Daily Archives: August 7, 2020

2020-08-07: News Headlines

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-08-07). With an Eye on Balkanization, Israel throws Support Behind Separatist Militants in Southern Yemen. mintpressnews.com Israel is hoping to capitalize on internal tensions in Yemen, throwing its support behind a UAE-backed militant group with eyes on secession and control of the coveted Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Kathy Kelly (2020-08-06). A Reversal in the Name of Human Survival. commondreams.org Mourners carry the coffin of a child at the funeral procession for those killed in an airstrike on a bus carried out last week by a warplane of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on August 13, 2018 in Saada, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-10184929881_0_0.jpg

news.un (2020-08-06). Yemen: Human rights violations against journalists, coming 'from all quarters'. news.un.org Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday…

news.un (2020-08-06). Yemen: Human right violations against journalists, coming 'from all quarters'. news.un.org Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday…

sputniknews (2020-08-06). Ex-Saudi Official Sues MBS in US Court, Claims Crown Prince Sent 'Team of Hunters' to Silence Him. sputniknews.com A senior aide to the ousted crown prince of Saudi Arabia has alleged in a lawsuit filed in a US court that the present crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has tried to kill him. Saad al-Jabri claims bin Salman "dispatched a team of hunters and killers" to murder him just weeks after another Saudi exile, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed in Istanbul.