Joe Biden Reverses Three-Year Ban on Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia
The State Department announced on Saturday that it would lift a three-year ban on selling certain weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The State Department announced on Saturday that it would lift a three-year ban on selling certain weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening towards the kingdom.
The Washington Post on Thursday said it was in possession of a purportedly classified document, among the many such items exposed by “Discord Leaker” Jack Teixeira, that captured Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) expressing his extreme frustration with the Biden administration and vowing “major economic consequences for Washington.”
The government of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Tuesday that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping will travel to the country to attend two summits from December 7 to 9, Xi’s third trip abroad since the pandemic and his furthest away from home.
Energy Security senior advisor Amos Hochstein said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that President Joe Biden’s move to grant Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman legal immunity for his role in Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder was not a “quid pro quo” for lower oil prices.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Sunday on his show “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s move to grant the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman legal immunity over his role in Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has the “stink of complicity.”
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reacted to the State Department backing immunity for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from a lawsuit over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by stating that “it’s disturbing that it’s
The U.S. Department of Justice declared in a court filing on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should receive immunity from a lawsuit filed by the fiance of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Anonymous “people inside the Saudi government” told the Wall Street Journal in an article published Tuesday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has little respect for leftist American President Joe Biden and makes fun of the elderly leader’s seemingly poor mental faculties in private.
A Saudi mother who was studying at a UK university was sentenced to 34 years in prison when she returned home for vacation. Her “crime” was owning a Twitter account and sharing her views on human rights.
When Saudi Arabia secretly murdered columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the media and politicians demanded radical changes in U.S. foreign policy; but even after Iran openly supported the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie, the Biden administration is given a pass as it persists in negotiations with the Iranian regime.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping is apparently planning a visit to Saudi Arabia next week, two months after U.S. President Joe Biden’s embarrassing trip to the kingdom. The combination of the Biden debacle and Xi’s triumphant reception could signal a lasting reorientation for Saudi Arabia away from longtime ally America and toward Communist China.
Sports broadcaster Bob Costas said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that former President Donald Trump does not care about American democracy because he is hosting an event for the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at his Bedminster Golf Club.
China’s state media arms mocked leftist American President Joe Biden on Monday for what Beijing branded a “lukewarm” and “embarrassing” trip to the Middle East that did not appear to result in any concrete agreements or benefits for America.
President Joe Biden lashed out Sunday at critics of his fist bump greeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, who was inside President Joe Biden’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, claimed that while Biden did mention
Joe Biden said the crown prince told him he was not responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
President Joe Biden laughed off a question Friday about criticism of his fist-bump with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” author, Washington Post columnist, and CNN political analyst Josh Rogin stated that President Joe Biden’s mention of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia “seemed like a box-checking exercise. I didn’t hear that Biden mentioned any of the American
Senator John Cornyn has concerns over the Biden administration’s investigation into the PGA Tour for anti-competitive practices.
President Joe Biden on Thursday shied away from a commitment to bring up the murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to Saudi Arabia.
President Joe Biden appears to have ignored a request from the widow of murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi to meet with her before his trip to Saudi Arabia.
The news agency Reuters, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday leftist President Joe Biden is considering resuming offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in anticipation of his visit to the country, scheduled for Friday.
Democrats have become quite muted in their criticism of Saudi Arabia, particularly over the death of political activist and writer Jamal Khashoggi, as President Joe Biden prepares to visit Riyadh in July and beg for oil from the kingdom he once promised to excommunicate from the civilized world.
President Joe Biden has defended an upcoming meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) after coming under attack by the left for not sticking to his campaign promise to turn Riyadh into a “pariah” state, saying he would only be seeing MBS during a broader “international meeting.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that he brings up gay rights “invariably, in every conversation” with his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, when responding Thursday to mounting criticism of President Joe Biden’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia.
Former U.S. envoy to Israel David Friedman told Breitbart in an exclusive interview that President Joe Biden made a grave mistake by condemning Saudi Arabia a “pariah,” and if the Trump administration was still in office, Riyadh would have formed diplomatic ties with Jerusalem by now.
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) weighed in on the White House, announcing that President Joe Biden would be visiting Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia to discuss issues including energy, climate, human rights and the increasing threat of Iran.
The PGA Tour is not the only group angry at professional golfers for joining the new, Saudi-backed league. A prominent 9/11 group is also voicing their disapproval.
Dustin Johnson will compete in the first LIV Golf Invitational Series this month, the biggest participant in the Saudi-linked event.
Golf great Greg Norman addressed his controversial Saudi Arabia ties by saying the government-sanctioned killing of Khashoggi was a mistake.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sworn that he will hold Saudi Arabia to account as he begs the country for more oil.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman told the Atlantic on Thursday his human right to remain “innocent until proven guilty” was violated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) when it accused him of ordering the 2018 killing of Saudi
Pandemic? What pandemic? That was the universal message delivered Sunday by a record crowd of over 700,000 revellers who hit the sand to party at Saudi Arabia’s MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, drawing the curtain on the four-day event in the oil-rich desert kingdom.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken refused to call Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a killer on Sunday’s broadcast of “State of the Union” when asked about President Joe Biden calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a killer.
Democrat congressman from California, Ro Khanna (D-CA), disagrees with President Biden’s approach to the Middle East
President Joe Biden promised to restore relations with U.S. allies, but the White House indicated Monday that it is deliberately backing away from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, traditionally a key Arab ally in the Middle East.
President Biden’s Central Intelligence Agency nominee, William Burns, was gifted a Super Bowl group trip by Saudi Arabia’s ambassador when he served as president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, according to responses he provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee ahead of his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Ajlan al-Ajlan, the head of Saudi Arabia’s Chamber of Commerce, declared in a statement this weekend that a full boycott of all Turkish products was “the responsibility of every Saudi.”
Cumhuriyet, one of Turkey’s oldest and most prestigious newspapers, reported on Monday that growing pressure on businessmen in Saudi Arabia to not engage Turkey has evolved into a formal trade embargo.