Saudi Arabia’s missing princes

Saudi Arabia’s missing princes

In the last two years, three Saudi princes living in Europe have disappeared. All were critical of the Saudi government – and there is evidence that all were abducted and flown back to Saudi Arabia… where nothing further has been heard from them. Early in the morning on 12 June 2003, a Saudi prince is […]

Kushner to meet with Mideast leaders in latest attempt at peace deal

Kushner to meet with Mideast leaders in latest attempt at peace deal

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will soon travel to the Middle East for yet another foray into trying to forge a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the most difficult diplomatic assignments of the Trump administration. Mr. Kushner, who traveled to the region in June, will be accompanied on the […]

14 Saudi Shiites accused of staging protests now face execution

14 Saudi Shiites accused of staging protests now face execution

Munir al-Adam spends his hours alone in a Saudi prison, his mother says. He doesn’t know if it is day or night because he is kept mostly in a dark cell. Partially blind and partially deaf, he has experienced different forms of torture in the five years since his arrest. “He has been ordered to […]

Iranian-backed terror group fires missile into Saudi Arabia

Iranian-backed terror group fires missile into Saudi Arabia

A SCUD-type of missile, launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels flew hundreds of miles in Saudi Arabia according to US defense officials. And even more concerning to government officials was that the missile flew farther in range than anything the rebels had used before and that Iran supplied it. The missile, described by one official as […]

Iranian Backed Terror Group Fires Missile Into Saudi Arabia

Iranian Backed Terror Group Fires Missile Into Saudi Arabia

A SCUD-type of missile, launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels flew hundreds of miles in Saudi Arabia according to US defense officials. And even more concerning to government officials was that the missile flew farther in range than anything the rebels had used before and that Iran supplied it. The missile, described by one official as […]

Saudi woman released after arrest for being filmed in mini skirt

Saudi woman released after arrest for being filmed in mini skirt

A woman in Saudi Arabia who was detained by police after a video of herself walking in a skirt went viral, has been released. The woman, whose name has not been released, became known as “Khulood the Model” and a hashtag demanding her arrest and trial quickly followed suit. https://twitter.com/50BM_/status/886614068768976897 The video shows the woman […]

Tillerson heads home from Qatar with no resolution to regional dispute

Tillerson heads home from Qatar with no resolution to regional dispute

KUWAIT CITY — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday ended his first stab at mediating a bitter spat in the Persian Gulf region, an effort that took him to three countries over four days but yielded little discernible progress in resolving the dispute. Tillerson headed home after meeting with Qatari officials to brief them on […]

Tillerson arrives in Kuwait as part of shuttle diplomacy to ease Qatar crisis

Tillerson arrives in Kuwait as part of shuttle diplomacy to ease Qatar crisis

KUWAIT CITY — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Kuwait on Monday night to help defuse a feud between Qatar and other Arab nations that the United States worries is hampering the fight against the Islamic State and bolstering Iran’s standing. After weeks of phone calls and meetings with Arab diplomats in Washington, urging them to set […]

Four Arab states leading Qatar boycott say initial demands void, vow more measures

Four Arab states leading Qatar boycott say initial demands void, vow more measures

The four Arab states leading the boycott against Qatar said late on Thursday that Doha’s refusal of their demands to resolve a Gulf diplomatic crisis is proof of its links to terror groups and that they would enact new measures against it. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain released a joint statement […]

Arab states rap ‘negative’ Qatari reply to demands but no new sanctions

Arab states rap ‘negative’ Qatari reply to demands but no new sanctions

Four Arab states refrained on Wednesday from slapping further sanctions on Qatar but voiced disappointment at its “negative” response to their demands and said their boycott of the tiny Gulf nation would continue. Qatar earlier in the day accused Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt of “clear aggression” and said the accusations […]

Qatar shows mettle, offers compromise as Gulf states prepare meeting

Qatar shows mettle, offers compromise as Gulf states prepare meeting

Qatar announced plans for a steep rise in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) production capacity on Tuesday that suggested it was ready for a protracted dispute with Gulf neighbors, but Doha said it was doing all it could to reach agreement. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain were due to meet on Wednesday […]