July 23, 2016
7:14 pm

Former saudi general Dr. Anwar Eshki (center, in striped tie) and other members of his delegation, meeting with Israeli Knesset members and others during a visit to Israel on July 22, 2016 (via twitter)

Former Saudi general visits Jerusalem, meets Israeli officials

Delegation from Riyadh arrives to push Arab Peace Initiative; ‘the Saudis want to open up to Israel,’ Meretz MK says

By Times of Israel staff

July 20, 2016
4:30 pm

Saudi men play with the Pokemon Go app on their mobile phones in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital on July 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

Saudi revives fatwa on ‘Zionism-promoting’ Pokemon

New highly popular iteration of the game leads Saudi clerics to renew 2001 ban on game which they claim also encourages gambling

By Times of Israel staff

July 19, 2016
11:25 am

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir (center right) welcomes his Bahraini counterpart Khalid Bin Ahmad al-Khalifa (center left) and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani of Bahrain (far right) upon their arrival for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) extraordinary meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh, January 9, 2016. (AFP/Ahmed Farwan)

‘Arab world won’t go for Israeli diplomatic blitz, and Netanyahu knows it’

Gregory Gause, an expert on Saudi Arabia, says Jerusalem’s vision of Arab states normalizing ties with Israel first and then pressuring Ramallah is doomed to fail, and little more than a bid to buy time

By Raphael Ahren

July 18, 2016
5:46 pm

A scene from the trailer of the upcoming film "The Sins of King Fahd" (screen capture: YouTube)

Tell-all trailer shows hard-partying Saudi royals

Gambling, drinking, drugs and what appears to be a forced abortion appear in ad for film about Palestinian Christian’s life married to a future king

By Cliff Churgin

July 9, 2016
1:07 am

Court awards model $68 million from Saudi ex-husband

There have been pricier divorce settlements in Britain, but none with as big a payment for the ex-spouse’s living costs

By ADELA SULIMAN

July 6, 2016
12:31 am

Saudi Emir of Medina Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (2R) and security officers look at blood stains on the ground after a suicide attack near the security headquarters outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina on July 4, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Muslim world condemns Saudi holy site bombing

Hezbollah and Taliban join others in denouncing suicide attack outside Medina shrine as Muslim holiday set to begin

By IAN TIMBERLAKE

July 5, 2016
4:38 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people gathered for a traditional "iftar" Muslim feast at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 27, 2016. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)

Turkey rules out Egypt thaw despite diplomatic blitz

Erdogan, irked at Cairo’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood, says ‘context’ is different from Israel, Russia

By AFP

July 5, 2016
1:55 pm

The industrial area of Haifa Bay (Shay Levy/Flash90)

Ryan: No place for anti-Semitic images in presidential campaigns

GOP House Speaker says Trump aide tweeted attack ad calling Clinton corrupt that featured Star of David atop pile of cash

By Sara Miller

July 4, 2016
9:34 pm

People stand by an explosion site in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, July 4, 2016. (Courtesy of Noor Punasiya via AP)

Suicide bomber kills 4 at holy site in Saudi Arabia

Blast at Prophet’s Mosque in Medina wounds five others; a second bomber attacks Shiite mosque in eastern city of Qatif

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

July 4, 2016
5:51 am

A file photo from 2004 of the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (State Department)

Suicide bomber strikes near US diplomatic site in Saudi Arabia

Some reports indicate two security officers hurt; attacker was apparently driving a car when he detonated his vest

By Agencies

June 30, 2016
7:50 am

The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. (UN photo)

Suspend Saudi Arabia from Human Rights Council, NGOs urge

Amnesty International, HRW say hundreds of civilians killed in unlawful Yemen airstrikes by Riyadh-led coalition

By AP

June 19, 2016
8:01 pm

Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (right) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) in the Saudi Red Sea resort of Jeddah, on June 18, 2014. (AFP/HO/Saudi Press Agency)

Abbas meets with Saudi king in Jeddah

PA president updates Salman on the ‘continual Israeli violations against Palestinian lands, people and holy places’

By Dov Lieber

June 18, 2016
10:27 am

US President Barack Obama speaks during the United State of Women Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, June 14, 2016. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Syria memo shakes up Washington but unlikely to shift policy

State Department document expresses frustration with White House-driven response to conflict that has killed nearly half-million people

By Bradley Klapper

June 17, 2016
10:17 pm

Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers Hall on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Hillary Clinton understands limits of US power in Middle East

From her days as first lady through her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state, presidential candidate knows regional leaders on first-name basis

By Jon Gambrell

June 14, 2016
2:40 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at the Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center on June 13, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Angelo Merendino/Getty Images/AFP)

Clinton: Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar must stop citizens from funding extremists

After Orlando shooting, Democratic presidential candidate calls on Americans to unite to defeat domestic terrorism