US-Saudi relations

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

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

April 4, 2019, 7:56 pm

House votes to end support for Yemen war; Trump expected to veto

Congress invokes War Powers Resolution in bid to stop US involvement in Saudi-led military campaign; White House says bill raises ‘serious constitutional concerns’

By SUSANNAH GEORGE

In this May 20, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

March 28, 2019, 11:56 am

Report: US approves sale of nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia

Reuters says US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has allowed companies to sell know-how to the desert kingdom as part of a hoped-for broader deal

By TOI staff and Agencies

US President Donald Trump, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold up a Golan Heights proclamation outside the West Wing after a meeting in the the White House in Washington, DC, March 25, 2019.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

March 26, 2019, 9:29 am

Saudi Arabia ‘rejects and condemns’ US recognition of Israeli Golan Heights

Riyadh expresses ‘firm’ objection to Trump proclamation on territory captured from Syria, says it will have ‘negative effect’ on regional stability

By AFP and TOI staff

A soldier allied to Yemen's internationally recognized government stands guard at the fish market in Aden, Yemen, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

March 14, 2019, 5:06 am

Defying Trump, Senate votes to end US support for Saudi-led Yemen war

Republican-controlled chamber approves historic curtailment of presidential war powers, ahead of House vote; White House threatens a veto

By Michael Mathes

February 19, 2019, 9:49 pm

White House pushed Saudi nuclear power plan, report says

Democratic-led House committee to probe whether senior officials sought to sidestep national security procedures to advance proposal to build reactors in desert kingdom

By CHAD DAY

US 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 in Washington on March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

February 9, 2019, 8:43 am

Trump ignores congressional deadline as pressure builds over Khashoggi murder

Saudi foreign minister says blaming crown prince for killing of journalist would cross a ‘red line’; senators propose bill ending arms sales to kingdom

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI

A US-made MRAP, or Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, armored vehicle in Yemen in the hands of a radical Salafi faction backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (CNN screen capture)

February 5, 2019, 11:18 am

In Yemen’s chaos, jihadists and Iran are getting hold of US weapons

Pentagon investigating apparent Saudi, UAE violations of commitments not to transfer American arms to Yemeni factions

By TOI staff

In this November 13, 2018, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc that has been annotated by experts at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, a suspected Saudi ballistic missile base and test facility is seen outside of the town of al-Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia. (Planet Labs Inc, Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)

January 26, 2019, 11:01 am

Experts, images indicate Saudis are at work on a ballistic missile program

Researcher says missiles could act as a ‘reasonable hedge’ in case Saudi Arabia doesn’t receive US support in attack on Iranian targets

By Jon Gambrell

Parts of the Oculus, left, One World Trade Center, center, and 7 World Trade Center are seen from street level, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

January 15, 2019, 7:37 am

World Trade Center art exhibit featuring Saudi flag to be moved

Installation of candy sculptures near Ground Zero will be relocated following complaints from 9/11 attacks victim groups

By AP