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King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (photo from archive)

Saudi Arabia’s Next Generation Makes Ready

Stratfor September 14, 2017 Change is coming to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it may soon reach the top of the nation’s monarchy. Amid the sweeping economic and political shifts underway throughout the tightly controlled country, anticipation is building about further adjustments to come. Chief among them is ...

5 days ago

Middle East

Saudi-Led Bloc Stays Tough on Qatar Despite Trump-Kuwait Emir Meeting

A Saudi-led bloc of Arab states hostile to Qatar on Friday took aim at Kuwaiti mediation and maintained a tough line even after US President Donald Trump offered to help resolve the crisis. Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar in ...

2 weeks ago

Middle East

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi

Iran Confirms Saudi Delegation Plan to Visit Tehran

Iran has confirmed a report that a Saudi Arabian delegation will travel to Tehran, less than two years after the kingdom unilaterally ruptured its relations with the Islamic Republic. The confirmation by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Sunday came after Kuwaiti daily Al Jarida said the Saudi officials would ...

3 weeks ago

Middle East

Saudi-US aggression strike on Yemen's Saada

UN: Saudi-led Coalition Killed 42 Civilians in Yemen in Past Week

Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition have killed 42 civilians in Yemen over the past week, with multiple children among the dead, the United Nations human rights office said Friday. “In the week from August 17 to August 24, 58 civilians have been killed, including 42 by the Saudi-led coalition,” spokeswoman ...

August 25, 2017

Middle East

Saudi King Orders Reopening of Qatar Border to Pilgrims

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to hajj pilgrims, state media said Thursday, despite a major diplomatic crisis roiling the region. The Salwa border crossing was closed after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia, as well as Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, severed ...

August 17, 2017

Middle East

HRW: Saudi Forces Seal off Eastern Shiite Town

Saudi Arabia’s security forces have sealed off a Shiite-majority town in the east of kingdom, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, following months of unrest and clashes with police. Saudi authorities last week said they seized control of a district of Awamiyah, a town in the eastern Qatif region where regime ...

August 13, 2017

World

British Police Directly Helped Arrest 14 Saudis Who Face Execution: Report

Training by British police may have directly helped Saudi agents arrest more than a dozen people now believed to be facing execution, with voices in Britain urging Prime Minister Theresa May to move in a bid to halt the killings. In Saudi Arabia today there are 14 pro-democracy demonstrators who ...

August 7, 2017

Middle East

Turkey, Qatar to Hold Joint Naval Drills Amid Gulf Crisis

Turkey and Qatar will hold joint naval drills on August 6-7, as part of a two-stage joint exercise amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Doha and several other Arab states, Anadolu news agency reported Friday citing Qatar’s Defense Ministry. According to Anadolu, the coordination of actions to be taken within ...

August 4, 2017

Middle East

Qatar Files WTO Complaint over Gulf Trade ‘Siege’

Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over an “illegal siege” imposed by its Gulf neighbors, the commerce ministry said Monday. The gas-rich emirate has been slapped with sanctions and demands after four countries including regional kingpin Saudi Arabia cut ties with it on June 5, accusing ...

August 1, 2017

Middle East

Head of Yemen's Revolutionary Council, Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi

Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee Calls for Ceasefire

Head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi called for a ceasefire with Saudi Arabia in the coming months but stressed that blockade must be lifted. On his Facebook account, Al-Houthi called on Saudi Arabia to accept a deal that provides for ceasing to fight by all parties in ...

July 31, 2017