Saudi Arabia is reportedly continuing to import weapons from Western countries, especially the US, despite austerity measures taken recently to handle the kingdom’s worst financial crisis in decades. Saudi Arabia posted a $9 billion budget deficit in the first quarter of 2020 due to plummeting oil prices and the novel ...
Israeli and Saudi officials have been conducting secret talks since December, mediated by the United States, with the aim of integrating representatives from Riyadh onto the Islamic Waqf Council that controls Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Israel Hayom daily reported Monday. Unnamed senior Saudi officials told Israel Hayom that “these are sensitive ...