Daily Archives: May 6, 2020

2020-05-06: News Headlines

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-05-01). First Official Cases of Coronavirus and Deadly Flooding Mark Ramadan in Yemen. mintpressnews.com Health officials tell MintPress that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed.

Medea Benjamin (2020-04-04). Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS. zcomm.org The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul's immediate and unconditional release…

sputniknews (2020-05-06). Three Revolutionary Guardsmen Reportedly Killed in Clashes in Western Iran. sputniknews.com Tehran has waged a low-intensity counterterrorism campaign against militants in the country's northwest for several decades, accusing the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia of providing support to local separatists, and accusing officials in Iraqi Kurdistan of helping to arm and train the guerillas.

yenisafak (2020-05-06). Yemen rebels shut 10 districts in Sanaa over COVID-19. yenisafak.com Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday they have sealed off 10 neighborhoods in the capital Sanaa as a preventive measure to stem the spread of coronavirus.The move came one day after the rebel group confirmed the first fatality from the COVID-19 virus in areas under their control.Houthis have been accused of hiding information about the virus outbreak in areas under their control.On Tuesday, health authorities of the internationally recognized Yemeni government said the number of coronavirus infections reached to 21, including three deaths and one recovery.Last week, the World Health Organization warned against…

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First Official Cases of Coronavirus and Deadly Flooding Mark Ramadan in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Health officials tell MintPress that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed.
mintpressnews.com/first-cases-coronavirus-deadly-flooding-mark-ramadan-yemen/267192/

Three Revolutionary Guardsmen Reportedly Killed in Clashes in Western Iran
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-06
Tehran has waged a low-intensity counterterrorism campaign against militants in the country's northwest for several decades, accusing the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia of providing support to local separatists, and accusing officials in Iraqi Kurdistan of helping to arm and train the guerillas.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005061079216520-three-revolutionary-guardsmen-reportedly-killed-in-clashes-in-western-iran/

Yemen rebels shut 10 districts in Sanaa over COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-06
Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday they have sealed off 10 neighborhoods in the capital Sanaa as a preventive measure to stem the spread of coronavirus.The move came one day after the rebel group confirmed the first fatality from the COVID-19 virus in areas under their control.Houthis have been accused of hiding information about the virus outbreak in areas under their control.On Tuesday, health authorities of the internationally recognized Yemeni government said the number of coronavirus infections reached to 21, including three deaths and one recovery.Last week, the World Health Organization warned against…
yenisafak.com/en/world/yemen-rebels-shut-10-districts-in-sanaa-over-covid-19-3518796