Saudis reportedly threaten U.S. over 9/11 report after years-long U.S. effort to protect kingdom

Saudis reportedly threaten U.S. over 9/11 report after years-long U.S. effort to protect kingdom

Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia has threatened to sell off $750 billion in U.S. assets it owns if Congress passes legislation holding the kingdom responsible in any way for the attacks of September 11, 2001, the N.Y. Times reported. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has tried to stop Congress from passing the bipartisan Senate legislation. Congress […]

Saudi official charges Russia, Assad regime violated Syria ceasefire

Saudi official charges Russia, Assad regime violated Syria ceasefire

Special to WorldTribune.com The Saudi foreign minister on Feb. 28 said the Assad regime and Russia have violated the truce in Syria. Adel al-Jubeir, speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen in Riyadh, said there would be a “plan B” if it became clear that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s […]

Morocco is in ‘complete solidarity’ with Saudi over Gulf region threats

Morocco is in ‘complete solidarity’ with Saudi over Gulf region threats

Special to WorldTribune.com Morocco on Feb. 10 signaled it stands with Saudi Arabia against threats in the Gulf region and backs the Saudi-led effort to “defend the legitmacy” of Yemen. “We are in complete solidarity with Saudi confronting any interference in its internal affairs,” Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said during a joint press conference […]

Kerry appears ill at ease in Riyadh where he sought to assure Gulf allies

Kerry appears ill at ease in Riyadh where he sought to assure Gulf allies

Special to WorldTribune.com In a visit intended to reassure America’s ally Saudi Arabia over Iran’s continued “interference” in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry instead appeared uneasy and defensive, reports said. Kerry met in Riyadh on Jan. 23 with Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers. “Overall […]

Saudi foreign minister raises prospect of nuclear option against Iran

Saudi foreign minister raises prospect of nuclear option against Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia will do “whatever we need to do in order to protect our people,” including developing nuclear weapons if Iran does the same, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Jan. 19. Jubeir also warned that world powers may regret lifting sanctions on Iran as a result of its reported nuclear […]

Egypt reaffirms solidarity with Saudi Arabia

Egypt reaffirms solidarity with Saudi Arabia

Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s foreign minister on Jan. 4 confirmed Cairo’s continued solidarity with Saudi Arabia after the kingdom cut ties to Iran. “We reject Iranian interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told the press while meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Riyadh. “We made a […]

UAE, Bahrain, Sudan join Saudi in curbing ties to Iran

UAE, Bahrain, Sudan join Saudi in curbing ties to Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com Bahrain and Sudan on Jan. 4 followed Saudi Arabia’s lead in cutting diplomatic ties with Iran. United Arab Emirates said it would also downgrade its ties to Teheran. The escalating tensions between Saudi and Iran came after Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric. Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Teheran […]

Saudi, Iran go public with war of words over destabilizing region

Saudi, Iran go public with war of words over destabilizing region

Special to WorldTribune.com Tensions between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Iran continue to percolate as officials from both countries are accusing the other of meddling in and destabilizing the Middle East. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Oct. 19 blasted Iran’s military intervention in Syria and said it disqualified Teheran from any peacemaking role it […]

Judgement day: Khamenei demands Saudi apology, sheikh calls tragedy ‘beyond human control’

Judgement day:  Khamenei demands Saudi apology, sheikh calls tragedy ‘beyond human control’

Special to WorldTribune.com Judgement Day came twice this month in Saudi Arabia and the leader of one of two warring factions of Islam wants the world to know that the other faction is responsible. Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a Shi’ite,  on Sept. 27 demanded that Shia Saudi Arabia apologize for the stampede near […]

Saudi claims successes against Iran’s ‘trouble-making’ in Middle East

Saudi claims successes against Iran’s ‘trouble-making’ in Middle East

Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia will not hesitate to confront Iran’s “trouble-making” in the region, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said. At a news conference in Amman, Jordan on July 9, Jubeir said the Saudis were “determined that Iran should not have a negative intervention in the region or in Arab countries.” Jubeir said Riyadh […]