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Mar- 2021 -16 MarchMiddle East
Yemen’s Al-Qaeda Regenerates Amid Battle for the North
Years of setbacks have weakened the once-mighty Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda, but the militants are seizing the opportunity to regenerate while the government and Houthi rebels are locked in a fight to the death in the north.
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8 MarchMiddle East
Drones and Missiles Target Saudi Oil Facilities in New Escalation
A drone attacked a Saudi oil port and a ballistic missile targeted facilities of energy giant Aramco in the country's east on Sunday, the energy ministry said.
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4 MarchMiddle East
Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile Strike on Saudi Aramco Plant
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a missile strike Thursday on a plant of energy giant Saudi Aramco in the western Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah amid an escalation in cross-border attacks on the kingdom.
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3 March
UK Defends Yemen Aid Cuts and Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday defended his government's plan to halve humanitarian aid for war-torn Yemen while continuing to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, despite a US freeze on its weapons' exports.
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1 MarchMiddle East
Yemen Rebels Claim Saudi Strikes, Threaten New Attacks
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday claimed missile and drone strikes that targeted neighboring Saudi Arabia overnight and threatened more attacks, as fighting in the grinding civil war escalates.
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Feb- 2021 -23 FebruaryAmericas
Victims’ Families Sue Saudi Arabia Over Naval Base Attack
Families of three men killed in 2019 at a Florida naval base by a Saudi airman sued Saudi Arabia, saying its government knew of the shooter's radicalization and association with Al-Qaeda.
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22 FebruaryAmericas
Saudi Arms Producer in Defense Venture With Lockheed Martin
Saudi Arabia's state arms producer signed an agreement Sunday with US contractor Lockheed Martin to form a joint venture, as Washington reviews weapons sales to the kingdom.
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19 FebruaryMiddle East
US Seeks Fallback Saudi Bases in Case of Iran Tensions
The US military is looking for fallback bases in Saudi Arabia to prevent its troops deployed there from becoming obvious targets in the event of tensions with Iran, a senior US military official said.
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15 FebruaryMiddle East
Dozens Killed in Overnight Clashes in Northern Yemen: Govt Sources
Dozens were killed in overnight clashes in Yemen as Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified attacks to seize the government's last northern stronghold, officials said Sunday.
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11 FebruaryMiddle East
Al-Qaeda’s Yemen Leader Appears in Video Despite UN Report of Arrest
Khalid Batarfi, the leader of Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen, appears to be still at large despite a United Nations report which claimed he had been under arrest for months.
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