Oil price crash draining Saudi Arabia’s budget
The 2014 oil price crash together with the high spending of the last several years have been draining the Saudi government budget, the World Bank’s…
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Nasrallah Attacks Saudis for ‘Normalizing Ties With Israel’
‘Saudi Arabia is establishing a relationship and is set to recognize Israel,’ the Hezbollah secretary general said in a broadcast; he warned Saudi Arabia from…
Yemen government says peace talks ‘ended’ after rebels form council
Yemen’s government said Thursday that peace talks underway since April had ended without agreement after Shiite rebels and their allies formed a 10-member “supreme council”…
Nine things women can’t do in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, especially with regards to protecting women, has often been called into question. Although women’s rights have been incrementally extended in…
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Complain to U.N. over Iran Maritime Assault
Riyadh- Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, asserted that the complaint presented by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the U.N. on Tuesday…
Is the Iran-Saudi Cold War Heating Up?
Throughout decades of ferocious rivalry, Iran and Saudi Arabiahave, even while backing competing forces across the Middle East, generally maintained one red line: They wouldn’t…
Saudi Arabia: Israel visit doesn’t reflect government stance
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry is distancing itself from a recent visit to Israel by a number of Saudi citizens, including an outspoken former military general….
UK Supplied $4Bln Worth of Arms to Saudi Arabia in 1st Year of Yemen Conflict
The United Kingdom sold over 3 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia during the first year of the Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni conflict, UK media reported…
British woman ‘kept in cage in Saudi Arabia by father who disapproved of her behaviour’
A British woman has been held in a cage in Saudi Arabia by her father, who controls nearly every aspect of her life, a court was…
Saudi and UAE had advance knowledge of Turkey coup
A top defense official in Doha blames Saudi Arabia and United Emirates for not alerting Turkey that Gülen’s loyalists would attempt a coup. Qatar’s Defense…