Bigger than Blackwater: Arming the UAE
IDEX 2011 – Photo credit, GulfNews Hannah Gurman Foreign Policy in Focus The International Defense Exhibition, otherwise known as IDEX, has been held bi-annually in…
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Obama meets Bahrain crown prince at White House
© AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama met the crown prince of Bahrain Tuesday, as Washington backed the Sunni royal…
Fighting grips Yemeni capital as Saleh orders arrests
An man injured from fighting in the north Sanaa © AFP AFP SANAA (AFP) – Security forces in the Yemeni capital battled heavily armed supporters…
US must change approach, or deepen rift with Arabs: Obama
US President Barack Obama speaks about the Middle East © AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Thursday the United…
Arab revolts show repression no longer works: Obama
© AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Thursday that the uprisings sweeping the Arab world show that a policy…
Obama speech on Arab world in coming days: report
© AFP/File Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s long-expected speech on turmoil in the Arab world could take place as soon as…
Saudis Slash Oil Output; Say Market Oversupplied
OPEC Countries/Wikimedia image CNBC/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said on Sunday the kingdom had slashed output by 800,000 barrels per day in March due to…
Obama dispatches top aide to Saudi, UAE
Barack Obama (L) talks with Tom Donilon in 2010 © AFP/File Tim Sloan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama is sending a foreign…
Supply Chain War (Charlie McGrath Video)
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Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal
Arab League/Wikimedia image Pepe Escobar Asia Times You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. This, in short, is the essence of a…
Oil and Saudis Big Winners of Japan Disaster
Zen Gardner Before It’s News Don’t know if anyone noticed, but the “Day of Rage” scheduled for Saudi Arabia on March 11th was completely eclipsed…
Why is Hillary Not Defending the Rights of Saudis to Protest?
Hillary Clinton AFP/File image Eric Blair Activist Post Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been exhaustively in front of cameras promoting the right for people…
Saudi Arabia’s stock market tumbles on fears of civil unrest
Fears of sectarian uprisings in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have set off the first serious wave of investor flight from the Gulf, compounding market turmoil…
Saudi oil reserves ‘overstated by 40%’
WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices John Vidal Guardian The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s…