(48Hills.com) – International relief organizations consider the conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Now, it seems, the US is paying attention. I’m on a low-budget book tour, sleeping in spare bedrooms and munching granola in the kitchens of progressives all along the East Coast. Many had felt beaten down and pessimistic from two years of […]
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Arab World
Yemen Hospital Struggles with Number of Malnourished Children
Khokha, Yemen | AFP | – Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – Twenty Yemeni children huddle together outside Khokha hospital, hoping to be let into a clinic that serves as a lifeline for tens of thousands. On the narrow pavement, a boy dressed in purple leans limply against his mother. In her lap is a baby with […]
Erdogan takes Saudi Prince to Woodshed, Demands Extraditions
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) | AFP | – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Saturday that Saudi Arabia extradite suspects in the killing in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, taking to task the kingdom’s crown prince who was basking in his quick return to the world stage at the G20. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s presence […]
Senate Rebukes Trump, Saudis on Yemen, Advances Withdrawal Bill
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Senate slapped the Trump administration around on Wednesday, voting 63-37 to bring to the floor a proposal to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. I should declare my own interest by saying that I was one of 50-some Middle East experts and policy-makers who signed a […]
On Saudis and Khashoggi, Trump Gave away US Leverage, Emboldened Bad Behavior
By Steven Feldstein | – (The Conversation) – After weeks of ratcheting tension about who authorized the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump sought to put an end to the debate. He issued a blunt public statement asserting that “we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. […]
Once a Celebrity, Saudi Crown Prince gets Cold Shoulder Abroad
by Anuj Chopra Riyadh (AFP) – Once feted on the world stage, Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince faces the cold shoulder abroad as he struggles to shrug off the lingering stigma of a critical journalist’s murder. Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been on an Arab tour before he attends the Group of 20 summit in […]
Kushner vastly overstated $14.5 bn. in US Arms Purchases by Saudis as $110 Bn
The reason behind US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to hold Saudi Arabia responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was an ambitious $110 billion arms deal between Washington and Riyadh which had been inflated at the direction of his adviser and son-in-law, ABC News reported Monday. Jared Kushner pushed State and Defence Department officials to […]
Tunisia Demos: “The people want Bin Salman to be judged”, “No to the killer of Yemeni children”
Tunis (AFP) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks in Tunisia on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters rallied against his visit, urging justice over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and condemning the Yemen war. Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, who flew in from Cairo, met with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi before […]
Bowing to Saudi Pressure, Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire (-CNN)
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN reports that the Trump administration has turned against a UN Security Council resolution calling for a Yemen ceasefire and is now blocking it. The five permanent members of the UNSC have the ability to veto resolutions, so US hostility to it is fatal for the measure. Annual Informed Comment […]
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