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Watch Saudi F-15s en route to intercept an Iranian plane carrying aid to Yemen
A new video, recorded with a mobile phone and released by the Iranian Press TV, shows RSAF F-15s intercepting an Iranian Mahan Air Airbus 310 on its way to deliver humanitarian aid in Yemen.According...
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Here's what Saudi Arabia's shifting line of succession means for its...
Q1: What do the shifts in the line of succession in Saudi Arabia mean?A1: First and foremost, they represent the consolidation of power in the hands of the Sudairi branch of the royal family (from...
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Iran and Saudi Arabia are on a collision course
On April 28, Saudi-led coalition aircraft bombed runways at Yemen's al-Rahaba Airport to prevent an Iranian Airbus A310 plane from landing there.The Sana airport is currently controlled by Houthi/Zaidi...
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Saudi Arabia is restructuring its state oil giant Aramco
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Supreme Economic Council has approved a restructure of state oil giant Aramco, which includes separating it from the oil ministry, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television...
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Saudi Arabia's King is revitalizing the monarchy
The unfolding royal succession plan is a watershed event for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By prioritizing the country's third generation princes, Saudi King Salman is hoping to guide the House of Saud...
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France's toughness towards Iran is winning it friends in the oil-rich Arab...
PARIS (Reuters) - France's tough line in talks with Iran and a similar analysis to Gulf Arab states on regional crises has sealed strategic new links in the Middle East that will be cemented when...
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Iran's proxy war in Yemen just got exposed
A recent confidential UN report has documented ongoing Iranian support for Yemen's Houthi rebels since 2009, AFP reports. Saudi Arabia described the report as proof of Iran's proxy efforts to...
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Saudi Arabia's king just made a huge gambit
King Salman’s dramatic shake-up of the Saudi cabinet ensures that his branch of the royal family controls the Kingdom into the foreseeable future.But the move is risky as there is now no one to share...
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The US is struggling to reassure allies that 'America isn’t going to hand the...
Even if the Obama administration achieves its top foreign policy priority, it's going to have a brand new set of problems on its hands.The New York Times reports that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter...
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Ground troops from the Saudi-led Arab coalition have reportedly landed in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — At least 20 troops from a Saudi-led Arab coalition landed Sunday in Yemen's southern coastal city of Aden on a "reconnaissance" mission amid a fierce Shiite rebel offensive there,...
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Gulf oil exporters should cut spending and diversify their economies, says...
Dubai (AFP) - Gulf oil exporters must reduce spending, including subsidies, and diversify their economies to cope with lower revenues caused by the sharp drop in crude prices, the International...
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SAUDI OIL MINISTER: 'No one can set the price of oil — it's up to Allah'...
The oil cartel OPEC has lost control over the price of oil.Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Al-Naimi, however, does not seem to think Saudi Arabia or OPEC can really control oil prices anyway."No one can...
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After the palace shakeup, Saudi Arabia's oil policy is in a major state of...
On May 1, two days after making radical changes in the kingdom's royal succession order and senior government posts, Riyadh announced that governance of the state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco has...
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The Saudi leadership shakeup is making the country's policy a lot less...
Changes in Saudi Arabia's leadership have concentrated power in an inner circle of the Al Saud dynasty, removing constraints on the monarch and making the conservative kingdom's strategic positions...
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Saudi Arabia is running out of options in Yemen
More than a month of relentless airstrikes by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia has inflicted painful damage on Shiite rebels in Yemen, but they show little sign of collapse.The rebels, known as the...
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John Kerry is trying to convince Saudi Arabia to halts its air strikes in Yemen
Riyadh (AFP) - Top US diplomat John Kerry flew in to Riyadh for talks on a "humanitarian pause" in Yemen, where dozens of people were reported killed trying to flee worsening conditions after weeks of...
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Saudi Arabia doesn't trust the emerging Iran nuke deal and everyone's talking...
As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues to escalate and Iran nuclear negotiations drag on, Middle East watchers are talking about Saudi Arabia wanting its own nuclear weapon as the...
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Turkey and Saudi Arabia are officially collaborating to bring down Assad in...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Casting aside U.S. concerns about aiding extremist groups, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have converged on an aggressive new strategy to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad.The two...
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Saudi Arabia is 'not worried at all' about Iran returning to the oil market
“No one can set the price of oil,” Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi says. “It’s up to Allah.”Was that comment, made in an interview May 5 on CNBC, merely evasion or an expression of humility?Al-Naimi is...
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A Moroccan fighter jet went missing in Yemen ahead of a cease-fire deal
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Moroccan F-16 fighter jet taking part in a Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen has gone missing, the North African nation's military said Monday, a day ahead of...
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