Saudi Arabia
Total U.S. control of Middle East may be slipping
September 30, 2019In spite of a $68 billion a year defense budget and infusions of U.S. weaponry, a handful of bargain-basement drones slipped through and devastated Saudi Arabia's oil economy.
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Iran warns of war as U.S. continues accusations it bombed Saudi oil refinery
September 19, 2019Foreign Ministry says any U.S. action would be met with an immediate response.
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UN: ‘Both sides responsible’ for war crimes in Yemen
September 4, 2019UN panel demands outsiders - the United States, Britain, France, and Iran - stop supplying arms to the warring sides.
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Egyptian minister: Sisi opponents abroad will be “cut to pieces.”
July 25, 2019At a meeting July 22 with the Egyptian community in Montreal, that country’s foreign minister, Nabila Makram Abdelshahid, assured attendees that any Egyptian living abroad who publicly criticizes the Al Sisi dictatorship will be murdered.
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Lawmakers try to block Trump’s latest 22 Saudi arms deals
June 5, 2019Trump is trying “an end run” around Congress.
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