Rebels Accuse Saudis of Fueling Unrest to Divide Yemen
SANA, Yemen — The leader of the Houthi rebel group here, in an unusually combative speech Thursday that reflected frustration by the rebel movement at its deepening isolation, accused Saudi…
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Ousted Yemeni President picks up support from Gulf countries
The statement from the Gulf Cooperation Council Monday echoed Hadi, with council members stressing that all procedures taken by the Houthi after their coup were invalid. According to two presidential…
Saudi King Unleashes a Torrent of Money as Bonuses Flow to the Masses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — European leaders are still battling over austerity. The United States Congress is gearing up for another fight over the budget. But in Saudi Arabia, there are…
UN Security Council Demands Houthi Rebels Relinquish Control Of Yemen Government, End Violence
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government in a crisis that has pushed the Arab world’s…
Terrorist’s Claims About Saudis Put 9/11 Families’ Lawsuit Back in Spotlight
WASHINGTON — Ron Motley could have come straight out of a John Grisham novel, a charismatic Southern trial lawyer with the swagger of a man who had bet big in…
Saudi Historian Says U.S. Women Drive Because They Don’t Care If They’re Raped
A Saudi Arabian historian trying to justify the nation’s ban on female drivers says women who drive in other countries such as the United States don’t care if they’re raped…
Yemen Political Talks Resume but Quickly Stall Over Houthi Demands
SANA, Yemen — Feuding political parties resumed United Nations-mediated talks with the Houthi militants controlling Yemen’s capital on Monday, but two parties withdrew within hours complaining of threats from the…
New Allegations Renew Old Questions About Saudi Arabia And 9/11
For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the…
Renewed debate over 9/11 Commission report as new claims emerge
The allegations were made by Zacarias Moussaoui in sworn statements filed as part of a legal brief in an ongoing lawsuit brought by the families of 9/11 victims against the…
West’s Catch 22 on ISIS: Does it appease, or fight?
It is clear now that ISIS was never going to release Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, there was never going to be a deal. The hoax of an alternative outcome in exchange…
Claims Against Saudis Cast New Light on Secret Pages of 9/11 Report
WASHINGTON — A still-classified section of the investigation by congressional intelligence committees into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has taken on an almost mythic quality over the past 13 years…
Pre-9/11 Ties Haunt Saudis as New Accusations Surface
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — During the 1980s and ’90s, the historic alliance between the wealthy monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the country’s powerful clerics emerged as the major financier of…
Saudi Arabia Aided 9/11 Hijackers, Lawyers Claim
Lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have new evidence that agents of Saudi Arabia “directly and knowingly” helped the hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called…
Moussaoui Calls Saudi Princes Patrons Of Al Qaeda – NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com: WASHINGTON — In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors…
Moussaoui Calls Saudi Princes Patrons of Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors to…
New allegations of Saudi involvement in 9/11
In the late-’90s, Moussaoui claims, he was tasked by Osama bin Laden to create a digital database cataloguing al Qaeda’s donors. Every day for two or three months, he claims,…
Saudi Arabia Is Said to Use Oil to Lure Russia Away From Syria’s Assad
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has been trying to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to abandon his support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, using its dominance of the…
Channel in Bahrain Goes Silent After Giving Opposition Airtime
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The television network Al Arab appeared well equipped to muscle its way into the Middle East’s crowded market of satellite news channels: top talent, backing from…
Saudi dilemma: How to spot potential terrorist amid tide of human misery
I’d been asking the Saudi Interior Ministry to take me there for several years. Now I was in the desert kingdom covering King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s ascent to the throne,…
The Lessons of the Michelle Obama Head Scarf Hoo-Ha
I am talking, of course, about the Michelle-Obama-No-Head-Scarf-in-Saudi-Arabia affair that gripped Twitter this week, and which my colleague Robert Mackey neatly summed up as “Michelle Obama Praised for Bold Stand…
Saudi King Hands Out Pink Slips and Bonuses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Less than a week after ascending the throne, King Salman of Saudi Arabia issued an array of royal decrees on Thursday — abolishing government bodies, changing…
Michelle Obama Praised for Bold Stand She Didn’t Take in Saudi Arabia
Open Source By ROBERT MACKEY As images of President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, with the new Saudi leader, King Salman, circulated online after their brief visit to…
Michelle Obama headscarf ‘scandal’ is bogus
It was a very telling mini-scandal, the faux-fury over Michelle Obama’s short visit to Saudi Arabia. First there was the phony claim that Saudi television had blurred the first lady’s…
Gas prices finally stop falling
Other factors in the price slide are increased oil production in the United States, which last year passed Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer; decreased demand from slowing…
Michelle Obama Forgoes Headscarf In Saudi Arabia
For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live. – Saudi Arabia imposes many restrictions…
First lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Saudi king. So?
The White House notes that representatives of the United States, including former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all visited the…
What to expect when Obama visits Saudi Arabia
Obama’s meeting with King Salman comes just days after the death of King Abdullah, who was buried Friday. The White House said the main reason for Obama’s trip is to…
Obama Leading a High-Powered Delegation to Saudi Arabia
NEW DELHI — President Obama left here on Tuesday after a three-day visit to India and headed to Saudi Arabia, where he and a bipartisan delegation of prominent current and…
Saudi Succession Hints at Shift in Foreign Role
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, arrived at a meeting of security chiefs from across the Arab world in Marrakesh, Morocco, last…
C.I.A. Strike, First Since Yemen Upheaval, Kills 3 Qaeda Fighters, Officials Say
Since Monday, videos have surfaced — both professional and amateur — showing the violence unfolding between the Yemeni Army and Houthi rebels in the capital, Sana. WASHINGTON — A C.I.A….