Saudi Arabia threatens the Sudanese people’s dream
Photos (clockwise from left): Sudanese protestors in April 2019 by M. Saleh (CC BY-SA 4.0); map highlighting Saudi Arabia in green and Sudan in orange by PlanespotterA320 (Public domain via...
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Trump is sending US troops to be based in Saudi Arabia, and King Salman has signed off on the paperwork.
Several hundred US military personnel will be at Prince Sultan Air Base, accompanying fighter jets and Patriot missile defense systems.
US...
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Dario Leone
History, Middle East
A great story.
Although a Saudi lieutenant was nominally made CO of No. 6 Squadron, RSAF, in November 1967, British pilots still had the ‘final say’ – even more so once the unit was officially declared...
Earlier this day, the Houthi rebels claimed to have carried out drone attacks on military positions at an airbase in southeast Saudi Arabia. Militants from the Yemeni Houthi movement have been conducting attacks on the kingdom's airports on a...
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Iran has seized a British-flagged oil tanker and a Liberian-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, it said via state TV on Friday.
The Stena Impero, of the U.K., was heading to Saudi Arabia in international waters when it "was approached by...
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New York rapper Tony Yayo continues to make fans believe the G-Unit brand is still alive and well. The “Talk of New York” went to social media this week to show he’s still on strong terms with Unit boss 50 Cent.
On Friday, Yayo...
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Trump has already said he plans to veto the measures, but they represent yet another standoff with lawmakers in Congress.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia to free Raif Badawi, a blogger jailed and publicly whipped for insulting Islam, in a rare criticism of the US ally as he vowed to champion religious freedom worldwide. Speaking to dozens of...
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The roughly 500 troops are part of a broader tranche of forces sent to the region in recent months after tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated.
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House Lawmakers Vote to Table Trump Impeachment ResolutionTrump Renews Racist Attacks on Four Progressive CongresswomenRep. Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill Affirming the Right to BoycottHouse Votes to Bar Trump's Planned Weapons Sales to Saudi...
The US House voted Wednesday to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other allies, a rebuke of Donald Trump that will likely lead to a veto by the president. Lawmakers, many of whom are outraged with the kingdom over Riyadh’s...
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Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency: AP
US-China trade talks stuck in neutral: WSJ
US preparing to send troops to Saudi Arabia as Iran tensions rise: CNN
House kills impeachment vote on Trump: The Hill
GDPNow estimate of US Q2...
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Tensions between Washington and Tehran have escalated in the last few months as Iran withdraws from voluntary obligations under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal and the US builds up its military presence in the Middle...
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Prosecutors revealed that the fake passport Jeffrey Epstein had among the items seized by investigators had been used. According to NBC News, he used the passport to enter multiple countries in the 1980s, including the U.K, Spain and Saudi Arabia....
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On
February 14, 1945, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, his advisors, and United States Envoy William Eddy crossed the gangplank from the USS Murphy to the USS Quincy for
the first ever meeting between a Saudi king and a U.S. president. Over...
Militants from the Yemeni Houthi movement have been conducting attacks on Saudi Arabia's Jizan Airport on a regular basis, with the latest attack taking place the day before.
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Saudi Arabia is preparing to support Lebanon through its economic challenges, three Lebanese ex-premiers indicated after meeting Saudi King Salman in Jeddah on Monday. After years of backsliding, heavily indebted Lebanon faces financial crisis...
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The war in Yemen is entering its fifth year with no solution in sight. Every day thousands of people, including women and children, are injured and maimed. According to Amnesty International,...
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Jeffrey Epstein
Federal prosecutors said on Monday during a bail hearing that a fake passport listing Saudi Arabia as a residence along with “piles of cash” and “dozens of diamonds” were found in Epstein’s home safe.
Epstein’s...
In a multipolar world, curbing nuclear transfers becomes more difficult.
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