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The New Arab (just glimpsing.. appears imo to be a shiite pro-Palestine, pro-Iran, pro-(Iran)reform news site... where located idk)
Saudi king's brother condemns war in Yemen, blames crown prince for devastating conflict
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/ne...-war-in-yemen-
Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
The brother of the Saudi King has made rare public criticism of the war in Yemen, blaming the monarch and powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the devastating conflict, which has killed thousands of civilians.
Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud made the comments to a group of protesters outside his London home, The New Arab's Arabic-language service reported on Tuesday.
"What does the al-Saud family have to do with your chants? We have nothing to do with what is happening [in Yemen]. Certain officials are responsible... such as the king and the crown prince," Prince Ahmed tells protesters in a video posted online.
"I hope the war in Yemen ends after tomorrow," he added.
In another part of the video, the senior royal agrees with the protesters' condemnation of an August air strike in Yemen that killed dozens of civilians including 40 children.
He also expresses sympathy for detained Shia activists in Bahrain - a close Saudi ally - saying: "If we could [do something] we would, God willing".
The rare criticism from a member of the ruling al-Saud clan, hints at growing discontent over the aggressive policies of King Salman and his son, the crown prince.
Prince Ahmed is the younger brother of King Salman and a member of the so-called Sudairi Seven - a powerful bloc of sons of the kingdom's founder.
He served as the kingdom's deputy interior minister for 37 years, before briefly assuming the role of interior minister in 2012.
In 2015, a dissident prince called for the overthrow of King Salman and for the aging ruler to be replaced with Prince Ahmed.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015.
The devastating conflict has since left around 13,000 people dead and sparked what the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The architect of the Yemen war, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has come under increasing scrutiny over his combative foreign policies.
The heir to the throne and de-facto ruler has led a year-long blockade of Qatar, cracked down on critics and potential rivals and has been accused of forcing the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to resign while in Riyadh.
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Almasirah English
Madrid Cancels Arms Sale Deal with Riyadh after Saudi Massacre of Yemeni Kids
https://english.almasirah.net/detail...=2605&cat_id=2
The Spanish Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it will return the 9.2 million euros already paid by Saudi Arabia
to buy 400 Spanish-made precision bombs amid fears that they could be used to target the innocent people of Yemen.
Spain is the fourth country on the list of major arms exporters to the Riyadh regime.
Human rights organizations accuse the Spanish monarch of facilitating these deals
because of his good relationship with the ruling family in Saudi Arabia.
In the most recent contracts, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia signed a €1.8-billion deal
to sell five small warships to Saudi Arabia.
►Earlier this year, a spokesman for the
German government announced that Berlin
had decided to stop exporting weapons to countries involved in the aggression on Yemen.
The
Netherlands and
Sweden also adopted a more restrictive approach to arms sales.
A
Belgian court suspended four arms licenses for Saudi Arabia because of concerns about violations in Yemen.
Norway also suspended its arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The United States, the United Kingdom and France remain major arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia.
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