Pres. Raisi invites Saudi king to visit Iran
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has extended an invitation to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit Tehran, the Foreign…
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Saudi King has no right to accuse Iran: AmirAbdollahian
Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Saudi Arabia has no right to accuse Iran. In a…
Saudi Arabia source of instability in region not Iran: Envoy
Iran’s permanent representative to the UN dismissed Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s recent accusations against Tehran as a “blame game” aimed at…
Political failures made Saudi Arabia delusional
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that repeated field and political defeats in Yemen have made Saudi Arabia delusional. Rejecting false…
Contradictory reports on King Salman’s death
MNA – Unofficial media and social media users have reported the death of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the king of Saudi…
Top Saudi royals ‘arrested for plotting with Americans against King,’ Western media say. What’s happening in oil-rich kingdom?
RT – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has had his relatives arrested for plotting a coup against him and King Salman with the…
Pompeo uses Saudi Arabia visit as a show of force against Iran
Bloomberg | Nick Wadhams: Secretary of State Michael Pompeo toured a Saudi Arabian air base where the U.S. has deployed fighter jets…
Qatar rejects outcome of regional summit on Iran
Radio Farda – Qatar has rejected the outcome of an emergency summit held in Saudi Arabia on escalating regional tensions with Iran.…
Saudi Arabia to convene Arab leaders in emergency summits
MNA – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Persian Gulf and Arab leaders to convene emergency summits, according to the Kingdom’s foreign…
House of Saud rift: Three possible scenarios
Alwaght – According to the media reports, rift between the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Mohammed has intensified recently.…
Saudi king meets Russian FM in Riyadh
Tasnim – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh on Tuesday, footage on the Russian foreign ministry’s…
Saudi king demotes FM in reshuffle seen as whitewash
Press TV – Saudi King Salman has demoted Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in a major reshuffle, which included changes to key national security…
If I were Trump, I’d rethink my Iran policy. Here is why.
Press TV – Very quickly after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, now the king of…
Iraq’s president meets Saudi king after visiting rival Iran
AP — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received Iraq’s president in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after the Iraqi official visited the kingdom’s…
Why Trump is attacking Iran as he defends MBS: Askari
MNA – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that…
Mohammed bin Salman never was a reformer. This has proved it
The Guardia | Dilip Hiro: In June, when the ban on Saudi women driving ended, it was portrayed around the world as part of…
Jamal Khashoggi: US secretary of state meets Saudi king for crisis talks
The Guardian | Bethan McKernan: Mike Pompeo meets King Salman amid reports Riyadh may admit journalist was killed in Istanbul consulate The…
King Salman discusses regional developments, oil market with Trump during phone call
Arab News – King Salman received a phone call from President Donald Trump of the US on Saturday. During the meeting, they…
Saudi king threatens to wage war on Qatar over possible S-400 deal: Report
Press TV – Saudi King Salman has reportedly threatened to take military action against Qatar if Doha purchases the S-400 aerial defense…
Heavy gunfire, explosions reported from vicinity of royal palace in Riyadh
Press TV – Heavy gunfire and explosions has been reported from outside the royal palace in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. According to…
Report: Trump asked Saudi king $4bn for Syria goals
Press TV – US President Donald Trump asked Saudi King Salman for $4 billion to spend on advancing Washington’s objectives in Syria,…
Turkish PM, Saudi King discuss Al-Quds behind closed doors
MNA –Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim discussed with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday the Palestinian struggle and its perception in…
Saudi King Salman: Palestinians have right to East Jerusalem as capital
Haaretz– Remark comes after Abbas says monarch promised him there will be no peace without Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital…
Setting fire to King Salman portrait marks Saudi defeat in Palestine
MNA – Deputy Commander of IRGC Hossein Salami said “burning photos of the Saudi King and shouting slogans against him in Palestine…
Palestinians burn pictures of Saudi King, crown Prince over al-Quds move
Alwaght– Hundreds of Palestinians poured to the streets of besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday to Protest US President’s Decision to recognize al-Quds…
MBC female presenter fired after criticizing Saudi King
IFP- A Jordanian female presenter of MBC TV, a private Saudi Arabian TV channel, has been fired over her latest tweet criticising…
Theresa May urges Saudis to avert Yemen ‘catastrophe’
Press TV – British Prime Minister Theresa May has reportedly called on Saudi Arabia to ease a cruel blockade on its war-torn…
Saudi king blackmails Palestinian president: Report
IFP – A Palestinian website says that Saudi King Salman has urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to put pressure on the Islamic…
Saudi king to relinquish power in favor of son next week: Report
Press TV – Saudi King Salman plans to relinquish power in favor of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, next week,…
Is Saudi King Salman planning power handover to son Mohammed?
Alwaght– Ailing Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz reportedly plans to abdicate and handover power to his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
Saudi Arabia engulfed in crisis after arrest of princes, dismissal of ministers
Alwaght– A crisis in unfolding in Saudi Arabia after Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the arrest of nearly a dozen princes…
Saudi King Salman welcomes US strategy toward Iran
Sputnik – Saudi Arabia praises a hardline policy of Donald Trump toward Iran as relations between Teheran and Riyadh have been strained…
Putin rejects Saudi King’s demand for putting pressure on Iran
IFP- Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly refrained from accepting the Saudi king’s demand that Moscow pressurizes Tehran. Political analyst Rahim Nemati…
Putin, Salman hold talks behind closed doors in Moscow
Press TV – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman have held talks behind closed doors in the Russian capital of…
Trump urges Salman to find solution to standoff with Qatar
Press TV- US President Donald Trump has called on Saudi King Salman and “all the parties in the Qatar dispute” to find…
Ten Nobel laureates urge Saudi Arabia to halt execution of 14 Shias
Press TV – Ten Nobel laureates from across the world have called on Saudi Arabia to hold off on the execution of…
Saudi security system overhauled on overnight royal decrees
Press TV- Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued a series of overnight decrees to overhaul the country’s security and…
Saudi King likely to abdicate in favor of son: Analyst
Tasnim – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is widely expected to abdicate in favor of his young son who has been recently appointed…
Can there ever be certainty in Saudi Arabia?
American Herald Tribune | Saurav Dutt: The meteoric rise of Prince Mohammed bin Salman marks an ascendancy unparalleled in Saudi Arabia’s modern…
Palace coup in Saudi Arabia as King sacks crown Prince Nayef, appoints son, Bin Salman
Alwaght– Saudi Arabian King Salman has sacked Muhammad bin Nayef as crown prince, replacing him with Mohammad bin Salman in an anticipated…