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Arab Foreign ministers have called for the setting up of a multilateral mechanism under the auspices of the United Nations to sponsor the peace process in the Middle East. This came in a resolution issued Thursday at the end of Read more
A group of British lawyers launched a campaign to remove Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council, arguing that Riyadh’s membership of the body is “contradictory and ironic”. Ken Macdonald and Rodney Dixon are due to submit their report Read more
Morocco, which re-joined last year the African Union, its institutional family, has gained praise for its migration policy and management at the 30th African Summit convened in Addis Ababa. Several African Heads of state attending the AU summit paid tribute Read more
After three days of fierce fighting, the Southern Yemeni secessionists took control of key areas in Aden, the interim capital of the internationally recognized government led by Saudi-Ally Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Leaders of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government are reportedly preparing Read more
Amnesty International said that Saudi Arabia’s plans of a “fundamental transformation” of the country requires addressing the serious and systematic human rights violations in the country. The international rights watchdog enumerated in a statement on its website a plethora of Read more
At least 15 people were killed in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden, as fighting intensifies between forces loyal to the internationally recognized government and the UAE-backed southern separatists. Aden’s streets were empty except for tanks and armored vehicles as deadly clashes Read more
Heavy clashes took place between southern separatists and forces loyal to the internationally recognized Yemeni government in their temporary capital of Aden, as southern protesters vow to overthrow Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the leader of the Read more
Saudi Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal has been freed by Saudi Authorities after a financial settlement was approved by the state prosecutor, an official said. Prince Al Waleed was held in November along with other princes, officials and businessmen by Read more
As the Turkish Olive Branch campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria intensifies, Washington has promised to end military support for Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara labels a terrorist group on an equal footing as the PKK. The Turkish Presidency Read more
Turkey has reiterated threats to extend its incursion in Syria to the town of Manbij, taking its forces to the edge of the US-backed Kurdish presence in the country’s north-east and raising the specter of a military standoff with Washington. Read more