Washington (AFP) – An influential US Senate ally of President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday that Congress would take decisive action against Saudi Arabia over a missing writer, calling for the ouster of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “This guy is a wrecking ball. He had this guy murdered in a consulate in Turkey,” Republican Senator […]
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Middle East
Suspects in Saudi Journalist Murder directly tied to Crown Prince
by Ian Geoffrey TIMBERLAKE | – – Washington (AFP) – A suspect identified by Turkey in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of the kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Three other suspects are linked to Prince Mohammed’s security detail and a fifth […]
Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million
Yemen is a country of some 29 million persons, but over a third of them are at risk of starvation if Saudi and UAE bombing campaigns continue. Lise Grand, the United Nations coordinator for Yemen, has warned that the world has only 3 months to halt the slide toward catastrophe. She seems to think that […]
Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy
(Informed Comment) – The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi and his possible death at the hands of the Saudi state operatives in its consulate in Istanbul is a blow to responsible politics and advocates of international relations based on broad consensus over norms of behavior, the rule of law, accountability, and transparency. Mr. Khashoggi has sacrificed […]
Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic
Riyadh would “respond to any action with a bigger one”
Iran: Khashoggi was Murdered because West Shielded Saudis from Criticism
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): According to the invaluable BBC Monitoring press surveys of Middle Eastern newspapers, the coverage of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has differed enormously from country to country. In Lebanon, which has a diverse and somewhat free press, former journalist Paula Yaqoubian told al-Jadid […]
Israeli Squatters throw rocks on car of Palestinian Woman, Killing Her
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A Palestinian woman died of her wounds after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank threw stones at the car she was travelling in, Palestinian security sources and media said Saturday. An Israeli police spokesman confirmed a car had been hit by stones but did not identify the perpetrators. He […]
Turkey: Saudis “Not Cooperating” on Khashoggi Probe; Trump Threatens Riyadh
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of failing to cooperate with a probe into the disappearance of a journalist inside its Istanbul consulate, as US President Donald Trump threatened Riyadh with “severe punishment” if it turns out he was killed. Comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu represented a hardening of Ankara’s […]
Saudi Media Meet Collapses after Khashoggi Murder, but Trump Wants Business
By Clare BYRNE and Fabien ZAMORA | – Paris (AFP) – Donald Trump claims he is being “very tough” with Saudi Arabia and Britain has warned of “serious consequences”. But besides demanding the truth about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the West is likely to continue doing business as usual with the Gulf kingdom, […]