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Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman said in an interview with US-based CBS Sunday that Saudi Arabia annually loses around $20 billion because of graft practices and that the November purge directed at top officials and business tycoons was necessary. An Read more
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman is due in Washington March 19 for his first visit to the USA since he became heir to the Saudi throne while American diplomats express concern over the absence of US ambassador in Riyadh to Read more
Doha announced Monday from Washington it would expand the US Al Udeid military base despite the Saudi-led league’s request to remove the largest US base in the region and scrap US presence in Qatar, amid the unprecedented seven-month old Gulf Read more
As the Turkish Olive Branch campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria intensifies, Washington has promised to end military support for Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara labels a terrorist group on an equal footing as the PKK. The Turkish Presidency Read more
The United States has cut off part of its annual donation to the UN Relief & Work Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) arguing that it expects reforms be made to the agency before making full contribution. The State Department has withheld Read more
US President Donald Trump has approved the 2015 nuclear deal by waiving a set of sanctions against Iran, but warned European allies and Congress it will be the last such waiver he signs if they fail to agree to radical Read more
The US is planning “concrete steps” to diplomatically recognize the independence of the area, east of the Euphrates river, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a majority Kurdish area, Acharq Al Awsat reported. The paper quoted a US official saying Read more
The UN Security Council was the theater of a fierce debate reflecting deep rifts between the US and Russia over the anti-government protests in Iran. The emergency Security Council meeting, which was convened by the US, was described by Russia Read more
The US has imposed sanctions against five companies it accuses of links to Iran’s ballistic missile program. The sanctions freeze any asset the companies hold in the US, and prohibit Americans from dealing with them with more punitive measures laying Read more
The US was left alone waving its veto in the face of the 14 members of the Security Council who voted in favor of a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Read more