Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia Iran
As ISIS Threat Wanes in Middle East, Iran-Saudi Arabia Cold War Escalates
A cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, fought with proxies seeded across the Middle East, is sharply escalating as the two powers jockey to...
Saudi Newspaper: ‘No Lasting Peace Can Exclude Hamas and its Supporters’
Despite an all-time low in relations between the Riyadh government and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, a leading Saudi newspaper has offered a cautious welcome to...
Latest Developments in Saudi Arabia Chart a Course for Israeli Ties With Arab World
JNS.org - After years of rumors and reports regarding clandestine relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia -- mainly motivated by the countries' shared concerns over Iran’s nuclear program and destabilizing regional...
Amid Gulf Spat, Will Terror-funding Qatar Have to ‘Choose a Side’ in Saudi-Iranian Rivalry?
JNS.org - While the spat between Qatar and other Arab states may end up benefiting the US and Israel, experts say that Qatar finds itself at a crossroads in...
Saudi Arabia Expands Beyond Middle East In Efforts to Counter Iran
Under King Salman, Saudi Arabia is expanding its confrontation with Iran well beyond the Middle East, no longer relying heavily on Western allies to smother...
Obama Says US Still Has ‘Serious Concerns’ About Iran
The US continues to have "serious concerns" about Iran's behavior even after the watershed nuclear deal last year, President Barack Obama said Thursday during a...
Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom In Retreat
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which was once at the front and center of the Arab world and a significant player on the global stage...
Saudi Arabia to Join Nations in Freezing Oil Output Without Iran’s Participation
Saudi Arabia is prepared to join an oil output freeze next month without Iran taking part, a senior Opec delegate said, making a deal among...
Israel and the Four Powers
JNS.org - The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power...
Saudi Arabia Defies Iran — and the United States
The Saudi decision to execute Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr at this particular juncture was a strategic act of defiance meant to challenge Iran and...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The World Must Stand Up to Saudi Arabia
Iran is no paragon of democracy. And when its leaders denounce the “criminal workings” of the “vile” Saudi regime and its links to terrorism, the pot...
Saudi Arabia to Cut Ties With Tehran; Expels Iranian Diplomatic Staff
Saudi Arabia announced late Sunday that it would officially sever ties with Iran after having two of its diplomatic posts attacked in the Islamic Republic. Saudi’s Foreign...
Saudi Arabia Announces New Islamic Alliance Against Terrorism
Saudi Arabia has said 34 mainly Muslim nations have joined a new military alliance to fight terrorism. A joint operations centre is to be established in...
Should Israel and Its Arab Neighbors Form an Alliance Against Iran?
Could a nuclear deal with Iran accomplish more than what decades of diplomacy in the Middle East could not, and create new alliances between Israel...
