Oil becomes a risky game for Saudis
The Wall Street Journal | Karen Elliott House: Lower prices put U.S. producers at a disadvantage, but they also cost Riyadh and…
Tag Archives: Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
This man is Trump’s biggest problem in the Middle East
The National Interest | Daniel R. DePetris: The United States has a big problem in the Middle East. His name: Mohammed Bin…
The Khashoggi verdict
The Wall Street Journal – Saudi Arabia’s verdict this week in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi isn’t going to erase…
Riyadh Agreement: Can Saudi-brokered ‘peace deal’ really help end Yemen war?
Euronews | Helena Skinner: Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists signed an agreement on Tuesday to end a power struggle in the…
Pakistan’s diplomacy unlikely to work with Tehran, Riyadh
Al-Monitor | Hamed A. Kermani: In pursuit of peace building, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had a hectic week visiting Tehran and…
Saudi Arabia’s bid for Middle Eastern supremacy isn’t going quite as planned
The National Interest | Mohammed Ayoob: A series of missteps has undermined the Kingdom when it can least afford it. In 680…
Saudi Government opts for deescalation with Iran
IRNA – Former Iranian Ambassador to Jordan Nosratollah Tajik said on Monday that Saudi Government opted for deescalation with Iran though they…
Saudi crown prince accepts responsibility for writer’s murder but denies ordering killing
Euronews – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said he takes full responsibility for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal…
Saudi Prince backs away from military clash with Iran
The Wall Street Journal | Jared Malsin and Summer Said: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has edged away from a…
Iran’s Larijani welcomes Saudi Crown Prince desire for talks
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday he welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s willingness to resolve issues…
After all else fails, bin Salman hires son of Shah to divide Iranians
Press TV – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has gained notoriety for pledging to take the kingdom’s political and ideological…
Iran decries MBS’s accusations as attempt to cover up Saudi mistakes
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson dismissed the accusations that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has recently levelled against Tehran, slamming…
Saudi teenager faces death penalty as crackdown widens in kingdom
PressTV – Saudi authorities are likely to execute a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost four years, as…
Saudi Arabia to execute three prominent scholars after Ramadan: Report
Press TV – Saudi officials are reportedly set to sentence three imprisoned dissident scholars to death and execute them shortly after the…
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 people, mostly from Shia minority, puts body on display
RT – Riyadh has drawn outrage from human rights advocates after it put to death 37 people and displayed a mutilated body…
Trump holds ‘productive’ call with Saudi crown prince on pressuring Iran – WH
Sputnik – US President Donald Trump discussed maintaining pressure on Iran, human rights issues and Middle East stability in a phone conversation…
MbS absent from key meetings, stripped of some financial powers: Report
Press TV – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly been stripped of some his powers and has not attended a…
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.…
Reasons behind Bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan
Alwaght – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Islamabad on Sunday amid tight security that reportedly the Prime Minister Imran…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in China
MNA – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in China on Thursday, on the third leg of his Asia tour that…
Saudi crown prince builds ties with Asian powers in an effort to improve image
CNN | Sophia Saifi: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has signed agreements worth $20 billion with Pakistan at the start…
Bin Salman’s gamble to stay in power
Alwaght – The so-called reforms campaign, or better to say the socio-cultural pseudo-modernization, in Saudi Arabia, after two years still moves in…
Al-Assiri made clandestine visits to Israel to discuss purchase of spyware: Report
Press TV – A report reveals that a high-ranking Saudi intelligence official, who was fired over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, made…
MBS said to be plotting Camp David-style handshake with Netanyahu
Middle East Eye – Task force dealing with Khashoggi fallout working on ‘game-changing’ photo with Israeli PM that would cast prince as…
The wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis got a friend in the White House
The NewYork Times | David D. Kirkpatrick, Ben Hubbard, Mark Landler and Mark Mazzetti: Senior American officials were worried. Since the early…
CIA finds MBS texted to Khashoggi hit squad leader
Press TV – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent about a dozen messages to the leader of the team that…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on November 29
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, November 29, 2018, and…
Vital ally: How is Bin Salman crucial to Israeli existence?
Alwaght – Over the past few years and particularly after Mohammed bin Salman was appointed as the crown prince of Saudi Arabia…
Trump makes backing MbS ‘sound easy’ after Khashoggi’s death
PressTV – It is not easy for US President Donald Trump to simply turn a blind eye to probable implication of Saudi Crown Prince…
Khashoggi murder: ‘It’s question of policy rather than who’s responsible’ – Prof
Sputnik – The leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have demanded a second investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist…
Trump under bipartisan fire over backing MbS after Khashoggi killing
Press TV – American lawmakers have blasted US President Donald Trump for siding with Saudi leaders and refusing to blame Crown Prince…
Trump has an affinity for Mohammed bin Salman: Analyst
Press TV – US President Donald Trump does not want to blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s…
US is interested in Iran-Saudi Arabia clash prolongation – Political scientist
Sputnik – A report published by the New York Times claims, Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last…
How Khashoggi was killed: Erdogan says chilling audio sent to Saudi Arabia, US, UK, France & Germany
RT – The recordings that could reveal the killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Turkey in shocking detail have…
European source: Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz to replace MbS
FNA – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi king’s only surviving full brother, will soon replace Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a…
Saudi prince starts to pay political price for Khashoggi murder
Bloomberg | Donna Abu-Nasr and Alaa Shahine: The fallout from the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi is mounting for the kingdom’s young leader abroad, if not…
Three Bin Salman tactics to get away with Khashoggi murder
Alwaght – Since October 2, when the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi killing’s case became a hit in the global media and…
Mohammed bin Salman and the West’s ongoing moral bankruptcy
Middle East Eye | Seyed Mohammad Marandi: As the Western-assisted war in Yemen was taking its toll on the starving civilian population,…
Bin Salman’s ascension to throne: Faraway or so close?
Alwaght – Is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman losing the chance to ascend to the throne in the desert kingdom? This question…
Scandal over dead journalist jolts heir to Saudi throne
The Wall Street Journal | Summer Said, Margherita Stancati and Justin Scheck: Saudi Arabia’s elderly king sent a strong signal this weekend that his handpicked heir, 33-year-old…