Source: BBC News By Jonathan Marcus Defence and diplomatic correspondent To all intents and purposes, Saudi Arabia and Israel are de facto allies in the struggle against Iran’s rising influence […]
Source : BBC News Dozens of prominent Saudi figures are being held in the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh. Many names are still secret, but the list is said to comprise at […]
Source: Dawn WHEN you watch a spoiled brat whose parents have never stopped it from doing anything walk into a curio shop, you know it’s just a matter of time before disaster strikes. And sure enough, even when he didn’t wield the kind of power he does now, Prince Mohammed […]
Nov 16, 2017 Joschka Fischer After becoming the heir apparent to the Saudi throne earlier this year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has quickly consolidated his power and begun to […]
Source: CNN If Saudis are indeed behind the machinations, they may find they have waded a bit too deep into Lebanese politics this time. There’s an old saying about this country, that it’s easy to swallow, but hard to digest. Saudi Arabia, led by impetuous 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed Bin […]
Source: The Express Tribune Saudi monarch King Salman is set to step down and announce his son Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as his successor next week, sources said. The […]
By Reuters – Nov 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES JO Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir speaks during a joint press conference with his Spanish counterpart in Madrid during an official […]
This content was published on November 17, 2017 10:15 AMNov 17, 2017 – 10:15 The homes of two employees of the Geneva mosque were raided by French authorities in […]
The only way we can prevent global consequences from a regional conflict between Riyadh and Tehran is if we begin treating their countries the same Paddy Ashdown There used to saying in the Middle East: “If a dog barks in the Middle East, British intelligence is behind it.” Replace the word […]
Source: Time By Casey Quackenbush 2:46 AM EST A humanitarian crisis is rapidly deepening in Yemen, where millions of aid-reliant people have been cut off from assistance since Saudi Arabia closed […]
By David Ignatius Opinion writer November 16 at 7:36 PM Nearly two weeks after the double political explosion that rocked Riyadh, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be doing damage control in ways that may help stabilize Saudi Arabia and the region. The first bombshell in the Saudi capital was the Nov. 4 […]
HILAL KAPLAN @hilal_kaplan Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (C, in brown and white) welcomes President Trump with a military honor cordon after they arrived the King Khalid International Airport in […]
It’s worth remembering how much Saad Hariri liked – and quite probably still does like – Saudi Arabia Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 16 November 2017 Hariri has […]
Mohamad Bazzi For The Straits Times Published The Middle East suddenly hurtled towards a regional conflict over the past week, after Saudi Arabia charged that a missile fired at its capital from Yemen was provided to rebels by Iran and constituted “an act of war”. “Iran cannot lob missiles at […]
Source: Associated Press By BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic community arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday in the first public visit by a Lebanese […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 14, 2017 Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New […]
By Jamal Khashoggi November 13 2017 Saudi King Salman, right, meets last week with outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via Associated […]
Nov 14, 2017 Saudi Arabia’s dramatic moves to counter Iran in the region appear to have backfired, significantly ratcheting up regional tensions and setting off a spiral of reactions and anger that seem to have caught the kingdom off guard. Now it’s trying to wind back its escalations in Lebanon […]
Forget Yemen, Syria and Lebanon, just a few of the countries in which Saudi Arabia is fighting a proxy war with Iran, its long-time enemy. The Saudi royal family now […]
Saad Hariri said that on returning to Lebanon, he would confirm his ‘resignation’ in accordance with the country’s constitution. But how on earth did he think he could ‘shock’ Lebanon by resigning in […]