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Jul- 2020 -29 JulyMiddle East
Yemeni Separatists Abandon Self-Rule, Push Peace Deal
Yemeni separatists abandoned their declaration of self-rule in the south on Wednesday and pledged to implement a stalled Saudi-brokered peace deal, mending a rift between allies in the war against Houthi rebels.
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20 JulyDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Iran Executes Man Convicted of Spying for CIA, Mossad
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate former General Qassem Soleimani.
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14 JulyDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
7 Children, 2 Women Killed in Yemen Air Strike: UN
Seven children and two women were killed in northwest Yemen as Riyadh said it intercepted missiles fired by Yemeni Houthi rebels.
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8 July
UK Set to Resume Saudi Arms Sales Despite Yemen Concerns
Despite the confirmed use of foreign military supplies in Saudi Arabia's deadly bombing campaign in Yemen, Britain has decided to restart selling arms to the kingdom.
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2 JulyDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Saudi-Led Coalition Launches Operation Against Yemen’s Houthis
The Saudi-led military coalition Thursday launched a major operation against Yemen's Houthis, warning rebel leadership after missile and drone attacks on the kingdom.
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Jun- 2020 -30 JuneDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Saudi, US Push for Extension of Iran Arms Embargo
Touring the Gulf, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook warned of an "emboldened Iran" if the UN Security Council fails to extend the current arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.
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23 JuneDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Saudi Coalition Says Houthi Missile Strike on Riyadh Intercepted
The Saudi-led military coalition said it had intercepted and destroyed drones and missiles launched against the kingdom by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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22 JuneMiddle East
Saudi Coalition Announces Ceasefire With Southern Separatists
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen announced Monday a ceasefire between the internationally recognized government and southern separatists.
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3 JuneMiddle East
UAE Still a Top Client as French Arms Sales Fall
French arms sales dropped nearly 8.6 percent last year to 8.3 billion euros ($9.3 billion) from 2018, with the United Arab Emirates — a key player in the Yemen conflict — still a leading client, a government report said Tuesday. France is regularly criticized by rights groups for arms sales to clients such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which are embroiled in a long campaign against Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen that has claimed tens of thousands of civilian lives. A report presented to the French parliament Tuesday showed orders from Europe had grown to 3.47 billion euros — 45 percent of the total, up from a mere quarter the previous year. Belgium accounted for 1.8 million euros in sales. Middle Eastern clients represented about 30 percent last year with 2.15 billion euros in sales — down from almost 50 percent in 2018 — headed by the UAE with 1.5 billion euros and Saudi Arabia with 208.9 million euros. The numbers, “achieved in a context of particularly fierce competition confirming America’s supremacy and the emergence of new major exporters, particularly China … consolidates France’s place in the top five of global exporters,” said the report. In terms of deliveries, 2019 …
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May- 2020 -19 MayMiddle East
Saudi Attacker on US Base Had Longstanding Al-Qaeda Ties: US
The Saudi military student who killed three Americans at a U.S. naval base in December had longstanding ties to Al-Qaeda and planned an attack before he arrived in the United States, U.S. justice officials said Monday. The December 6 attack by Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force flight student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, “was actually the culmination of years of planning and preparation,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. Evidence discovered on an encrypted cell phone shows he was radicalized at least as far back as 2015, and had since been associating with “dangerous” operatives from the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Wray added. The FBI and Justice Department revealed their findings after a months-long effort to crack the encryption on Alshamrani’s iPhone, which they said Apple refused to help with. U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr accused Apple of putting its own financial interests ahead of the nation’s. “If not for our FBI’s ingenuity, some luck, and hours upon hours of time and resources, this information would have remained undiscovered,” Barr said. “The bottom line: our national security cannot remain in the hands of big corporations who put dollars over lawful access and public safety. The …
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