US-Saudi relations

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

In this undated photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi military personnel conduct military exercises dubbed Gulf Shield One in Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

May 24, 2019, 10:53 pm

Trump to invoke emergency to sell arms to Saudis, citing Iran threat

Democrat senators rebuke administration for turning to rarely used provision, which allows for weapons sales without congressional review

By Matthew Lee and SUSANNAH GEORGE

Screen capture of Al Mayadeen News report, May 14, 2019 showing location of drone attack on Saudi oil facility. (YouTube)

May 15, 2019, 1:57 pm

Saudi Arabia says attacks target world oil supplies

Middle East’s biggest petroleum exporter says blasts near oil tankers, pipeline aimed at global economy

By Rania Sanjar and Shatha YAISH

A Yemeni soldier stands guard in Mukalla, Yemen, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

April 17, 2019, 3:51 am

Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war

Congress, which is uneasy with president’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia, does not have the votes to override him

By Deb Riechmann

Yemenis visiting a cemetery in the capital Sanaa on April 5, 2019 with graves of victims from the ongoing civil war. (Mohammed HUWAIS/AFP)

April 15, 2019, 3:52 pm

Study: US should help Saudis find way out of Yemen

International Crisis Group says Saudi Arabia doesn’t know how to extract itself from war against Houthi rebels, needs US guidance

By AFP

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during an annual military parade at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

April 9, 2019, 2:07 pm

Saudi Arabia hails US terror blacklisting of Iran Guard

Riyadh welcomes move by Trump administration as ‘practical and serious step’ in curbing Tehran-backed meddling in the region

By AFP

In this photo from November 16, 2018, members of Arab-Turkish Media Association and friends of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi hold posters showing images of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman and of Khashoggi, as they attend funeral prayers in absentia for him following his killing the previous month in the Saudi Arabia consulate, in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

April 9, 2019, 6:04 am

US State Department bars entry to 16 Saudis over Khashoggi killing

Trump administration continues to face harsh criticism over its handling of the affair, with president refusing to condemn kingdom and its leadership

By AFP