Daily Archives: December 4, 2020

2020-12-04: News Headlines

MEE and agencies (2020-12-04). Qatar blockade: Kuwait says progress made towards deal to end isolation. middleeasteye.net Qatar blockade: Kuwait says progress made towards deal to end isolation | Kuwait's foreign minister says discussions between opposing countries had been 'fruitful' but gives few further details | Fri, 12/04/2020 – 09: 27 | Senior Advisor to US President Jared Kushner meets with Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the capital Doha (AFP) |

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-04). More than half of Yemeni population likely to face acute food insecurity by mid-2021: UN agencies. peoplesdispatch.org UN agencies have emphasized that an end to the Saudi-led war in Yemen is the only long-term solution for ending the food insecurity in the country…

Umar A Farooq (2020-12-03). UN, aid groups warn US against blacklisting Yemen's Houthis. middleeasteye.net UN, aid groups warn US against blacklisting Yemen's Houthis | Designating Houthis as terrorist organisation would have far-reaching consequences in Yemen, including halting aid work amid threat of famine | Thu, 12/03/2020 – 18: 11 | Aid groups are operating in Yemen amid funding shortages, working to deliver as much humanitarian assistance as possible (AFP/File photo) | The United Nations is making…

news.un (2020-12-03). Yemen: Unchecked violations 'may amount to war crimes', Security Council hears. news.un.org UN experts called on the Security Council on Thursday, along with the international community at large, to put an end to the "surreal and absurd dimension" of human rights violations engulfing war-torn Yemen, where abuses continue unchecked.

MEE and agencies (2020-12-03). Detained Saudi prince moved to 'undisclosed' location, warns European lawmaker. middleeasteye.net Detained Saudi prince moved to 'undisclosed' location, warns European lawmaker | Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz has been detained for nearly three years | Thu, 12/03/2020 – 14: 39 | An undated picture made available on 30 May 2020 by a friend of Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz shows him signing the visitors book in the German city of Dresden (AFP) | A detained Saudi prince has been moved to…

MEE and agencies (2020-12-03). Saudi-Qatar deal to end blockade is close, say reports. middleeasteye.net Saudi-Qatar deal to end blockade is close, say reports | Information about a new agreement comes as US Middle East envoy Jared Kushner tours Gulf countries | Thu, 12/03/2020 – 10: 20 | Senior Advisor to US President Jared Kushner, left, meets with Qatari ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the capital Doha on 2 December 2020 (AFP) | A deal between Saudi Arabia and Qatar to end th…

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2020-12-03). Yemen: Trump Is Showering Saudi Arabia with Last-Minute Gifts. globalresearch.ca While the administration of Donald Trump readies its exit from the White House and the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's use of American diplomatic cover and weapons alike has taken on a fevered pace as the Kingdom deepens the tragedy it …

Israel Shahak (2020-12-03). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Junaid S. Ahmad (2020-12-03). Pakistan Pressured by Saudi Arabia and UAE to Recognize and Accept the State of Israel. globalresearch.ca Putting aside the relics of past Cold War theatrics, Pakistan has been consistently struggling to advance peace and justice in the world. The struggle though has intensified. Pakistan currently experiences unprecedented pressure from the conservative Gulf monarchies of Saudi Arabia …

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-03). All terrorist groups in region graduated from Saudi-Madrassas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — In reaction to the baseless remarks of Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that every terrorist group in our region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas.

Ali Harb (2020-12-02). US senators and activists push to block huge arms deal with UAE. middleeasteye.net US senators and activists push to block huge arms deal with UAE | Legislators in Washington introduce resolution against $23bn arms package for Abu Dhabi that includes killer drones and F-35 jets | Wed, 12/02/2020 – 23: 20 | Saudi Arabia and UAE have been accused of war crimes in Yemen (Reuters/File photo) | Opposition in Washington is mounting against an enormous arms deal with the United Arab Emirates that woul…

Sheren Khalel (2020-12-02). Saudi diplomat ridiculed for claiming Riyadh does not 'engage in assassinations'. middleeasteye.net Saudi diplomat ridiculed for claiming Riyadh does not 'engage in assassinations' | Adel al-Jubeir under fire as critics point to murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 | Wed, 12/02/2020 – 21: 18 | Adel al-Jubeir addresses panel titled 'G20 to Reconnect the World' at International Media Centre in Riyadh on 20 November (AFP/File photo) | A senior Saudi diplomat has come under fire for cl…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-02). Saudi coalition warplanes target Sanaa Intl. airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — For the second time this week, the Saudi-led coalition fighters targeted Sanaa International Airport, today.

news.un (2020-12-01). UN humanitarian office puts Yemen war dead at 233,000, mostly from 'indirect causes'. news.un.org Almost a quarter of a million people have died in Yemen's war, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on its website on Tuesday, confirming the huge toll from a conflict that has ravaged Yemen's economy and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-01). Over 220,000 people have been killed in Yemen: UN. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the war in Yemen and its aftermath has claimed lives of 223,000 people so far.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-12-01). Warning of International Law Violations, Rights Groups Demand Halt to Trump Weapons Sale to UAE. commondreams.org "In Yemen, airstrikes by the Saudi- and Emirati-led Coalition are responsible for the majority of civilian casualties," 29 groups write in a new letter. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/f35_1.jpg

MEE and agencies (2020-12-01). Saudi Arabia to allow Israeli airlines to use airspace for flights to UAE. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia to allow Israeli airlines to use airspace for flights to UAE | Riyadh agreed to open skies to Israeli commercial airliners after White House official Jared Kushner negotiated last-minute deal | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 08: 18 | Kushner will attempt to end the three-year blockade imposed on Qatar during his trip to the Middle East (AFP) | Saudi Arabia will allow Israeli commercial air…

Eds. (2020-12-01). Trump is showering Saudi Arabia with last-minute gifts. mronline.org Saudi Arabia's use of American diplomatic cover and weapons alike has taken on a fevered pace as the Kingdom deepens the tragedy it has afflicted upon Yemen.

John Pilger (2020-12-01). "I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then" dissidentvoice.org A British family from the film Smashing Kids, 1975. Photograph: John Garrett John Pilger interviewed Irene Brunsden in Hackney, east London about only being able to feed her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes in 1975. Now he sees nervous women queueing at foodbanks with their children as it's revealed 600,000 more kids are in poverty …

Abdel Bari Atwan (2020-12-01). Kushner's 'farewell' Gulf tour. thealtworld.com Why is Trump's son-in-law visiting Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the dying weeks of their administration? | One of the best things about Joe Biden's election as US president is that we will no longer have to see the face of the avaricious Jared Kushner, or at least not for the next four years. Whatever we may think of the incoming US administration and its policies, this disciple of Benjamin Netanyahu, orchestrator of normalisation and plunderer of Arab coffers should hopefully disappear from the limelight. | Kushner, who has spent the past four years exploiting his position as son-in-law of the most pro-Zionist and…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-01). Rights groups oppose US arms sale to UAE; demand end of its role in Yemen war. peoplesdispatch.org Two different letters signed by various international organizations were issued on November 30. The signatories ask the US to end all military cooperation with the UAE and also to end its support to the war in Yemen…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-01). Saudis call for restraint after Iranian scientist terror. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the United Nations reacted to the Friday assassination of Iran's prominent nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, calling on Tehran to practice restraint.

Project Censored (2020-12-01). #21. The Scourge of Human Trafficking in Yemen. projectcensored.org Owing to the war launched in 2015 by a US-backed coalition of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen now suffers from "a complete absence" of law and order, which has…

Rod Driver (2020-11-30). The War Crimes of Obama and Hillary Clinton: Libya, Syria and Yemen. globalresearch.ca "The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading …

Paul Cochrane (2020-11-30). One month until 'Brexit': Is the UK looking to seal a Gulf free trade deal? middleeasteye.net One month until 'Brexit': Is the UK looking to seal a Gulf free trade deal? | With talks with the EU still deadlocked, London is looking to forge closer trading ties with the GCC | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 13: 46 | (L-R) British trade ministers Liz Truss and Ranil Jayawardena meet Saudi ambassador to the UK Khaled bin Bandar bin Sultan and Saudi Commerce Minister Majid Abdullah al-Kassabi in October 2020…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2020-11-30). Yemen: Trump is Showering Saudi Arabia with Last-Minute Gifts. mintpressnews.com Saudi Arabia's use of American diplomatic cover and weapons alike has taken on a fevered pace as the Kingdom deepens the tragedy it has afflicted upon Yemen.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-11-30). The agony of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul. peoplesdispatch.org Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has been in jail for over 900 days and faced physical and psychological torture, is now set to be tried in a terrorism court…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-11-30). 'A Moral and Legal Obligation': 80+ Groups Urge Biden to End US Complicity in Saudi-Led Assault on Yemen. commondreams.org "American involvement in this brutal catastrophe is shameful and must come to an end." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/payoff-alqaeda-ap_1.jpg

commondreams (2020-11-30). Over 80 Organizations Urge Biden to Prioritize Ending U.S. Involvement in Yemen War. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Rod Driver (2020-11-29). The War Crimes of Obama, Cameron and Hillary Clinton. zcomm.org Libya, Syria and Yemen…

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-29). Turkey dispatches drones to battle against UAE in Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) — Informed sources claim that Turkey has dispatched advanced drones to the battle line in southern Yemen to confront UAE-backed forces.