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Flash rains in Yemen
“Yemen’s National Center of Meteorology has forecast heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and hail across the country.” Heavy rainfalls have already caused several fatalities across Yemen. The country is poor in stormwater management, and its sewage system is not concocted to contain a vast amount of flash rain. The news outlet Crisis24 has released the latest news…
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The Crown Prince of Genocide
Earlier today, I read an article on the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince’s “accolades” in the Economic Times. In year 2017 “the prince made what appeared to be a heavy-handed attempt to break Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s domination of Lebanon’s government by inviting Lebanon’s prime minister to the kingdom and then allegedly forcing him to announce his resignation.…
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Dates from Palestine
Growing up, we never ate dates at home. In my parents’ house there was never such fruite to be found. Hence, it was only two years ago, when I moved to Manchester that I, for the first time in my life, saw dates in supermarkets. Naturally, I bought some without checking the label. Dates are…
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For Yemen, too …
For some reason, I always compare the fate of these two countries ravaged by the empire In the 1960s and early 1970s, South Korea sent troops to support the American genocide on the people of Vietnam. A Seoul-based court is now seeking justice. https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2501251/korea-held-responsible-for-1968-massacre-in-vietnam
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UK: Court to Rule on Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
The United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice is scheduled to hear a challenge to the UK government’s renewed arms sales to Saudi Arabia this afternoon https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/31/uk-court-rule-arms-sales-saudi-arabia As far as I am concerned, all these Human Rights Organisations and Campaigners have failed the people of Yemen. Based on the weak, insufficient evidence they present, it is…