Saudi Arabia

In the chaos between the Sunni Yemenis and the Shitte Houthis – AQAP took advantage of the fighting and seized large swathes of land in the east including the port city of Al Mukalla.

Free Syrian Army (FSA,), Mountain Hawks Brigade, are making interesting use of Saudi Arabian, and U.S. supplied; Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided TOW Weapon Systems. The cost of a TOW missile system is $58,908.00 a shot, but that’s money well spent in comparison to the Congressional approval of a $300,787.00, NOAA Party Yacht. We could have funded at […]

The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia despite a White House veto threat and fierce objections from the U.S. ally. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, approved by voice vote, had triggered a threat from Riyadh to pull billions of dollars […]

Declassified documents detail 9/11 commission’s inquiry into Saudi Arabia, Chilling story of the Saudi diplomat who, many on the commission’s staff believed, had been a ringleader of a Saudi government spy network inside the US that gave support to at least two of the 9/11 hijackers.   Investigators for the 9/11 commission would later describe […]

Saudi Arabia finally announced its much-hyped Saudi Vision 2030. According to its architect, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the strategy will eventually wean Saudi Arabia off of its “addiction” to oil. However, nestled in the plans to restructure Saudi Aramco, fundamentally alter the Kingdom’s subsidy program and create the largest Public Investment Fund on […]

If passed, JASTA legislation could complicate foreign policy in the future.

The United States on Saturday transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had been on a hunger strike since 2007, under a long-sought diplomatic deal between Washington and Riyadh, U.S. officials said. The transfer, which took place just days before President Barack Obama’s visit […]

Saudi Arabia threatened to sell up to $750 billion worth of US assets held by the Kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be sued over 9/11, reports The New York Times’ Mark Mazzetti. Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, personally passed on the message last month during a trip to Washington, according […]

he announcement that Egypt transferred two small Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabian sovereignty drew protests from Egyptians this week, but in Israel it quietly shed light on the Jewish state’s secret and selective dealings with Saudi Arabia. The two countries have no formal ties, but there have been hints of quiet cooperation — or at least […]

Looking at the photos, it seem as if their training was more of a staged photo op for the Saudi special forces.

Global military spending reached almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time since 2011, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks arms expenditure around the world. The United States remained far and away the top spender, which despite a dip from 2014, accounted for more than a third of […]

Heads of state from across the Muslim world gathered in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for the conclusion of a nearly three-week-long counter-terrorism military exercise that included 20 participating countries. Saudi state television carried images of tanks firing missiles and helicopters circling overhead in what local media have called the largest exercise ever held in the Middle East in terms […]