Saudi Arabia
Missiles Strike Iranian Oil Tanker off Saudi Arabia
Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the United States.
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Saudi Crown Prince Denies Ordering Journalist’s Murder
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview Sunday that he takes “full responsibility” for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but denied allegations that he ordered it.
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Ex-Official: Trump’s Past Phone-Call Memos Also Concealed
The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said.
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US Sends Air Defense Systems & Troops to Saudi Arabia
The United States is sending a Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Thursday, calling it the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself from Iranian attacks.
Read moreUS to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia, Hold Off on Striking Iran
The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as President Donald Trump has at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry.
Read moreIran Envoy: ‘All-Out War’ to Result if Hit for Saudi Attack
Any attack on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will spark an “all-out war,” Tehran’s top diplomat warned Thursday, raising the stakes as Washington and Riyadh weigh a response to a drone-and-missile strike on the kingdom’s oil industry that shook global energy markets.
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Pompeo Backs Saudi Arabia’s ‘Right to Defend Itself’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the United States backs Saudi Arabia’s “right to defend itself” after a weekend attack targeted the heart of its oil industry, which Pompeo described as an “act of war.”
Read moreUS Says Attack on Saudi Oil Site Was an Iranian ‘Act of War’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile and drone wreckage and cited other evidence they said shows the raid was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.”
Read moreTrump Threatens Military Retaliation for Drone Attack on Saudi Oil
Tensions are flaring in the Persian Gulf after President Trump said the U.S. is “locked and loaded” to respond to a weekend drone assault on Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure that his aides blamed on Iran.
Read moreAttack on Saudi Oil Sites Raises Risks Amid US-Iran Tension
A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as Iran denied U.S. allegations it launched the assault and tensions remained high over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal.
Read moreYemen’s Houthi Rebels Launch Drones on 2 Big Saudi Oil Sites
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies.
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Yemen Government Rules Out Talks With Separatists
Yemen’s internationally recognized government on Wednesday ruled out talks with separatists who have seized key parts of the south, saying it will talk only with their main backer, the United Arab Emirates.
Read moreWar Crimes Have ‘Endemic Impunity’ in Yemen, UN Says
Horrific rights violations, including killings, torture and sexual violence, are being committed with impunity by all sides in Yemen’s brutal conflict, U.N. war crimes investigators said Tuesday.
Read moreSudan’s Bashir Got $90M From Saudi Royal Family Members
Omar al-Bashir received $90 million in cash from Saudi royals, an investigator told a court at the opening Monday of the deposed Sudanese strongman’s corruption trial.
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More Than 2 Million Muslims Begin Hajj Pilgrimage
More than 2 million Muslims begin the annual hajj on Friday as the Saudi hosts seek to deter politicization of the pilgrimage against a backdrop of simmering Gulf tensions.
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Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without Male Consent
Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a longstanding policy that gave men control over women.
Read moreFake Facebook Accounts Linked to Saudi Arabia, Mideast Region
Facebook on Thursday said it derailed a pair of shady online influence campaigns in the Arabic-speaking world including one linked to the Saudi Arabian government.
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Missile Attack, Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 50 in Yemen
A rebel missile struck a military parade in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden as coordinated suicide bombings targeted a police station in another neighborhood of the city on Thursday, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, a security official and witnesses said.
Read moreReport on Trump-Tied Lobbyist Spurs Calls Ethics Probe
After a report from House Democrats described a top Trump campaign donor’s efforts to get a job in the administration while also supporting a U.S. nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia that would have personally benefitted him, a government ethics watchdog called on the administration Tuesday to investigate.
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