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Alistair Burt: The UK Very Actively Supports Saudi Arabia’s Right to Self-Defense

Alistair Burt was appointed Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State at the Department for International Development on 13 June…

Yasmine El Geressi 21, Sep 2018

Saudi Arabia and Egypt: Towards a Brighter Future for the Region

[caption id="attachment_55255744" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Crown Prince and Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C)…

Majalla 09, Mar 2018

How Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up in Iraq

by Firas Maksad, Kenneth M. Pollack Some of the best news to come from the Middle East in a long time is the recent and long-overdue improvement in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It…

Majalla 25, Aug 2017

Trump’s Historic Speech in Riyadh

[caption id="attachment_55253703" align="aligncenter" width="3444"] US President Donald Trump (C) receives the Order of Abdulaziz al-Saud medal from Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud …

Ronald J. Granieri 24, May 2017

Trump’s Agenda in Riyadh

[caption id="attachment_55253632" align="aligncenter" width="5403"] Saudi Arabia's King Salman(R) sits next to an interpreter during a meeting with US Defence Secretary James Mattis (L) in Riyadh on…

Majalla 17, May 2017

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