US-Saudi relations

In this image made from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel on September 14, 2019, a man walks through a parking lot as the smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility can be seen behind him in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. (Al-Arabiya via AP)

September 18, 2019, 3:19 pm

Saudi Arabia to unveil ‘evidence’ linking Iran to attacks, as US weighs response

Crown prince says strike on the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry was a ‘real test’ of global will, urges international community to take a ‘firm stance’

By Anuj Chopra and Sebastian Smith

Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, right, and Aramco CEO Amin Al-Nasser smile as they leave a press conference in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

September 18, 2019, 11:08 am

Saudi Arabia joins US-led maritime coalition after attack on its oil production

Kingdom is 5th country to be part of mission to secure vessels in Strait of Hormuz following series of attacks blamed on Iran

By Jon Gambrell

Screen capture from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel showing a man walking through a parking lot as the smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility can be seen behind him in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia., September 14, 2019. (Al-Arabiya via AP)

September 17, 2019, 3:41 pm

Report: US intelligence indicates Saudi Arabia oil attacks were staged from Iran

Wall Street Journal says Washington provided Riyadh with assessment of airborne weapons used in assault but Saudis say not enough evidence it was launched by Iranians

By AFP

President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

July 25, 2019, 9:21 am

Trump vetoes measures blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

Critics say the weapons deals would aggravate Riyadh’s war and attendant humanitarian crisis in Yemen

By AFP

Illustrative: A US soldier stands next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery at an army base in Morag, Poland, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

July 20, 2019, 2:34 am

Amid Gulf tensions, US to send troops to Saudi Arabia

First soldiers, Patriot batteries arrive in kingdom as part of deployment that officials say will include fighter aircraft, missile defense systems

By Robert Burns

In this frame grab from from video, people search in the rubble following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least six, including children, officials said, in the residential center of the capital, Sanaa, Yemen, May 16, 2019. (AP Photo)

July 18, 2019, 8:11 am

US House votes to block sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia

Lawmakers are concerned about high civilian causalities from Riyadh-led military campaign in Yemen, and Trump administration’s use of emergency protocol to approve $8 billion deal

By Richard Lardner

Rabbi Marc Schneier in Manama, Bahrain, June 24, 2019 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

June 25, 2019, 1:43 pm

Bahrain remains committed to Palestinians, rabbi with ties to king says

Marc Schneier, a member of the kingdom’s delegation to the US-led workshop, says Manama and Jerusalem may normalize relations by the end of 2019, but only if there’s a peace deal

By Raphael Ahren

This photograph released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency shows debris on the tarmac of Abha Regional Airport after an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Abha, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

June 24, 2019, 3:02 am

Yemeni rebels strike Saudi airport ahead of US-Saudi talks

One person killed and seven others wounded in an attack by Iranian-allied Houthis that targets airport in Abha

By Aya Batrawy

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presents the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)

June 23, 2019, 11:14 pm

Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia, UAE for talks on thwarting Iran

US secretary of state plans to ‘build out a global coalition’ against Tehran amid rising tensions

By AFP

File: US President Donald Trump (C) speaks to reporters with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (L), and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) (R), at the US Capitol on March 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

June 20, 2019, 9:40 pm

Defying Trump, GOP-led Senate votes to block Saudi arms sales

Graham, usually a Trump backer, tells Riyadh: ‘There is no amount of oil that will give you a pass on chopping somebody up in a consulate’

By AFP

In this November 30, 2018 file photograph, 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. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

June 6, 2019, 8:51 am

Saudi missile program expanded with help from China, US intel said to show

Trump administration reportedly withheld information from Congress, raising concern it is tacitly approving move; fears raised Riyadh could be seeking nuclear weapons

By Agencies and TOI staff

Col. Turki al-Malki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi forces, points to a screen showing what he said was evidence of Iranian intervention and support to the Huthi in Yemen during a news conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

June 5, 2019, 8:18 pm

Senators launch bipartisan bid to block Saudi arms sales

Maneuver demonstrates mounting anger in Congress over Trump administration’s close ties to Riyadh, despite kingdom’s handling of Yemen civil war and role in Khashoggi’s murder

By SUSANNAH GEORGE

Iranian ship Saviz, stationed off the coast of Yemen. (Screenshot: YouTube)

June 5, 2019, 4:01 pm

Saudi Arabia airlifts injured Iranian to hospital off ‘hostile’ ship

Paramedics fly crew member off Saviz vessel, believed to be an ‘Iranian mothership in the region,’ as humanitarian move after Tehran’s UN delegation asks for help

By Jon Gambrell

In this May 18, 2018 file photo, White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

May 29, 2019, 12:26 am

Trump team faces tough audiences as it tries to sell Mideast peace plan

With Palestinians boycotting US-hosted Bahrain conference, other Arab states are hesitant to publicly support it for fear of appearing to abandon Palestinian bid for statehood

By AP

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton (center), Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (left) and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders at a news conference with President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, May 27, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP/Evan Vucci)

May 28, 2019, 7:33 am

Trump’s security adviser to visit UAE this week

John Bolton visit coincides with regional summits in Saudi Arabia, as US and Arab allies seek to further isolate Iran

By AFP