Posts Tagged: US Saudi Relations
Saudi Crown Prince Meets Iran’s Foreign Minister as Relations Thaw
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday in the highest-level talks since the countries reconciled in March...
Israeli Spy Chief Visited Washington to Discuss Saudi Normalization: Report
The head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad visited Washington in mid-July for talks with the Biden administration about a potential diplomatic normalization deal between Israel...
‘We’ll Help Finance an Iranian Nuclear Weapon’: Biden Administration Faces Congressional Grilling on Iran, Saudi Arabia
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf faced a bipartisan grilling Tuesday over Biden administration policy in the Middle East at...
Biden Officials ‘Recalibrating’ Ties With Saudis, Opening ‘Path to Diplomacy’ for Iran
JNS.org - Officials in the Biden administration announced a shift in US Middle East foreign policy on Tuesday towards a more critical stance on Saudi...
US-Saudi Oil Alliance Idea Born at White House, Put on Back Burner for Now
Top US officials have for now put aside a proposal for an alliance with Saudi Arabia to manage the global oil market, according to three...
US Lawmakers Still Plot to Push Saudi Arabia on Rights, Despite Trump
The US Congress left Washington on Thursday without enacting legislation to punish Saudi human rights abuses, but lawmakers said efforts to stop military sales and...
US Shared Nuclear Power Info With Saudi Arabia After Khashoggi Killed
The Trump administration granted two authorizations to US companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal...
US Approved Secret Nuclear Power Work for Saudi Arabia
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a...
US Senators Say Saudi Crown Prince Has Gone ‘Full Gangster’
Retired General John Abizaid, President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the US-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom...
US Senators Unconvinced by Saudi Briefing, See Yemen War Vote Next Week
US senators said on Monday a Trump administration briefing had not changed opinions on the need to push back at Saudi Arabia over the murder...
Senator Graham Says US-Saudi Relations Cannot Move Forward Until Prince ‘Dealt With’
Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia cannot move forward until Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed...
US Senate Hands Trump Historic Rebuke on Saudi Arabia
The US Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end US military support for the...
Khashoggi Murder Outcry Threatens US-Saudi Ties, Saudi Prince Says
The outcry in the United States demonizing Saudi Arabia over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul threatens US-Saudi...
Trump Reluctant to Abandon Riyadh Over Missing Journalist, Wants Evidence
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not want to abandon ally Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist and has...
