Tag: Saudi Arabia

Attendees walk by a sign for the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) on display inside the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture during a tour of the project in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Energy and Environment

Saudi Aramco strikes cyberdefense deal with US defense giant Raytheon

John Siciliano · December 14, 2018 8:56 pm

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet hooks up on a boom as it receives a mid-air refueling from U.S. Air Force KC-135R air refueling tanker.

National Security

Pentagon to recoup $331 million for Saudi refueling, Jack Reed says

Travis J. Tritten · December 13, 2018 10:20 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018 file photo, a video image of Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is played during an event to remember Khashoggi, in Washington. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanâs first trip abroad since the killing of Khashoggi will offer an early indication of whether he will face any repercussions. The prince is visiting close allies in the Middle East before attending the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina, where he will come face to face with Trump, who appears keen to preserve their friendship, as well as European leaders and Turkeyâs president, who has stepped up pressure on the kingdom.

Senate votes unanimously to blame Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi murder

Susan Ferrechio · December 13, 2018 8:41 pm

$In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, photograph, an airman with the Royal Saudi Air Force walks away from a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. The port city of Mukalla, once held by al-Qaida, shows how fractious Yemen is and will remain even if the Saudi-led war in the country ends in an uneasy peace for the Arab world's poorest nation.$ News

Senate votes to stop US military aid to Saudis in Yemen

Susan Ferrechio · December 13, 2018 8:26 pm

FILE - This Oct. 6, 2011 file photo shows Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. listening during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Corker is spending a lot of time lately talking to Democrats. The freshman lawmaker from Tennessee spoke briefly last week with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he unveiled his 10-year, $4.5 trillion solution to averting the end-of-year, double economic hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts. Deficit-cutting maven Erskine Bowles had forwarded Corker's proposal to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.

New Senate bill blames Saudi crown prince for Jamal Khashoggi murder

Susan Ferrechio · December 13, 2018 6:07 pm

"He brings nothing to the table. He says one thing, he says another. There's nothing there in this candidate," Mika Brzezinski said of Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Mika Brzezinski absent from ‘Morning Joe’ after calling Mike Pompeo ‘butt boy’

Katelyn Caralle · December 13, 2018 2:09 pm

Senate to Vote on Yemen War Powers as House Vote Becomes More Unlikely

Haley Byrd · December 12, 2018 8:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speak following their weekly strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.

McConnell urges Senate to block ‘inappropriate’ war powers measure aimed at Trump, Saudis

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2018 4:16 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, during a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Georgia and Ukraine at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.

Pompeo warns: Abandoning Saudi Arabia strengthens Iran

Pete Kasperowicz · December 12, 2018 1:47 pm

President Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington.

Trump stands by Saudi crown prince despite Khashoggi murder

Robert Donachie · December 12, 2018 1:32 am

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018 file photo, a video image of Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is played during an event to remember Khashoggi, in Washington. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanâs first trip abroad since the killing of Khashoggi will offer an early indication of whether he will face any repercussions. The prince is visiting close allies in the Middle East before attending the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina, where he will come face to face with Trump, who appears keen to preserve their friendship, as well as European leaders and Turkeyâs president, who has stepped up pressure on the kingdom.

Jamal Khashoggi, other journalists named Times magazine’s 2018 ‘Person of the Year’

Caitlin Yilek · December 11, 2018 1:38 pm

A father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding center in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. With US backing, the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies have restarted their all-out assault on Yemenâs port city of Hodeida, aiming to wrest it from rebel hands. Victory here could be a turning point in the 3-year-old civil war, but it could also push the country into outright famine. Already, the fighting has been a catastrophe for civilians on the Red Sea coast.

Congress losing patience with the Saudis

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 5:00 am