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Saudi-led coalition targets ‘Iran-linked’ sites in Yemen

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The Saudi-led coalition carried out a wide operation against targets in Yemen after intercepting and destroying a drone that attempted to attack Saudi Arabia’s Abha international airport, Saudi state media said early on Thursday. The coalition was taking “operational measures to deal with the sources of hostile cross-border attacks,” Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The coalition said later it conducted a wide operation on military targets in the Yemeni provinces of Sanaa, Dhamar, Saada, and al-Jawf in response to ballistic and drone threats, Saudi state TV reported. Workshops and warehou… Continue reading “Saudi-led coalition targets ‘Iran-linked’ sites in Yemen”

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China’s growing role in the regional normalisation of Assad

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Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is seeking to rebuild his dynasty following elections in May, which were slammed as a “sham”, as acceptance quietly grows for the authoritarian leader among Arab states following a brutal 10-year civil war. While the United States and European Union refuse to recognise his control over Syria and have therefore ruled out financial investment for the country, and Moscow and Tehran cannot afford to foot the bill for rebuilding Syria, Assad has sought assistance from China and wealthier regional powers. On 5 November, China’s President Xi Jinping called Assad, fuelling spec… Continue reading “China’s growing role in the regional normalisation of Assad”

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No more loopholes: ban all US assistance in Yemen war now

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Almost three years after the 2019 Congressional vote to end U.S. participation in Saudi operations in Yemen, and almost a year after President Biden took office promising to end the war, the conflict in Yemen and the accompanying humanitarian catastrophe continue. According to the UN, some 2.3 million Yemeni children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition due to the conflict, and at least four children are being killed by violence each day. The UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs has identified the Yemen conflict as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with tens of millions at ri… Continue reading “No more loopholes: ban all US assistance in Yemen war now”

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Pro-coalition forces cede ground to Houthis in Yemen clashes

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Yemen’s warring sides clashed south of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah late on Saturday, after Iranian-backed Houthi fighters moved into territory ceded by forces allied to a Saudi-led coalition, military sources and witnesses said. Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates had on Friday announced they were redeploying from around Yemen’s main port in the west, a move which a UN monitoring mission and the government said they had no advance notice of. The Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis, who hold Hodeidah city, had in 2018 agreed a United Nations-sponsored pact fo… Continue reading “Pro-coalition forces cede ground to Houthis in Yemen clashes”

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To defeat Sudan’s coup, return to revolutionary purity

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Sudan has been mired in a deep crisis since army general and Chairman of the Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan staged a military coup late last month, ending two years of partnership between the military and civilian political representatives. The coup marks a dramatic development in Sudan’s politics following a period of heightening tension between the parties involved in the partnership that was supposed to steer a transitional period before moving to full civilian rule. Despite Prime Minister Hamdok recently claiming the parties to the power sharing agreement were working in … Continue reading “To defeat Sudan’s coup, return to revolutionary purity”

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