Saudi Arabia wants the US to provide formal security guarantees and help the Kingdom develop a nuclear program as part of a potential deal to normalize relations with Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Both President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister...
Israel, Saudi Arabia Hold Talks on Increasing Military Ties
Israel's new government under Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up US-backed talks with Saudi Arabia on forging stronger military and intelligence ties, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The talks are part of an effort to forge a NATO-style anti-Iran alliance in the region...
Media Fault Pompeo for Defending Saudi Assassination of Journalist
Media Fault Pompeo for Defending Saudi Assassination of Journalist | Pompeo argues Khashoggi was a not as important as US troops
Saudi Airstrikes Killed at Least 155 Yemeni Civilians in 2022
According to numbers compiled by the Yemen Data Project, the US-backed Saudi-led coalition killed at least 155 Yemeni civilians in 2022 despite the ceasefire that took effect in April of that year. Another 316 Yemeni civilians were injured in the airstrikes, which all...
US-Saudi Tensions Ease as Military Cooperation Against Iran Grows
Tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia have eased as the two countries are stepping up military cooperation against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US and Saudi officials. The officials said that the Biden administration has dropped its...
Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia
Israel's incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that the US must "reaffirm" its alliance with Saudi Arabia and that he will seek normalization with Riyadh once in office. "I think that the alliance, the traditional (US) alliance with Saudi Arabia...
Report: US Flew Warplanes Toward Iran Over Saudi Claims of Imminent Attack
US Central Command launched warplanes based in the Persian Gulf toward Iran after Saudi Arabia claimed Tehran was planning an imminent attack on the kingdom, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Saudi Arabia made the warning last week, but there's no indication...
Saudi Arabia Claims in Warning to US That Iran Is Preparing to Attack the Kingdom
The US says it’s prepared to respond
Sullivan Says Biden Will ‘Methodically’ Re-evaluate Relations With Saudi Arabia
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said that President Biden will "methodically" re-evaluate relations with Saudi Arabia in the wake of OPEC's decision to slash oil production by 2 million barrels per day. The Biden administration has vowed...
Saudi Arabia ‘Totally Rejects’ US Condemnation of OPEC Oil Cuts
Saudi Arabia on Thursday shot back at the Biden administration for its criticism of OPEC's decision to reduce oil production and said it "totally rejected" the US characterization of the move. Biden administration officials have said that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC...