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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department via Flickr.

With UAE and Bahrain ties with Israel on full throttle, will Sudan and Saudi...

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U.S. President Donald Trump alluded to yet another Muslim nation about to make peace with Israel when he tweeted on Monday, “GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

ISIS calls for attacks on westerners, oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

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An Islamic State spokesman has called for attacks on westerners, oil pipelines and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. “Targets are plenty … Start by hitting and destroying oil pipelines,‮‮ ‬‬factories and facilities which are the source...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department via Flickr.

Pompeo calls on Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to normalize ties with Israel. Addressing the media alongside Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. State Department,...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi Arabia uncovers terror cell trained in Iran by Revolutionary Guards

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On September 23, Saudi Arabia revealed the existence of a terrorist cell in the kingdom trained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). A Saudi government spokesman said that 10 operatives, three of whom...
President Xi Jinping of China and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016. Credit: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Is Saudi Arabia about to go nuclear with China’s help?

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The recent normalization deals between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have fundamentally shifted the region’s alliances. Both Gulf countries maintain close ties with Saudi Arabia, and speculation abounds as to whether or...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman during their meeting on March 14, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump tells Saudi king he welcomes opening airspace to flights to/from Israel

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U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday that he welcomed the kingdom’s decision to open its airspace to flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting a...
El Al Flight 971 departing from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Saudi Arabia says flights between UAE and Israel can cross its airspace

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Saudia Arabia announced on Wednesday that all flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates can traverse its airspace. An official at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation stated that it had approved the...
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2019. U.S. State Department Photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain.

Saudi foreign minister: ‘Israel’s unilateral approach is hurting chances for peace’

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Wednesday that the kingdom remains committed to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative and unilateral steps by Israel were hurting chances for peace. The Arab...

Amnesty International and Qatari information warfare

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Amnesty International recently suffered a blow, potentially as much to its reputation as to its operations, when the Tel Aviv District Court ruled to dismiss its complaint against Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group/Q Cyber...
The logo of Amnesty International, a human-rights group that has embarked on a campaign to boycott products from Judea and Samaria, in addition to a weapons embargo on Israel. Credit: Facebook.

Tel Aviv court decision is a setback to dubious accusations against NSO

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Since at least 2018, Amnesty International had gone on a mission trying to expose the Israeli cybersecurity Pegasus software producer NSO Group/Q Cyber Technologies of allegedly playing a role in facilitating human-rights abuses, in...