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The president of Yemen, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has fired the prime minster Ahmed bin Dagher.
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Yemeni president fires PM over poor economic performance
Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has fired his prime minister, blaming him for the economic crisis in the war-torn country, according to a statement.
US sanctions network supporting Iran’s Basij Resistance Force
The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on a network of businesses that provides financial support to a paramilitary force in Iran, which allegedly trains and deploys child soldiers to fight with the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
A confrontation in Idlib remains inevitable.
The Sochi agreement on Idlib between Russia and Turkey was expected to come into effect on October 15. Fighters and heavy weapons should have been pulled out from a 15-20 kilometres demilitarised zone separating the Syrian regime from the armed opposition and fighters from Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an alliance led by al-Qaeda’s former Syrian affiliate. However, the challenges to implementing the agreement… Read more »
Turkish investigators enter Saudi consul’s Istanbul residence
A team of Turkish investigators has entered the residence of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the disappearance and suspected killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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France is accusing Iran of a failed bombing attempt in Paris back in June. The freezing of assets belonging to Tehran’s intelligence service and two Iranians helped link Iran to the crime.The alleged bomb plot came to light two days after thousands of Iranian opposition supporters gathered at an exhibition center outside Paris on June 30.
France accuses Iran of plotting foiled Paris bomb attack
France has accused Iran’s ministry of intelligence of plotting a bomb attack on an exiled opposition group’s rally outside the capital, Paris, in June. A joint statement by France’s interior, economy and foreign ministers said the freezing of assets belonging to Tehran’s intelligence services and two Iranian nationals on Tuesday was linked to the alleged attempt to bomb the People’s… Read more »
Russia delivers S-300 missile system to Syria
Russia has completed the delivery of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to the Syrian military as part of new security measures following the downing of a Russian plane last month.
US pulls out of 1955 treaty with Iran, says measures long overdue
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US is withdrawing from a 1955 treaty with Iran, just hours after the UN’s highest court ordered Washington to ease sanctions against Tehran.
Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia can never be a democracy ‘on MBS watch’
A prominent Saudi journalist and former royal family adviser has criticised the government’s crackdown on Saudi intellectuals and journalists, lamenting that the kingdom will never become democratic under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.