Saudi Arabia
US-Saudi Arabia airstrikes target Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces militia in Iraq
The strikes followed a series of drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia. The United States has made clear that it believes Iran-directed militias are responsible for the escalation.
Saudi defense minister meets with Vance in Washington following joint attack on Iraq - report
Saudi Arabia seeking to build coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks
Iraqi PM Zaidi condemns US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militias
Trump's refusal to return to war with Iran will 'cost him dearly', Saudi expert claims
Saudi analyst Mubarak al-Ati said that the US's decline on the international stage has prevented Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States from taking Trump's demands to join the Abraham Accords seriously.
Could Trump’s push for Abraham Accords undermine long-term peace? - analysis
Trump is increasing pressure on Gulf countries to join the Abraham Accords, but experts warn that forcing states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar could backfire.
'Premature and disconnected': Gulf states see Trump Abraham Accords demand as empty bargaining chip
The US president made the first public demand for normalization on Sunday, which was outright rejected by mediator Islamabad.
Trump ally says Saudi Crown Prince MBS told him he could recognize Israel ‘today’
According to the Prince, his father, King Salman, remained the primary obstacle.
Why Saudi Arabia is still resisting Trump's pressure to join Abraham Accords - analysis
Gulf countries tend to be cautious, and they care about protocol, respect, and ceremony - they don’t want to be seen as being used. They want to feel like partners.
Trump demands Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan join Abraham Accords as part of Iran deal
"By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords," said Trump.
Gulf states couldn't bear cost of another war, pressure Trump to avoid attacking Iran - analysis
The Gulf countries, meanwhile, understood that they would bear much of the immediate cost of restarting the war against the Islamic regime.
US-Iran peace agreement with several MidEast countries 'largely negotiated,' Trump says
US President Donald Trump announced that the deal was 'largely negotiated,' and that he conducted a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which "likewise, went very well."
Iran war pulls some Gulf states toward Israel, while pushing others away
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The Iran war is pushing the UAE and Israel into unprecedented cooperation, while Saudi Arabia looks elsewhere to counter Tehran without empowering Jerusalem.
US-Saudi civil nuclear pact nears signing without toughest safeguards urged by Democrats
A State Department letter dated May 18 to Democratic Senator Edward Markey says the pact only requires Washington and Riyadh to forge a less onerous "bilateral safeguards agreement."
