Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Agree to Establish Secretariat Under Joint Defense Pact
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan agreed to establish a secretariat in Saudi Arabia under their Mecca joint defense agreement, which will initially be headed by a Pakistani secretary-general for three years, the three countries said in a joint statement on Monday. The three countries'...
Saudi Arabia Removes Virtually All Antisemitism From School Curricula, New Report Finds
Saudi Arabia is continuing to implement major reforms of its sprawling system of 35,000 public Islamic education schools, according to a new report by the...
New ‘Muslim NATO’ ‘Aimed at Israel,’ Official Warns, but Experts Say Pact Is Largely Declarative
The new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact, dubbed a "Muslim NATO," has triggered warnings in Jerusalem, with a senior official saying the alliance is "aimed at Israel,"...
Turkey Lays Out Plans for Defense Pact With Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises, and deepen defense industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defense ministry said...
The Mirage of the Riyadh Shield: Why MBS Refuses to Strike Tehran and What It Means for Israel
As joint US-Saudi airstrikes target Iranian proxies in Iraq following a fresh wave of regional aggression, Riyadh continues to play a calculated game of evasion....
Will the JCPOA Lead to a Saudi Nuclear Weapon, Too?
The fate of Iran’s nuclear program overshadows another critical nuclear issue in the Middle East: the nuclear cooperation agreement that the Trump administration is negotiating...
Saudi Arabia’s Iran Silence Is a Strategic Calculation, Not a Scheduling Conflict
When France invited Egypt, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to a dedicated Arab-leaders session at the G-7 summit in Evian on June 16 to...
14 Nations Condemn Somaliland’s Planned Embassy in Jerusalem, Calling it ‘Illegal and Unacceptable’
i24 News - The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Mauritania issued...
Saudi Warplanes Struck Militias in Iraq During War, Sources Say
Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into...
Saudi Arabia Launched Covert Attacks on Iran as Regional War Widened, Sources Say
Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on...
Trump’s Effort to Open the Strait of Hormuz: Saudi Arabia Decided Washington Isn’t Worth the Risk
There is a structural problem with Gulf Arab reliability that "Project Freedom" -- President Trump's plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz for global transit...
Kuwait’s Army Says It Has Intercepted Hostile Drones Over Airspace
Kuwait’s army said it had detected and dealt with several hostile drones in the country’s airspace at dawn on Sunday, the latest incident following similar...
Saudi Arabia Restores Full Capacity on East-West Oil Pipeline to 7 Million BPD After Attacks
Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline to about seven million barrels per day, it said on Sunday, days after...
‘A Lot of Work to Do’ to Reopen Strait of Hormuz, UK’s Starmer Says on Gulf Trip
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday there was still a lot of work to do to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following the...
