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 … ]
Loujain al-Hathloul, a leading Saudi women’s activist detained since May, has been nominated for global honor A Canadian parliament member has put Loujain al-Hathloul’s name in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, a [ More … ]
Three British lawmakers on Monday endorsed reports that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s campaign to restore its international reputation kicked into high gear this last week – a New York Times report. On Sunday, Saudi authorities released one of the most prominent businessmen it had been [ More … ]
Ex-NSA operatives reveal how they helped spy on targets for the Arab monarchy — dissidents, rival leaders and journalists. wo weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency [ More … ]
Qatar to face Japan in the final after beating hosts in front of a hostile crowd in Abu Dhabi. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd, sealed Qatar’s progress to the [ More … ]
UN executions investigator heading inquiry in Turkey A U.N. human rights investigator leading an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Saturday she had made a request to have access [ More … ]
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu warns that West-supported terror groups which target Turkey today, could target others tomorrow Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday stated that some western countries are trying to cover up the murder of Saudi journalist [ More … ]
Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to burnish his image as a modernizing force of liberal reform knows no boundaries. On January 15, 2019, The New Yorker, an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, [ More … ]
The Saudi Engine of Repression Continues to Run at Full Speed [ More … ]
The black hole in Pompeo’s Middle East speech: Saudi Arabia [ More … ]
Development comes after UN envoy met Houthis before heading for Saudi Arabia to ensure implementation of a recent deal. A fresh round of talks between Yemen’s warring factions may take place soon in Jordan, according [ More … ]
Egyptian security teams reportedly made contacts in Manbij to coordinate steps taken against Turkey Things are heating up in Syria’s Manbij, located in the northeast of the Aleppo governorate, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided [ More … ]
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has given near total control of the kingdom to his son Mohammed bin Salman. King Salman of Saudi Arabia shook up the kingdom’s cabinet on Thursday, naming new ministers and [ More … ]
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