Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia
Lebanon Needs to Step Up on Reform, Says Saudi Foreign Minister
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday Lebanon must offer stronger signals that it is serious about reform to secure support from the international community...
Saudi Arabia Seizes 2.4 million Smuggled Captagon Pills
i24 News – Saudi Arabia busted two separate smuggling attempts, seizing 2.4 million captagon pills, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Friday. The narcotic is...
Iran Open to More Talks with Saudi in Atmosphere of Respect
Iran is ready for more talks with Saudi Arabia if Riyadh is willing to hold the talks in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect,...
Saudi Arabia Needs More Meat on the Bone of Reforms
Like Qatar and its bid for the World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the pitfalls of seeking soft power, whether through sports or religion, without...
Anti-Israel Muslim Group Drops Lawsuit Against Whistleblower
A former employee who alleged rampant sexual discrimination and harassment inside the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was using "disturbingly false allegations" in a "systemic...
UAE Switches to Monday to Friday Work Week
i24 News – Employees and schoolchildren juggled work and studies with weekly Muslim prayers on the first ever working Friday in the United Arab Emirates...
COVID-19 Infections Rise Again Across Gulf States
Coronavirus infections have started rising again across the six Gulf Arab states after months of low or falling figures, data from health ministries showed on...
US Foreign Policy Turns to Realism in the Middle East
A cursory look at Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that emphasizing human rights in US foreign policy may complicate relations, but has little impact on...
Macron in Saudi to Talk Regional Stability with Crown Prince
i24 News – French President Emmanuel Macron met Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler in Jeddah Saturday to discuss regional stability, in particular crisis-hit Lebanon, after...
Biden, the Saudis, and Arms and Human Rights
Headlines hailed the participation of countries from around the world in a climate summit aimed at achieving international consensus on steps to “save the planet”...
Turkish ‘Diplomacy’ in Israel, Lebanon, and the Middle East
Just in case there were any doubts, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demonstrated with his recent visit to Lebanon that improved relations between Middle Eastern...
Lebanon Needs to Show that Hezbollah can Change Behavior, Bahrain Minister Says
Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, said on Saturday that Lebanon needs to demonstrate that its powerful Iran-allied Hezbollah movement can change its behavior to...
Saudi Arabia Keeps Eye on Religious Ball in Global Competition for Talent
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has tamed his kingdom’s ultra-conservative religious establishment, and made hyper-nationalism rather than religion a pillar of a new...
As Countries Wrangle Over Climate Pledges, How Enforceable Are They?
When all is said and done at the UN climate talks, and the ink on the COP26 agreement is dry, one awkward question will remain:...
