The Guardian | Kim Ghattas: In a video animation released in December 2017 the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, oversees an invasion of Iran after Iranian boats attack a Saudi humanitarian ship. At the end of the video, Saudi troops storm a military compound where a haggard, trembling Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Quds force, surrenders ...

Press TV - US President Donald Trump says that the United States is locked and loaded for a possible response to the recent Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities. Trump took to Twitter on Monday, saying that Washington has a "reason to believe that we know" who is responsible for the attacks carried out against the kingdoms key oil ...

MNA Touching upon Trumps attempt to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, Prof. Entessar says this is the most destabilizing and dangerous development that will embolden Takfiri extremists. The US President Donald Trump is rushing to transfer sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, according to a new congressional ...

Reuters - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabias crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas from U.S. senators for Trump to condemn the kingdoms de facto ruler. Trump refused to comment on whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was complicit in the ...

Press TV - Top Republicans in the United States are attacking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for ordering the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul in October. "I think Prince Mohammed gave the order, or at least he knew about it, to butcher Khashoggi. Prince Mohammed ... he ...

The Wall Street Journal - There is nothing at all pragmatic about providing a blank check to a partner that continues to commit major mistakes. In The U.S.-Saudi Partnership Is Vital (op-ed, Nov. 28), Secretary of State Mike Pompeos claims that without U.S. efforts, the death toll in Yemen would be far higher. The secretary seems to think this is ...

Press TV - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become a liability to the United States but Washington is not in a position to take action against him, an American analyst says. Keith Preston, director of the Attackthesystem.org, said Washington was feeling embarrassed by bin Salmans actions but couldnt do anything about it. The ...

Press TV - A deputy head of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the USdream of restoring its lost power in the Middle East in cooperation with Saudi Arabia will never come true. "The US, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, is trying to restore its power in the region," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General SheikhNaim Qassem told a gathering of ...

Tasnim An American political analyst said the White House now views Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as a loose cannon who has turned into an international liability, adding that Washington is trying to keep a tight rein on him. Well, I think there is a number of issues going on. First of all, we have to understand the relationship between ...

Press TV - US President Donald Trumps remarks on Saudi Arabias importance for Israel prove right longtime speculation about Riyadhs secret alliance with Tel Aviv, American political analyst Keith Preston says. Faced with international pressure to hold Riyadh responsible for murdering dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump has argued that ...

Press TV - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced a statement by US President Donald Trump that Washington will stand by Saudi Arabia despite the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi as shameful. ? @JZarif Mr. Trump bizarrely devotes the FIRST paragraph of his shameful statement on Saudi atrocities ...

Press TV - US President Donald Trump does not want to blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for journalist Jamal Khashoggis death due to his affinity forthe countrys de facto leader, an American academic and analyst says. That the president has not taken a stronger move to denounce the crown prince of Saudi Arabia over the Khashoggi killing ...

Press TV - The US government would never take a tough stance against its strategic ally Saudi Arabia over the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says a former US diplomat. The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of Khashoggi in the Arab ...

The Wall Street Journal| Benoit Faucon, Summer SaidandSarah McFarlane: Saudi Arabia is moving to cut the worlds oil supply after U.S. government deals allowed hundreds of thousands of barrels a day of Iranian oil to flow onto world markets, driving down prices. The deals put Saudi Arabia at odds with Washington at a time when relations are already ...

Press TV - Former Saudi intelligence chief, to whom Jamal Khashoggi once served as an adviser,has warned against an outcry in the US over the murder of the dissident Saudi journalist, saying that the onslaught against Riyadh poses a threat to the strategic partnership between the two sides. PrinceTurkibinFaisal made the remarks during an address ...

Reuters - Both Republican and Democratic senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear energy talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Five Republican U.S. lawmakers, led by Senator Marco Rubio, said in a letter to Trump they would use the Atomic Energy Act to block any U....

The Washington Post | Jason Rezaian: U.S. sanctions on Iran are scheduled to go back into effect on Nov. 4. On that day, Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) will breathe a massive sigh of relief. After weeks of international backlash over the murder of my colleague Jamal Khashoggi, MBS will read Trumps punitive measures against ...

MNA Energy scholar at the Middle East Institute says as Washington and Riyadh share the same strategic goals against Iran, Saudi Arabia will continue to remain loyal to her pledge to offset the lost volumes from Iran. Following the brutal killing of Saudi Journalist at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, There have been lots of tensions ...

The Wall Street Journal | Peter Nicholas and Rebecca Ballhaus: The killing of Jamal Khashoggi complicates presidents hope to reap rewards from stronger ties In the run-up to President Trumps trip to Saudi Arabia last year, senior White House aide Jared Kushner and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke nearly every day. Mr. Kushner, the presidents ...

Euronews | Dan De Luce and Robert WindremwithNBC News World News: On Friday the Saudi government finally admitted that writer Jamal Khashoggi had died inside its Istanbul consulate, saying he had been killed in a fight. Asked to respond to the Saudi statement, President Donald Trump called it an "important first step," then began talking about the ...