Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia Iran
Saudi Arabia and Iran Both Persecute Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Arch rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran both violate the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. Victimized populations include Uighurs threatened with deportation to China, where...
Saudi Arabia Is Modernizing Fast
I recently took a trip to Saudi Arabia (SA) with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. I came away from this trip...
Soleimani’s Death Opens Door to Alternative Security Arrangements in the Gulf
In line with an Iranian plan launched at last year’s UN General Assembly by president Hassan Rouhani that calls for a security architecture that would exclude...
Saudi Arabia Promises Concrete Proof Iran Behind Oil Strikes
Saudi Arabia promised evidence on Wednesday linking its main regional adversary Iran to an unprecedented attack on its oil industry, which Washington also blames on...
Does Saudi Arabia Really Want Regime Change in Iran?
Officially, both Saudi Arabia and the US, which withdrew last year from the 2015 international accord that curbs the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and imposed...
Dangers of a Mideast Nuclear Arms Race Cast a Long Shadow
JNS.org - The danger of a Middle Eastern nuclear arms race in the near future is casting a shadow over the long-term future of a...
Who Are the Houthis, and Why Do They Shout ‘Death to America’?
About 170 nautical miles off the coast of Oman, a small, stateless fishing vessel was intercepted in March 2016 by the HMAS Darwin, an Australian...
Trump Has Let Down Israel and Saudi Arabia
After taking office in January 2017, President Trump made it a priority to reaffirm America’s commitment to its Middle East allies, most notably Israel and...
US-Saudi Nuclear Talks: A Middle East Barometer?
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was perhaps most challenging for the Saudis, who, as custodians of Islam’s two holiest cities,...
Storm Clouds Gathering in the Middle East for Israel
The volatility of political activity in the Middle East is dizzying. The Syrian civil war is almost at an end. President Bashar al-Assad remains in power,...
Iranian Imperialism and Jew-Hatred Could Spark New Israel-Hezbollah War
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s suspension of his surprise resignation has been reported as part of the power struggle between Shiite Muslim Iran and Sunni...
Saudi Crown Prince Accuses Iran of Direct Military Aggression
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused Iranian regime of direct military aggression against Saudi Arabia by supplying its Houthi militias with missiles, Saudi Press Agency...
As ISIS Threat Wanes in Middle East, Iran-Saudi Arabia Cold War Escalates
A cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, fought with proxies seeded across the Middle East, is sharply escalating as the two powers jockey to...
Saudi Newspaper: ‘No Lasting Peace Can Exclude Hamas and its Supporters’
Despite an all-time low in relations between the Riyadh government and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, a leading Saudi newspaper has offered a cautious welcome to...
