2020-05-02: Social Media Postees

Please be social by posting these 'POSTEES' on social media! (Copy the text of the postee below, then paste it on social media and the story images will also appear.)

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/

The Yemeni Quagmire
Azhar Azam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
A Saudi-led coalition has rejected the enforcement of a "self-administration rule" by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen and called on all the parties to honor the Riyadh Agreement that includes the formation of a technocrat government with equal …
globalresearch.ca/yemeni-quagmire/5711486

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
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…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-the-curtain-on-crown-prince-mbs/

2020-05-01: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2020-05-01). Trump threatened to pull US Security Umbrella from Saudi. zcomm.org Trump insisted with OPEC+ (including Vladimir Putin's Russia) that they do their effing job and put prices back up to forestall a collapse of the US petroleum industry…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-01). Britain leaves blood of innocent Yemenis on its hands: spox. Mousavi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday criticized the continued sale of weapons by Britain to Saudi Arabia.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-01). Trump threatens Saudis with withdrawal of US troops if OPEC does not begin to cut oil production. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) — As the United States forced Saudi Arabia to end the oil price war with Russia, US President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Saudi leaders.

news.un (2020-04-27). Yemen needs cooperation between parties more than ever, says top UN negotiator. news.un.org The needs of Yemen's people should be put first, ahead of actions that risk escalating the already dire situation inside the war-shattered country, UN Special Envoy for the war-weary country, Martin Griffiths, said on Monday.

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…

pip.hinman (2020-04-27). A people's call for healthcare not warfare. greenleft.org.au