deals. middleeasteye.net 
Al-Akhbar under cyberattack for reporting Saudi and Emirati bankrolling Israel deals | The Lebanese newspaper published a report on Riyadh and Abu Dhabi's plans to finance the new Arab normalisation agreements with Israel
| Fri, 12/25/2020 – 11: 56 | The reception space of the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper office in Beirut (Screengrab\Haitham al-Mousawi) | The website of the Le…
(2020-12-25). The U.S. and Yemen: Will Biden End the Nightmare? counterpunch.org Over 100,000 people have perished in Yemen since Saudi Arabia began bombing it in 2015, in a doomed attempt to dislodge rebel Houthis. More than 85,000 have starved to death. Those are long, slow, excruciating deaths. According to the International Red Cross last week, roughly 24 million Yemenis need aid and "the majority of the country really needs UN and humanitarian funding in order to meet their basic day-to-day needs." Aljazeera reports that last month, "Yemen had received less than half of the emergency funds it needed this year…About 13.5 million Yemenis currently face acute food insecurity." Four millio…
(2020-12-25). Recidivist Criminal and Constitutional Outlaw Trump Rushes to Pardon Criminal Lawbreakers. commondreams.org Trump and future presidents cannot be allowed to brazenly dishonor justice and undermine the rule of law. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/roger_stone_0_1.jpg …
(2020-12-24). Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis Worsened Amid COVID. truthout.org For Yemen, 2020 has been an apocalyptic year, which has exceeded even the worst forecasts for a country that has in recent years been ravaged by war and humanitarian disaster. | The rapprochement between the Houthis — a political and armed movement that controls two-thirds of the population of Yemen's population — and Saudi Arabia at the end of 2019 was viewed with some optimism, yet new clashes have since broken out across the country. Even the outbreak of COVID-19 did not stop the violence. As a result of ne…
(2020-12-24). Trump will do anything for Saudi crown prince, but won't call U.S. victims of Saudi terrorism. salon.com Trump's tangled relationship with the Saudi royal family now includes extensive cover-ups for multiple murders…
(2020-12-24). 'The Dissident' Details the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi. progressive.org The spine-tingling film documents the assassination—and cyber hacking—of the Saudi journalist, dissenter, and activist.
(2020-12-23). Ralph Nader: He's a Cookbook! counterpunch.org 
"We can all sit down and have a few beers together while we wait." — Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart), The Petrified Forest (1936) Call before, you dig? — Utility notification for unmarked Internet cables from hippy who finally got a job The other day, minding my own business, and getting lots of unwanted help doing
(2020-12-23). Experts on Military-Industrial Complex Blast Trump Plan to Sell Nearly $500 Million in Bombs to Criminal Saudi Regime. commondreams.org "The United States simply should not be selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, especially given their role in exacerbating the suffering in Yemen." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/strike_6.jpg …
