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Is Supporting Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen the New Normal?
Last month, the Yemen War Powers Resolution (YWPR), which, if passed, would have ended direct U.S. military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war against the Houthis in Yemen, was withdrawn from...
Saudi Crown Prince MBS Made Prime Minister, Formalizing Leadership
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, commonly known as MBS, was named prime minister on Tuesday, formally giving him leadership over the country as its head of government as he...
High Hopes: Saudi Arabia Commits $1 Trillion to Build 75-Mile Skyscraper
Saudi Arabia is planning to build the world’s largest building in Neom, the proposed “smart city” megaproject in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern Tabuk region, according to design documents obtained by the...
Mohammed bin Salman Has Forged a Third Way for the Arab World
Meeting with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan in the ballroom of Jeddah’s seaside hotel on Saturday, President...
Pariah No More: Biden Stands By Saudi Visit in Op-Ed
In a wide-ranging editorial article published in the Washington Post on Saturday, President Joe Biden defended his decision to visit Saudi Arabia and meet with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin...
Iraqi Prime Minister Visits Saudi Arabia and Iran in Bid to Ratchet Down Tensions
Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi landed in Iran on Sunday for high-level talks with his Iranian counterparts—a trip that came immediately after Kadhimi visited Saudi Arabia as part of a...
Saudi Thaw? MBS Travels to Turkey for First Time Since Khashoggi Killing
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited Turkey on Wednesday, meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara. MBS’ visit marked the crown prince’s...
Former Saudi Intelligence Chief Slams Biden for ‘Emboldening’ Houthis
Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud, the former director of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency and Saudi ambassador to the United States, sharply criticized President Joe Biden on Sunday, accusing him of ignoring...
Erdogan to Visit Riyadh Amid Saudi-Turkish Rapprochement
The office of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Tuesday that Erdogan would travel to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for a two-day visit this week. The trip...
Turkey Moves Trial of Khashoggi’s Accused Killers to Saudi Arabia
The government of Turkey announced on Thursday that it had suspended its trial of twenty-six men accused of murdering Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in order to move the trial...
White House Denies That MbS Declined a Phone Call With Biden
After the Wall Street Journal claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, commonly known as “MbS,” had refused to take a phone call from President Joe Biden, White House...
Saudi Arabia Will Use Trump to Gain Leverage over the War in Syria
As President Trump muses periodically about a prompt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, he confronts warnings, including from his own foreign-policy advisers, that such a move would risk the...