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MBS’s gamble: Saudi leans toward Turkey and Qatar, avoids Israel-US bloc - opinion

Saudi Crown Prince shifts strategy, leaning on Turkey and Qatar while Israel-US-UAE alliance strengthens.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the inaugural session of the Shura Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 10, 2025.
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber returns from Operation Midnight Hammer, the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, US, June 2025.

Saudi Arabia to US: Iran strikes should be targeted, rather than seeking regime change - N12

Aidarous al-Zubaidi answers a journalist's question during an interview with AFP at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 18, 2024.

Southern Yemen leader Zubaidi disappears, resurfaces in Aden after missing Saudi talks

Members of UAE-backed southern Yemeni separatists forces are seen together with their supporters as they march during a rally in southern port city in Aden, Yemen August 15, 2019.

Which countries, movements, groups are involved in Yemen's yearslong conflict? - explainer


Saudi women activists back in court, temporary release ruling expected

Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, Canada and Australia, have called on Riyadh to free the activists.

Demonstrators from Amnesty International stage the protest on International Women's day to urge Saudi authorities to release jailed women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul, Eman al-Nafjan and Aziza al-Yousef outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris, France, March 8, 2019

Saudi court resumes women activists' trial that has angered West

Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, Canada and Australia, have called on Riyadh to free the activists.

Cars drive past the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2018

Riyadh is looking to ease entry for foreign nationals

Policy is part of a wider plan to open Saudi Arabia to tourism.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi air defenses intercept missiles above capital, coalition says

"We know that this is not going to affect the civilian life in Riyadh or other parts of the kingdom. We know that the Houthis are acting unpredictably," a Saudi official said.

People check the damage after debris from ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia fell onto a house in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2018

Saudi Arabia stops new business with Germany over its pro-Iran policy

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is “deeply offended” by the German government and froze new business with the Federal Republic, wrote Der Spiegel.

SAUDI ARABIA Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia frees nine Iranian fishermen detained two years ago

Saudi authorities released the men in a boat in Iranian waters on Wednesday.

Local Baluch fishermen push a boat to the shore at a fishing port in Tiss village in the suburb of the port city of Chabahar 1,452 km (902 miles) southeast of Tehran, near Strait of Hormuz January 16, 2012.

Jordanian scholar: Shared concern over Iran not enough for Israel-Sunni alliance

“The Palestinian narrative runs deep in [Arab] cultures.”

File: Jordan's King Abdullah II greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House in Washington

Eleven Saudi princes detained following protest over utility bills

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, has introduced reforms that included cutting subsidies, introducing value added tax (VAT) and cutting perks to royal family members.

Policemen stand outside al Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2011.