A U.S. official confirmed that a lot of progress was made Saturday in a meeting between National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, a city in the kingdom's far east that's home to its state-run oil giant, the Saudi Arabian Oil...
Like Israel, Saudi Arabia views Iran as an enemy: the Kingdom looks to the US to safeguard security in the Middle East, especially as the brutal Iranian regime advances its nuclear program. For its part, the US hopes to use the security deal to bring about...
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) released a second notification announcing that the State Department had approved the sale of Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Saudi Arabia on 29 July. The previous notification was released on 1 October 2014 and outlined a possible deal that covered 36...
CIA Director William Burns has told Saudi officials that the United States was caught off guard, after the kingdom agreed to a normalization deal with Iran brokered by China, according to the Wall Street Journal. During an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia this week, Burns“expressed frustration”...
Together, the energy deal with Iraq and the assistance support from the US can help shore up Jordan and the corridor to Iraq, providing security. This ties in to securing Egypt and the Gulf, which matters because these countries can form a bulwark against terror and extremist groups, as well...
In addition to Pakistan, Pompeo put China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on the CPC list. Christian Concubines Hindu Pakistan USLeave a Comment on Pakistan Markets Hindu, Christian Women as ‘Concubines’: U.S. Official Says ...
Washington underlines that it does not make decisions on strikes, and it calls on the coalition to investigate any claims of violations. “U.S. security cooperation with Saudi Arabia is not a blank check,” National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in October. ...
sold its shares in the startup after a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, people familiar with the matter said. The agency, the primary US watchdog for deals with national security implications, instructed the Saudi fund to unwind that deal sometime over the...
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom “pay the price” for human rights abuses and “make them in fact the pariah that they are.” But if Bide
Before heading to Israel today, natsec adviser Sullivan held aWednesday meeting with Saudi Crown PrinceMOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, in which theydiscussed how to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict. PUMP THE BRAKES:The Pentagon should slow down its purchases of dozens of armed ...