Tag: Saudi Arabia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and China's President Xi Jinping review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Xijiao State Guesthouse ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

China, Russia, and the greater morality of American realism

Tom Rogan · December 10, 2018 8:05 pm

In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference, in Manama, Bahrain.

Jamal Khashoggi’s last words captured in recording: ‘I can’t breathe’

Naomi Lim · December 10, 2018 12:04 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Saudi dossier identified Jared Kushner as target for crown prince to befriend: Report

Steven Nelson · December 9, 2018 7:50 pm

Abdul Malik al-Hajry and Abdul Majid Hanash, representatives for the Huthi rebel delegation, speaks at a press briefing during the ongoing peace talks on Yemen held at Johannesberg Castle, in Rimbo, Sweden, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Yemen's warring parties are meeting for a third day of talks in Sweden aimed at halting the country's catastrophic 4-year-old war.

Rebel delegates at Yemen peace talks report some progress

Associated Press · December 9, 2018 12:15 am

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., Prince Khalid bin Salman, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington.

State Department rejects calls to expel Saudi ambassador to US over his brother’s role in Khashoggi murder

Joel Gehrke · December 7, 2018 7:00 pm

Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC nations led by Russia meet in Vienna on Friday.

Energy and Environment

OPEC reaches deal to cut oil production, defying Trump’s requests

Josh Siegel · December 7, 2018 3:36 pm

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., Prince Khalid bin Salman, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington.

State Department deflects calls to expel Saudi prince from US

Joel Gehrke · December 7, 2018 5:00 am

International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney speaks during a conference.

Amal Clooney: Trump has given autocratic regimes ‘the green light’ to crack down on the press

Naomi Lim · December 7, 2018 12:17 am

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman adjusts his robe as leaders gather for the group at the G20 Leader's Summit at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. The prince is a controversial figure at the summit, due to the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist in the country's Istanbul consulate. Saudi Arabia denies that bin Salman ordered the killing, but U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the opposite.

Beltway Confidential

Crown Prince Mohammed has learned nothing from Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Daniel DePetris · December 6, 2018 8:22 pm

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with reporters before welcoming Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis to the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

National Security

Jim Mattis backtracks, says complicity of Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi murder unclear

Jamie McIntyre · December 6, 2018 8:07 pm

This photo shows cordon tape protesters placed in front of the Trump International Hotel & Tower during a rally against President Trump's visit to New York City and his policies on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Saudi Arabia passes through Trump Hotel, the swampy turnstile on Pennsylvania Ave

Philip Wegmann · December 6, 2018 7:04 pm

Senators Seek Compromise on Amendments Before Yemen Debate

Haley Byrd · December 6, 2018 5:11 pm