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In this 2013 file photo, President of the United Arab Emirates Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor in England (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)
October 21, 2019, 10:16 am
UAE frees millions in frozen funds amid warming ties, Iran says
After US fails to confront Islamic republic for drone downing and pulls troops from Syria, Emirati MP says understanding is that ‘Western countries can’t provide security’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: The US Army test fires a Patriot missile, March 27, 2019. (US Army/Jason Cutshaw)
October 11, 2019, 8:24 pm
US deploying 3,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia to boost air defenses
Buildup includes Patriot batteries, THAAD ballistic missile interception system and two fighter squadrons following attack on oil plant blamed on Iran
By Agencies
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
October 5, 2019, 5:56 pm
Saudis said moving toward detente with Iran amid US reluctance to act militarily
Lack of US response to crippling attack on oil facilities has shown Riyadh that Trump ‘not really ready to take on Iran,’ analyst says; Israel said worried by emboldened ayatollahs
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: The US Army test fires a Patriot missile, March 27, 2019. (US Army/Jason Cutshaw)
September 26, 2019, 11:57 pm
US deploys air defense systems, troops to Saudi Arabia
Patriot missile battery and ground-based radar systems to bolster kingdom’s defenses after September 14 attack on oil facilities blamed on Iran
By Lolita C. Baldor
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump, center, flanked by acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, speaks during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 20, 2019, 2:11 am
US military presenting range of options to Trump on Iran
Investigators still trying to determine if Tehran behind attacks on Saudi oil; Lawmaker urges president to go to Congress as strikes could lead to ‘a medium to large-scale war’
By Lolita C. Baldor
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
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