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Saudi Arabia
Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Tunisia Lawyers, Bloggers Sue over Bin Salman Visit b/c Khashoggi Murder

Middle East Monitor

A group of lawyers in Tunisia are preparing to file a lawsuit to prevent Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from visiting the country following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A number of journalists and bloggers requested the action be taken, the 50 Lawyers for the Defence of Freedoms and Addressing the Abuse of […]

Saudi Arabia
Trump dismisses as 'Feelings' CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

Trump dismisses as ‘Feelings’ CIA Finding that Saudi Crown Prince ordered Murder

Middle East Monitor

“No they didn’t conclude. They did not come to a conclusion.”

UAE
British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student 'Spying' Life Sentence

British Universities Boycott United Arab Emirates over Student ‘Spying’ Life Sentence

Middle East Monitor

Staff at Birmingham University have voted to boycott their campuses in the Emirates

Yemen
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Middle East Monitor

The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”

BDS
Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Middle East Monitor

Two leading chefs have pulled out of the Tel Aviv-hosted Round Tables food festival following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported Haaretz. Gabrielle Hamilton, chef, and owner of the Prune restaurant in New York, cancelled, following the earlier cancellation by Ana Ros, a world-acclaimed chef from Slovenia. Ahead of the festival, […]

Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Middle East Monitor

A message captured in the audio record of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi is widely believed to be an instruction to notify the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that the operation to slay the Washington Post journalist had been carried out successfully. In the recording, which Turkey has said was passed on to western allies, […]

Iraq
Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Timetable for US Troop Withdrawal

Middle East Monitor

Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-Assadi, senior leader of the Iraqi Construction Alliance, revealed on Friday parliamentarian moves to pressure the Iraqi government to evict US forces from the country. Al-Assadi said that the previous Iraqi parliament had started the calls, but now the new parliament was calling for a clear timetable for the US withdrawal from […]

Iran
Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran

Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran

Middle East Monitor

“the sanctions on Iran are contrary to international law and diplomacy”

BDS
In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

Middle East Monitor

In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student campaign. The University of Leeds this weekend made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights: Airbus, United […]

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