Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have used ballistic missiles and drones to create “important targets” in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition, which has been at war with the Iranian-backed group since 2015, has not confirmed the attack on Riyadh, but said it had intercepted and destroyed a number …
Read More »Jamal Khashoggi: A Saudi court has sentenced the accused in Khashoggi’s murder
The SPAA on Monday reported that one accused has been sentenced to 10 years and the other two to seven years in prison. UN special rapper for extrajudicial killings, Agnes Clamarde, who led an independent investigation into the killings, called the verdicts a “parody of justice” on Monday. “The Saudi …
Read More »Erdogan raises rhetoric in Greece’s standoff in the Mediterranean Greece News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to enter negotiations on disputed Eastern Mediterranean claims or face consequences. “They will either understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or with painful painful experiences in the field,” he said at the hospital’s opening ceremony in Istanbul on Saturday. In a …
Read More »Beirut rescuers search for survivors in debris 30 days after blast
After rescue teams found activity inside the wreckage on Thursday, search teams on Thursday went to the Mark Mikhel area, a neighborhood close to the epicenter of last month’s blast. Rescuers worked to remove parts of the wall with a crane under floodlights in humid summer conditions, as there were …
Read More »Macron backs Iraq’s ‘sovereignty’ on Barakdad’s first visit
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged support for Iraq, saying the main challenges facing the country are Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group fighters and foreign interference in its affairs. Macron is the first president to visit the Iraqi capital since former Iraqi …
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