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U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone 'full gangster' World

U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone ‘full gangster’

March 9th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC — Retired General John Abizaid, President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom of a litany of misdeeds and criticized its crown prince as going “full gangster.” Both Republican and Democratic Senators at Abizaid’s...
U.S. Senate deals Trump double rebuke on Saudi Arabia U.S.A

U.S. Senate deals Trump double rebuke on Saudi Arabia

December 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blaming the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The votes were largely symbolic because to become law the resolutions would have to pass...
U.S. imposes sanctions on Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing U.S.A

U.S. imposes sanctions on Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five suspects in the murder. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions were the first concrete response by the...
Will Khashoggi disappearance bring down Saudi’s crown prince? Opinions

Will Khashoggi disappearance bring down Saudi’s crown prince?

October 19th, 20180 Saudi Arabia and especially its young crown prince – who has been variously portrayed as naïve, venal and blood-thirsty – appear to have vastly misjudged the reaction to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who opposed the new heir’s unchecked efforts to reshape the kingdom and the entire Middle East region with...
How Khashoggi’s disappearance could affect Middle East politics Opinions

How Khashoggi’s disappearance could affect Middle East politics

October 16th, 20180 The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a long shadow over Saudi Arabia’s global image. If the Saudi government did in fact kill or kidnap him, the crime would have significant implications for Middle East politics. Turkish authorities believe he has been killed and his body, possibly...
Saudi crown prince: Israelis have right to their own land World

Saudi crown prince: Israelis have right to their own land

April 3rd, 20180 RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said in a published interview that Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land, another public sign of an apparent thawing in ties between the two countries. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation state in at least part of what they consider their...
Houthis and Saudi Arabia in secret talks to end war in Yemen World

Houthis and Saudi Arabia in secret talks to end war in Yemen

March 16th, 20180 RIYADH/SANAA — Saudi Arabia and its adversaries in Yemen's armed Houthi movement are holding secret talks to try to end a three-year-old war that has unleashed the world's worst humanitarian crisis, diplomats and Yemeni political sources said. A Saudi-led coalition is fighting to counter the influence of Riyadh's arch-foe Iran, an...
Reining in the rogue royal of Arabia Opinions

Reining in the rogue royal of Arabia

November 17th, 20170 By Patrick J. Buchanan If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him. Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, the 32-year-old son of the aging and ailing King Salman, is making too many enemies for his own good,...
Lebanese Americans in Michigan condemn Saudi intervention, stand by Hariri COMMUNITY

Lebanese Americans in Michigan condemn Saudi intervention, stand by Hariri

November 17th, 20170 DEARBORN — They might be thousands of miles away, but news of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri's resignation – and the prospect that Saudi Arabia has something to do with it – has Lebanese expatriates on edge. Dozens of Lebanese Americans in Metro Detroit joined a protest at the Lebanese American Heritage Club in Dearborn...
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