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Focus: Yemen and Saudi Arabia - Mar 7, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 06 March 2016

'Shocked and profoundly saddened’ Pope Francis calls nuns killed in Yemen martyrs and and victims of global indifference - America Magazine

VIDEO: Pope Francis prays for martyrs of Yemen attack - Reuters.com

Yemeni officials blame Islamic State for killing four nuns, kidnapping priest - UPI.com

UN reports sharp rise in civilian casualties in Yemen - VOA

U.N. warns against slowing recent increase in aid flow to Yemen - Business Insider

Yemen's food crisis deepens as banks cut credit for shipments - Reuters

Saudi Arabia rejects UN Security Council action on Yemen aid crisis - Yahoo News

Rights group: Saudi Arabia used U.S. cluster bombs in civilian areas - CNNPolitics.com

European Parliament calls for Saudi arms embargo over Yemen bombing - Reuters

David Cameron boasts of 'brilliant' UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia on the day the European parliament votes for an arms embargo - The Guardian

ARCHIVE: EU criticises British arms sales to Saudi Arabia - The Guardian

Hollande under fire for awarding top French honour to Saudi royal, bilateral ties sealed by major arms deals - France 24

Saudi Arabia diverts French arms originally intended for Lebanon to its own military, 'So the contracts [with France] will be completed’ - THE DAILY STAR

The Golden Age for Saudi-French relationship, that is how a French official described it - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Since September 2014, the Obama Administration has notified Congress of proposed foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia with a potential value of more than $21 billion - Vox

REPORT: Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations - Congressional Research Service

Former US ambassador to Yemen: Yemen’s destruction is one cost of the US-Saudi alliance - The Boston Globe

ARCHIVE: Saudi Arabian foreign minister: British and US military 'in command room' for air strikes on Yemen - The Guardian

Saudi Arabia has been Hillary Clinton's ‘top priority' for years, showering missiles and fighter jets on an extreme human rights abuser - Alternet

Conference examines the U.S.’ 'special relationship' with human rights abuser Saudi Arabia - Alternet

Amnesty International: Governments must halt all arms flows to the Yemen conflict that could be used by any of the warring parties - Amnesty International USA

Report: Arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Qatar almost triple in four years - Middle East Eye

Saudi Arabia’s unholy war: Riyadh has failed to achieve its military strategic goals in Yemen, its campaign has boosted popular support for the Houthis - The Cairo Review of Global Affairs

Yemen's ousted president is still a stumbling block for Saudis - Bloomberg Business

Cable, Dutch gov't official: Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen motivated partly by oil pipeline fantasy - mintpressnews.com

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