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KSA: US senators seek to derail arms sales to Riyadh

March 16, 2023 MEO Staff

As China attempts to assert its geopolitical clout with Riyadh, US senators push for addressing human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia A bipartisan pair of US senators introduced a resolution yesterday (Wednesday, 15 March) that [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Chinese role in Saudi-Iran deal challenges United States, NYT

March 13, 2023 MEO Staff

China’s prestigious accomplishment vaults it into a new league diplomatically and outshines anything the US has been able to achieve in the region since Biden came to office, states NYT. “The agreement negotiated in Beijing [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Chinese role in Saudi-Iranian deal is ‘a tricky test for US’, analysis

March 11, 2023 MEO Staff

The surprise deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic ties offers much for the United States to be intrigued about, an analysis by Reuters states, in comment on restoration of Saudi-Iranian relations. This [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Trump and Kushner benefited from Saudi funds for helping MBS’ rise, investigative report

February 13, 2023 MEO Staff

Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of the Khashoggi-founded group DAWN, has called on Congress to pass legislation to prohibit all former senior U.S. officials from working for, or financially benefiting from, a foreign government. [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

KSA: Prosecutors seek death penalty for Saudi academic over use of social media

January 15, 2023 MEO Staff

The Saudi court documents reveal reasons for Dr. Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest, even though Saudi rulers are major investors in social media platforms The prominent law professor, Dr. Awad Al-Qarni, has been handed a death sentence [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Saudi-Israel normalization unlikely as long as Ben-Gvir is in office, says Israeli official

January 6, 2023 MEO Staff

A senior Israeli official has criticized the extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday morning. The senior Israeli official said Itamar Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque had “destroyed the [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Iranian, Saudi foreign ministers meet at a conference in Jordan

December 21, 2022 MEO Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with his Saudi counterpart at a regional conference in Jordan on Wednesday This meeting is the first highest-level public contact between the two countries since they severed the diplomatic [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia to deposit $5bn in Turkish Central Bank

November 23, 2022 MEO Staff

Saudi Arabia is in discussions with Turkiye to deposit $5 billion in the Turkish Central Bank, Reuters reported a spokesman of the Ministry of Finance in Riyadh as saying on Tuesday. “We are in final [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

KSA: Egyptian publisher participating in Riyadh Int’l Book Fair arrested and forcibly disappeared

October 27, 2022 MEO Staff

Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have arrested and forcibly disappeared the photographer and international book fairs director of Dar Kotopia, an Egyptian publishing house, Ahmed Diouf. The We Record rights organization stated [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Prison sentences up to 18 years against 10 Nubian Egyptians in Saudi Arabia

October 12, 2022 MEO Staff

A Saudi court issues prison sentences from ten to eighteen years to ten Nubian Egyptians who were arrested after holding a community event in 2019 Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on 10 October handed prison [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

KSA: Senior U.S. senator seeks ‘freeze’ on Saudi cooperation, blasts Riyadh

October 11, 2022 MEO Staff

The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on Monday for a freeze on cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including most arms sales, accusing the kingdom of helping underwrite the Russian war on [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi woman given 45 years in prison for her social media posts

September 1, 2022 MEO Staff

A Saudi court has given a woman 45 years in prison for social media posts, a watchdog said, in latest example of crackdown on women activists,  following a visit by US President Joe Biden to [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

KSA acquires stake in largest Egyptian fertilizer company, MOPCO

August 5, 2022 MEO Staff

The Egyptian Cabinet had approved the sale of the Egyptian Gas Holding Company (GASCO) stake in the Misr Fertilizer Production Company (MOPCO), for the benefit of the Saudi Investment Fund, reported Russia Today, citing Egyptian [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

UAE sentences former Khashoggi lawyer to 3 years in prison

July 18, 2022 MEO Staff

Emirates says arrest of Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen, was coordinated with the US to ‘combat transnational crimes’. The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Families of detainees in KSA, Egypt call on Biden to alleviate their suffering

July 8, 2022 MEO Staff

Families of American detainees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt have called on US President Joe Biden to help with their release during his scheduled tour of the Middle East this month. The [ More … ]

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