The storm about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in October is unlikely to pass soon. If murder has been committed, it is unforgivable. But Saudi Arabia’s status as a small nation…
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Has Saudi Arabia dumped Trump?
President Trump with King Salman during his visit to Riyadh in May 2017 Confounding some forecasts, the Opec-non-Opec market monitoring meeting in Algeria yesterday made no recommendation for output to be lifted to offset a new price surge and suggestions…
US Syria missile attack seals new partnership with Saudi Arabia
The US missile attack on a Syrian airfield last night comes just over three weeks after Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met President Trump in the White House in what an advisor to the kingdom’s defence…
Trump’s bans may be better than Obama’s bombs
President Trump signs an executive order calling for extreme vetting of migrants from 7 mainly Muslim countries on 27 January Hastily drafted and badly executed, President Trump’s discriminatory and unfair visa bans announced on Friday may nevertheless to do more…
Trump’s energy agenda defined
President Trump has declared he will free the US oil and gas industry to increase output, reduce climate action laws and end American dependence on OPEC and “any nations hostile to our interests” in his first energy policy statement. “The…