UN Calls Out Fossil Fuel Major Saudi Aramco’s Climate Crisis-Related Human Rights Violations
The world’s most prolific fossil fuel major is guilty of human rights violations along with its crimes against the climate. Who’d have guessed?
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Iran Appoints Ambassador To Saudi Arabia Amid Warming Ties
Iran appoints a senior diplomat as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia under a deal to re-establish ties after years of estrangement.
Bombshell Filing: 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits
At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing.
Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard
The speed of Western retaliation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days.
US & Allies Have Dropped 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years, New CODEPINK Research Reveals
The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation, fighting in 227 years of its 244-year history.
Report: Bezos phone uploaded GBs of personal data after getting Saudi prince’s WhatsApp message
The gigabytes-big data grab allegedly came over WhatsApp text from Mohammed bin Salman.
Report: US-Made Bomb Killed Six Yemeni Civilians, Including Three Children, in June Attack
“It is unfathomable and unconscionable that the U.S.A. continues to feed the conveyor belt of arms flowing into Yemen’s devastating conflict.”
The Drone Strikes on the Saudi Oil Facilities Have Changed Global Warfare
The devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities by drones and missiles not only transforms the balance of military power in the Middle East, but marks a change in the nature of warfare globally.
Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia’s Overdue Reckoning
For decades, Saudi Arabia has gotten a free pass from the US for its unabashed brutality. But Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder may finally be a step too far.
17 Years After 9/11, US Counts Al Qaeda Among Allies in Syria, Yemen
The U.S.’ willingness to treat Al Nusra as an ally in Syria seems set to continue, given the Trump administration’s ultimate goal of targeting Iran’s influence in Syria as well as its newly “redefined” goal of regime change in Damascus.
Saudi-led Strikes Kill Dozens of Yemeni Children, Trapped by Hodeidah Fighting
Health official says members of extended family were piled into a truck fleeing besieged neighborhood when air strikes hit, killing 27 civilians.
Yemeni Detainees Held Without Charges Decry Sexual Torture by Emirati Officers (DRAWINGS, VIDEO)
Tales of mass abuse offer a window into a world of rampant sexual torture and impunity in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen. The AP has identified at least five secret prisons run by the UAE, a key U.S. ally, where security forces use sexual torture to brutalize and break inmates.
Civilians Flee After Hundreds Killed in Relentless Saudi-led Coalition Airstrikes on Key Yemeni Port of Hodeidah (VIDEO)
Thousands of civilians are fleeing Hodeidah, Yemen, after hundreds were killed in the Saudi-led coalition’s bombing campaign to take the strategic Yemeni port away from Houthi rebels.
US Senators Urge Pentagon To Fully Disclose Its Role In Saudi-led War In Yemen
Three US senators have called on the Pentagon to immediately reveal the extent of US military support to the Saudi-led coalition that launched an attack on the key port city of Hodeidah, a last humanitarian lifeline in Yemen.
Half a Million Yemeni Children Drop Out of School Due to Saudi War
Nearly half a million children have dropped out of school since the 2015 escalation of the conflict in Yemen, when Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in the country’s civil Read More…