The release Friday of a long-classified congressional report on possible ties between Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 terrorist plot has the potential to do lasting damage to the US relationship with the oil-rich Arab kingdom. [ More … ]
President Barack Obama met Saudi deputy crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Friday at the White House and discussed ways to support Iraqis in their fight against Islamic State militants and the importance of a political [ More … ]
The Saudi prince who seems to have won a family power struggle is meeting with U.S. officials this week — some of them the same officials who are concerned his reign could be ruinous and [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is in the U.S. this week on a charm offensive to promote his country’s new plans for economic engagement and its foreign policy, a visit that comes [ More … ]
It’s been a rough year for the seven-decade-old alliance between the US and Saudi Arabia, from Riyadh’s fury over the nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama’s comments about free-riding allies, to the Saudi threat [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who leads an economic reform drive at home, left for talks in the United States on Monday, official media said. The visit comes with the longstanding US-Saudi relationship [ More … ]
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