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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, on Monday evening to discuss an Israeli “ceasefire” against the Hamas terrorist organization and “greater integration” in the Middle East.

Bill Gates announced his foundation will open an office in Riyadh as Saudi Arabia pledged $500 million to a polio vaccination initiative.

Hunter Biden was not the only family member who leveraged ties to President Joe Biden to win business deals with business partners linked to foreign governments, a Politico report details.

Whoever is running public relations for the nation of Saudi Arabia and Browns QB Deshaun Watson should probably be fired.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held calls with the top diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in which he expressed support for Iran’s unprecedented bombing on Israel on Saturday and the Muslim world’s opposition to Israel generally.

Saudi Arabia is expecting “around a million guests a year” to visit its oil rig-themed “adventure tourism” park that will feature an underwater restaurant, “immersive theater,” and multiple hotels, the executive in charge of the project told the Emirati newspaper The National on Tuesday.

A Saudi royal official says Iran “engineered the war in Gaza to destroy the progress in relations” between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.N. was elected chair of the Commission on the Status of Women despite the kingdom’s abysmal record.

A senior member of the Yemeni terrorist Houthi organization claimed that the jihadists have weapons “capable of reaching the US” and threatened to bomb Saudi Arabia if it aided American airstrikes on his group, the Iranian state media outlet PressTV reported on Monday.

A senior leader within the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization claimed in remarks on Sunday that Russia, China, and other members of the BRICS geopolitical coalition are cooperating with the Houthis to achieve “the historic defeat of the US, the UK and the West.”

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said on Monday that it terminated a visit to a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia because USCIRF Chairman Abraham Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi, was asked to remove his kippah head covering.

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, on Sunday reported near-record profits of $121 billion in 2023. The eye-catching total might seem a bit surprising given media narratives that fossil fuels are on the way out, but Aramco found demand for oil stronger than ever, albeit distributed somewhat differently than in years past.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Wednesday introduced a bill that if passed into law will allow survivors of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia who were previously overlooked to receive “catch-up” payments authorized by the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, Breitbart News exclusively learned.

Colonel Richard Kemp said international allies, including Arab states, tacitly support Israel’s actions, especially considering the broader context of Iran’s influence, which threatens the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefly visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, receiving a warm greeting from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and engaging in what Zelensky called a “candid and meaningful conversation.”

Saudi Arabia never finalized its membership in the BRICS economic and political coalition, a South African diplomat confirmed.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said in an interview published Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, was a “capable and credible” entity that should be considered a contender to govern both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, united in a hypothetical state of “Palestine.”

Saudi Arabia documented four cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the past six months, the Saudi news outlet al-Arabiya, citing the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) reported on Tuesday.

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday announced Saudi Arabia has agreed to purchase a $3.2 billion surface-to-air missile defense system, while China gushed that its weapons “attracted great interest” from the Saudis at a defense show in Riyadh over the weekend. The Saudis are also making strides with indigenously produced military systems, perhaps marking the definitive end of the Kingdom’s dependence upon the United States for defense products.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, on Tuesday that the administration of leftist President Joe Biden rejects “any forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza” and has made a “commitment” to the “establishment of a Palestinian state,” the State Department said in a readout.

South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly research and develop new weapons technology.

The Indian Defense Ministry announced this week that it had begun a joint army exercise alongside Saudi Arabia named “Sada Tanseeq,” or “Forever in Coordination,” expected to run through February 10.

The government of Saudi Arabia has reportedly opened its first liquor store since alcohol was banned in the early 1950s.

Germany’s Air Force One equivalent again lets the government down, with one jet suffering an engine failure and another forced to divert.

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) on Sunday announced an investment plan to build a petrochemical complex in China’s Fujian province, in cooperation with the Fujian Fuhua Gulei Petrochemical company.

A system of international carbon taxes must implemented on the global population to fight climate change, Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Al-Jadaan proclaimed at the WEF.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said Saudi Arabia was making “good progress” on relations with Israel before the October 7 Hamas attack.

A senior official from the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist army of Yemen told Russian media on Friday that Russian and Chinese ships can pass safely through the Red Sea without fear of attack.

The Biden admin announced it was designating the Houthis as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” not a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Saudi Arabia issued a statement calling for “restraint and avoiding escalation” on Friday in response to American airstrikes in Yemen.

PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that he believes had the 2020 election not gone the way it did and were he still president right now, a path to true peace in the Middle East was possible. 

The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening towards the kingdom.

Antony Blinken said Saudi Arabia had an “interest” in normalizing ties with Israel but wanted the creation of a “Palestinian state.”

Threats to shipping continued to escalate on Thursday, as an explosive-packed drone boat launched by the Houthi terrorists of Yemen exploded in the Red Sea, while a group of as-yet unidentified but possibly Somali pirates stormed a Liberian-flagged merchant ship near the coast of Somalia.

Iran Air, the national airline, announced on Wednesday that it would not be able to make its promised flights to Saudi Arabia because Riyadh had not finalized the permits it needs to enter Saudi airspace.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declared itself “fully confident in the BRICS’ future” on Tuesday following Argentina’s rejection of membership in the trade and security alliance.