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Saudi Arabia rejects US report on Khashoggi murder

27-02-2021 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISTANBUL: The Saudi government has issued a statement rejecting a US intelligence report that says Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The Saudi government repeated its previous statements that Khashoggi’s killing were a heinous crime …

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‘MBS approved operation to kill Khashoggi’

27-02-2021 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ ISTANBUL/ RIYADH: Jamal Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi hit squad operating under the command of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), United States intelligence agencies concluded. A unclassified US intelligence report released on Friday confirms for the first time what role top US intelligence officials …

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US attacks ‘Iranian-backed military infrastructure’ in Syria

26-02-2021 DAMASCUS/ WASHINGTON: The United States military says it carried out attacks on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed militia on Thursday, following recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq. “At President Biden’s direction, US military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed …

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Over 300 girls’ kidnapping at school in Nigeria

26-02-2021 ABUJA: Over 300 girls are missing after unidentified gunmen raided a school hostel in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, a teacher and parent media, in the second mass kidnapping in the troubled region in little more than a week. Sulaiman Tanau Anka, information commissioner for Zamfara state, however, …

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Biden, Salman discuss end to Yemen war

26-02-2021 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DAMASCUS: United States President Joe Biden spoke for the first time since becoming president with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Thursday as the US prepares to release a report about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden emphasized the US commitment …

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