[caption id="attachment_155709" align="alignright" width="213"] Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who recently visited Saudi Arabia, appears to be thinking hard as he holds his glasses at the closing session of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 27, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Niranjan Shrestha)[/caption] Saudi ...

Saudi Arabia, like Israel, has bitterly opposed President Barack Obamas deal with Iran, accusing it of abandoning its long-time allies in the Gulf. The US-Iranian rapprochement has soured Riyadhs relations with Washington. These have already been strained by Obamas about-turn on launching a military strike in support of the Islamist forces in Syria ...

PARIS Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United States over Washingtons approach to the Middle East were brewing for months before they burst into the open last week. First, there was the American inaction in Syria and lack of progress on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Then came Americas withdrawal of aid to the Egyptian military after the July coup....