Tag: Saudi Arabia

Smoke fills the sky at the Abqaiq oil processing facility on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Drones claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies.

Energy and Environment

Houthi rebels launch wide-scale drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities

Hunter Lovell · September 14, 2019 6:52 pm

Saudi Princess Hassa bint Salman's bodyguard Rani Saidi, center, leaves the courthouse, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. The only daughter of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been found guilty by a Paris court of charges that she ordered her bodyguard to detain and strike a plumber for taking photos at the Saudi royal family's apartment in the French capital.

‘You’re all the same, bastards’: Saudi princess found guilty of ordering bodyguard to beat up worker

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2019 4:58 pm

A wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group targeted commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing more than 20 people in attacks that came as Iraqi troops poised to recapture Fallujah. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Beltway Confidential

Militias and pro-Iran populists in Baghdad risk Iraq’s future

Michael Rubin · August 28, 2019 6:47 pm

Saudi women are seen.

Saudi Arabia ending travel restrictions for women

Zach Halaschak · August 20, 2019 9:18 pm

Under a portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Sam-6 missiles are displayed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, during armed forces parade marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the Iraq-Iran war.

Beltway Confidential

US should rethink Middle East policy to avoid war with Iran

Daniel DePetris · August 4, 2019 4:00 am

Hessah al-Ajaji drives her car down the capital's busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without consent of a man

Caitlin Yilek · August 2, 2019 2:01 pm

FILE - In this March 22, 2018 file photo, an Honor Guard member is covered by the flag of Saudi Arabia as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the Pentagon with an Honor Cordon, in Washington Saudi Arabiaâs Interior Ministry said Tuesday, April 23, 2019, that 37 Saudi citizens have been beheaded in a mass execution that took place across various regions of the country. Saudi King Salman ratified the executions for terrorism-related crimes by royal decree.

American citizen released from Saudi prison after nearly two years

Tim Pearce · August 1, 2019 10:28 pm

President Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House in D.C.

Senate sustains Trump veto of three bills blocking Saudi arms deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2019 11:14 pm

Alleged 9/11 mastermind attempting to avoid ‘martyrdom’ in lawsuit against Saudi Arabia

Jerry Dunleavy, Ellie Bufkin · July 29, 2019 10:50 pm

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington's Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, watches.

Trump looks to go easy on Turkey, setting up a fight with congressional Republicans

Joel Gehrke · July 29, 2019 9:50 pm

The State Department has approved the possible sale of 44 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile launchers to Saudi Arabia, worth up to $15 billion. The sale is part of the $110 billion mega arms deal with Saudi Arabia that President Trump announced during his trip there in May, according to a State Department official. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump poised to win Saudi arms sales standoff in Senate next week

Susan Ferrechio · July 26, 2019 9:02 pm

FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman poses before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Saudi authorities have detained at least six activists, including three of the country's most prominent women's rights campaigners, just weeks before the kingdom is set to lift a ban on women driving, people familiar with the arrests said Friday, May 18, 2018. Prince Mohammed has relaxed some of the country's ultraconservative rules by allowing women into stadiums to watch sports and bringing back musical concerts and movie theaters.

Saudi prince wants to build a ‘Jetsons-style’ city with flying taxis and an artificial moon

Tim Pearce · July 26, 2019 4:09 pm