Posts Tagged ‘saudis’

Arab States Sour On Israel Peace Pact As Saudis Pivot To Ukraine Mediation

Arab States Sour On Israel Peace Pact As Saudis Pivot To Ukraine Mediation There are emerging reports that Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies are souring on the prospect of peace deals with Israel, three years after Trump’s Abraham Accords was struck with several states. This comes at a moment the Saudis have pivoted to […]

CIA Director Tells Saudis the US Was Blindsided By Iran Normalization

Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reopen their embassies on Thursday after their foreign ministers met in China Source

Banking Crisis Worsens: Swiss Bank is First “Too Big to Fail” Bank to be Bailed Out as Saudis Withdraw Support

Banking Crisis Worsens: Swiss Bank is First “Too Big to Fail” Bank to be Bailed Out as Saudis Withdraw Support by Brian ShilhavyEditor, Health Impact NewsSwitzerland’s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, which has been experiencing bank runs and plummeting stock valuations since the end of 2022, became the first SIFI (systemically important financial institution), or […]

The Banking crisis: Swiss Bank first ‘too-big-to-fail’ bank to be bailed out as Saudis withdraw support

Always been inevitable hasn’t it? For those who have been watching decades. EWR From Health Impact News Switzerland’s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, which has been experiencing bank runs and plummeting stock valuations since the end of 2022, became the first SIFI (systemically important financial institution), or “too big to fail” bank, to crash today […]

Yemeni patience with Saudis has a limit 

TEHRAN- Saudi forces have been shelling border regions in Yemen, killing a number of civilians as Sana’a warns its patience is running thin. Source

Yemeni Resistance to Saudis: Missiles Will Rain Down on You If Siege Drags On

August 16, 2022 By Staff, Agencies The head of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council warned the Saudi-led coalition that a volley of missiles and drones will rain down on them should they continue the war and siege against the Yemeni people. “Our missiles and drones will rain down on you if you insist on continuing your […]

As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production In The US

The flares started last December, an event Errol Summerlin, a former legal-aid lawyer, and his neighbors had been bracing for since 2017. After the flames, nipping at the night sky like lashes from a heavenly monster, came the odor, a gnarled concoction of steamed laundry and burned tires. Thus did the Saudi royal family mark […]

Report: Biden Tried To Ask Saudis And UAE For More Oil But They REFUSED To Take His Calls

Joe Biden keeps talking about the U.S. needing to become energy independent, however reports have claimed he attempted to call the Saudi and United Arab Emirates governments to ask for a ramp up in oil production, but they refused to take his calls. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Biden White House has attempted to […]

Saudis, UAE Refuse To Take Biden’s Calls To Discuss Ukraine Situation, Talk To Putin Instead

First, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declined to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then, India followed suit – as the Modi government attempted to balance its historic ties with Moscow and its strategic partnership with Washington. Biden with Indian PM Narendra Modi Now, Saudi and UAE leaders are refusing to take Biden’s calls as the US president tries to contain surging […]

Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard

March 02nd, 2022 By Ahmed Abdulkareem Source The speed of Western retaliation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days. HAJJAH, YEMEN – “We’re brutally bombed every day. So why doesn’t the Western world care like […]

Media Beats War Drums With Russia While US/Saudis Kill Hundreds In Yemen

 Journalists Benjamin Norton And Alan MacLeod Join Mnar Adley To Discuss How The Mainstream Media Spent The Last Week Beating Drums Of War With Russia While Ignoring A New Deadly US-Backed Saudi Onslaught In Yemen. Journalists Benjamin Norton and Alan MacLeod join Mnar Adley to discuss how the mainstream media spent the last week beating drums of war with Russia […]

Houthis seize ‘hostile’ vessel off Yemen which Saudis say carried medical equipment

The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls most of northern Yemen hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel engaged in “hostile acts” but which the Saudis said was carrying hospital equipment, reports Reuters. The ship was heading to the Saudi port of Jizan, just north of Yemen, from the Yemeni Red Sea island of Socotra when […]

Talking ‘Peace’ US Arms Saudis For Latest Attack On Yemen

Above photo: Mourners bury the bodies of Houthi fighters killed fighting Saudi forces during their funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 24, 2021. Hani Mohammed | AP. Amid a flurry of diplomatic gestures of peace from the United States, US bombs are devastating parts of Yemen in Saudi Arabia’s Operation Golden Bow. Hodeidah, Yemen – Inside the […]

Why Marib’s liberation will break the Saudis and shake West Asia

November 12 2021 A Houthi fighter in front of the ancient throne of the Queen of Sheba, located in Marib, Yemen.Photo Credit: The Cradle If Ansarallah controls Marib, it will control all of Yemen and some of the world’s most strategic waterways. No wonder its adversaries are shaken. By Karim Shami Marib, the ancient capital of Sheba, […]

Saudis, Russians Consider Pausing Oil Production Increases In Retaliation To Biden SPR Release

… we said that not only was the release far to smmal, but that in retaliation for the SPR release, “OPEC could easily consider halting its production hikes to offset the detrimental SPR impact of lower oil prices on the needed recovery in global oil capex, likely justifying such action as prudent in the face […]

Iranian military official: Negotiation is the only way for the Saudis to end the war in Yemen

The assistant for operations affairs in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Abbas Neil Foroshan, said that the Saudis have no choice but to negotiate an end to the Yemeni war, noting that “the wisest way is to reach a peaceful agreement.” In an interview with the Iranian Tasnim Agency published on Tuesday, Foroshan said that the […]

Saudis pursue Washington’s goals in talks with Iran

Saudis pursue Washington’s goals in talks with Iran – Tehran%20Times It is not an easy task to start a new relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia, though in politics everything is possible. The two states have been barricading behind their political doctrine differences. However, they are trying! Until today, they have finished three rounds of […]

Yemen’s Children Are Dying of Starvation, Saudis Suffer Obesity

August 24, 2021 Saudi Arabia in Yemen for seven years has committed crimes that were not done by the armies of Hulagu and Genghis Khan, with the countries they invaded. Its siege caused Yemen to reach a great famine and a tragedy described as the worst in the world. All of the United Nations’ reports […]

Saudis And US Double Cost Of Yemen’s Staple Goods

Above Photo: State Department spokesman Ned Price takes a question from a reporter for U.S. special envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking, appearing via teleconference during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Feb. 16, 2021. Andrew Harnik / AP. Thousands Of Yemenis Held Rallies In Cities Across The Country Demanding Hunger Not Be […]

Manipulating Dollar-Riyal Exchange Rate, Saudis and US Double Cost of Yemen’s Staple Goods

August 13th, 2021 By Ahmed Abdulkareem Source Thousands of Yemenis held rallies in cities across the country demanding hunger not be used as a weapon by Saudi Arabia and the United States in order to bring locals to their knees. ADEN, YEMEN — “The prices are skyrocketing. We can’t feed our children. They are starving,” Saher […]

Israel Straddles the Divide as Saudis Vie for Influence Over Temple Mount

An aerial view of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – Two events of religious and historical significance that very nearly took place last week point to a deeper layer in Jordan and Saudi Arabia’s struggle for guardianship of Islamic holy places on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Israel has […]

Yemen’s Marib Offensive Born of Desperation, with No Sign Saudis/US Will Cease Their War

By Ahmed Abdulkareem Source Having all but given up on the prospect of peaceful settlement under the administration of Joe Biden, the Houthis are now betting it all on retaking Yemen’s oil-rich Marib province from Saudi Arabia. MARIB, YEMEN — Overcoming a rugged and Sahara-like desert climate and under the constant fire of Saudi warplanes, Tawfiq […]

Will Biden’s Moves Bring the Saudis Closer to Israel?

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – President Joe Biden’s foreign-policy team has talked a lot about re-emphasizing diplomacy and re-engaging with allies after what they claim was the trashing of old friends during the presidency of Donald Trump. But that doesn’t appear to include America’s two most important […]

Biden backing away from level of support for Saudis: academic

TEHRAN – An American academic describes the Biden administration’s decision to decrease U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen as an important step.  “They are backing away from the level of support they’ve shown for Saudi Arabia over the last years. The Biden administration’s decision to withdraw their support from Saudi Arabia’s […]

PODCAST Daily Briefing Mar. 3 – As Biden stirs pot with Saudis, will Israel pay?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing: Your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Today’s panel comprises our diplomacy reporter Lazar Berman and United States correspondent Jacob Magid, along with host Amanda Borschel-Dan. US President Joe Biden is signaling a change […]

After Khashoggi report, Biden says Saudis will be held accountable for human rights abuses

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Macron says new talks on Iran nuclear deal to be ‘strict,’ should include Saudis

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Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain, rights groups say

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Qatar says deal with Saudis won’t affect ties with Iran

TEHRAN – Following a landmark deal between Qatar and the so-called Arab quartet to end a three-year bitter Persian Gulf dispute, Doha announced that its decision to mend ties with the quartet will not affect its ties with Iran. Doha had agreed to cooperate on counter-terrorism and “transnational security” with Saudi Arabia and three other […]

CURSE OF SAUDIS: TANKER EXPLOSIONS AND OTHER UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

South Front [embedded content] A series of unfortunate events linked to the Saudi invasion in Yemen continues to pursue the Kingdom. On December 14, an explosion hit the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine, a chemical tanker hauling gasoline, off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, which is also known as the distribution center for oil giant Saudi […]

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