US Shuts Diplomatic Missions In Saudi Arabia Amid Security Fears
Saudi Arabia By Ghazanfar Ali Khan Operations at the US Embassy in Riyadh and its consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran …
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From scrapped arms deals to pleas for democracy – why Sweden is the only Western country standing up to Saudi Arabia
Sweden’s foreign minister Margot Wallstrom has emerged as an outspoken figure, not averse to taking moral stands Ishaan Tharoor The …
Is Yemen Becoming the Next Syria?
By Peter Salisbury Battle lines are being drawn in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country and the Middle East’s latest …
The struggle of Venezuela against ‘a common enemy’
John Pilger Albert: Why would the United States want Venezuela’s government overthrown? Pilger: There are straightforward principles and dynamics at …
Saudi Oil Seen as Lever to Pry Russia Away From Syria’s Assad
By MARK MAZZETTI, ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has been trying to pressure President Vladimir …
New Saudi King to Obama: Lower-price Oil Policy won’t Change
By Juan Cole President Obama cut short his India trip to head off to Riyadh in the wake of the …
Is it time to make Iran our friend and Saudi Arabia our enemy?
Michael Axworthy Far from being a guarantee of stability in the Middle East, the western alliance with the kingdom is …
Not much mourning
New Saudi king lavishes Obama with personal attention as aides and reporters gawk. By Edward-Isaac Dovere RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — …
Playing Politics: How The New York Times Misrepresents Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
By Timothy Alexander Guzman The New York Times and other main-stream media outlets in the U.S. are cautious on how …
Je suis Abdullah
By Edward-Isaac Dovere An anti-terrorism march in Paris honoring victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks didn’t register at the White …
Can Saudi Arabia’s New King Manage a Restive Middle East?
King Abdullah spent his life trying to keep the Middle East stable. But his successors are now left tending to …
How the legal punishments handed out in Saudi Arabia compare to those of Isis
For many, the Saudi justice system sounds not unlike that of the Isis, the extremist Islamist group which has struck …
Raif Badawi: Sentenced to 1000 lashes, the man who started Free Saudi Liberals website has ignited a global debate
The editor was sentenced to 50 lashes every Friday for 20 weeks – all for starting a website Helen Nianias …
Saudis Play a Risky Game with Oil Price Gambit
Saudi Arabia is wielding its oil weapon by keeping production high and prices low – all the better to punish …
Global outrage at Saudi Arabia as jailed blogger receives public flogging
Kingdom stays silent as protesters contrast its opposition to Paris attacks on free speech with its own attacks on free …
A Pessimist’s Guide to the World in 2015
December 17, 2014 Skirmishes in the South China Sea lead to full-scale naval confrontation. Israel bombs Iran, setting off an …
Blood money: How ISIS is selling human organs harvested from living hostages and its own dead soldiers to fund terror across the Middle East
IS is hiring foreign doctors to harvest organs in hospitals in Iraq and Syria Doctor in Mosul says new doctors …
ISIS—the New Israel
By Chris Hedges Demonstrators chant Islamic State slogans last June as they carry the group’s flag in front of the …
US oil price below $60 a barrel
Neil Hume and Anjli Raval After a brief recovery oil resumed its downward slide on Thursday with the price of …
No ally of Britain should allow the funding of terror
It must be made clear to Qatar that all violent extremists are enemies and the funding of them by sympathisers …
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