U.S. leader reversed policy to support Gen. Haftar against the U.N.-backed government after urging by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi The administration of US President Donald Trump, under the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn condemnation from abroad, an associate and a rights group [ More … ]
Before he was murdered inside a Saudi Consulate in October, the Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi questioned why Saudi Arabia had detained a prominent doctor, Walid Fitaihi, a dual Saudi-U.S. citizen seized in a November [ More … ]
A year before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told an aide he would use “a bullet” on the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism [ More … ]
Government officials seeking to permanently delay Mohammed bin Salman’s planned part-flotation of Saudi Aramco, WSJ reports Saudi bureaucrats have been working to stall the ambitions of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman behind the scenes, as [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt on Monday, continuing his first trip abroad since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul drew global condemnation. Saudi Arabia’s Crown [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gets warm welcome in UAE amid pressure over Khashoggi murder. Bin Salman visits ‘brotherly Arab countries’ on his first trip abroad since Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. Mohammed bin Salman has [ More … ]
Apple Watch worn by Saudi journalist may have transmitted evidence of his death, Turkish paper reports Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have recorded his own death, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday morning. Khashoggi turned [ More … ]
By: Bill Law* Selling missiles to the Qataris is not only good business for the Russians; it also allows them to meddle in the conflicted and splintered politics of the Gulf states. Military experts refer to [ More … ]
A persistent narrative about Saudi Arabia describes the country as in perpetual struggle between the forces of modernity and the forces of traditionalism. This paper contributes to the on-going evaluation of this paradigm and its [ More … ]
Imprisoned Saudi blogger given the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism as he enters his sixth year in Saudi prison Imprisoned Saudi writer and blogger Raif Badawi was awarded the Daniel Pearl [ More … ]
“One year ago, two young princes began to forge a friendship at a lunch meeting in the White House’s regal State Dining Room,” Washington Post started to narrate the story of the relation between Trump’s son-in-law [ More … ]
Families of 9/11 victims have called for Mohammed bin Salman to use the visit to ‘take responsibility’ for alleged Saudi role in attacks, reported MEE. The two-week long visit by Mohammed bin Salman to the [ More … ]
Formidable network of beltway players were paid for years to whitewash the blemishes and promote the Kingdom’s interests, according to the American Conservative. When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launches his tour through the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s rulers have lots of worries, but Trump’s announcement about the holy city isn’t one of them. Saudi Arabia, the protector of Islam and home to its two holiest sites, is a good place [ More … ]
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