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Saudi Arabia’s deepening isolation in Yemen

Saudi Arabia faces a quagmire in Yemen; a US-Iran “catalogue of cooperation” after a nuclear deal; Iranian activists skeptical on human rights progress; Israel unnerved by Russian decision on missile sale to Iran; the Good Friday massacre in Aleppo; is Erdogan shifting from sectarianism?

A supporter of the Jamiat Ahle Hadith organization holds a picture of Saudia Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a rally in support of Saudi Arabia over its intervention in Yemen, in Lahore April 19, 2015. . REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
A supporter of the Jamiat Ahle Hadith organization holds a picture of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud during a rally in support of Saudi Arabia over its intervention in Yemen, in Lahore, April 19, 2015. — REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Pakistan rebuffs Saudi kingdom on Yemen

In an unusual and stinging rebuke, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif this week rejected Saudi Arabia’s request to join its military campaign in Yemen.

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