Saudi Arabia

As Saudis import weapons, US accounts for over 1/3 of all global arms sales

Mar 18, 2021 07:55

New analysis shows U.S.-based war profiteers have supplied increased demand by the Saudi Kingdom, and others in the West Asia region over the last five years.
Biden is still a hawk on Yemen

Mar 15, 2021 12:51

With the hackneyed excuse of protecting allies, the Yemeni crisis will continue forth, fueled in large part by American sanctions, American intelligence, and American weapons.
Lawmakers pressure Biden on US backing for Saudi war in Yemen

Mar 04, 2021 05:04

Weeks after President Joe Biden announced he would end U.S. support for “offensive” military operations in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a group of progressive lawmakers are asking his administration to clarify what forms of U.S. support will continue.
Supporters of detained Saudi princess call for UK to help secure release

Mar 03, 2021 11:50

Supporters of a prominent Saudi Arabian princess detained with her daughter in Riyadh have appealed to the British government to help secure their release.
Rights advocates decry Biden’s decision against sanctioning bin Salman despite Khashoggi report

Mar 02, 2021 06:14

A declassified US intelligence report has revealed that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – known by his initials as MBS – has ordered and directed the gruesome killing of Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi crown prince is held responsible for Khashoggi killing in US report

Feb 27, 2021 15:59

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the assassination of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to an intelligence report that the Biden administration released recently that offered the world a reminder of the brutal killing.
UN report warns millions of Yemeni children face acute malnutrition

Feb 16, 2021 06:30

Underscoring the urgent need to end a war that is responsible for what it calls the "world's worst humanitarian crisis," the United Nations on Friday published a report warning that more than two million Yemeni children under the age of five are projected to suffer "acute malnutrition".
This is Yemen after Biden declared an end to American support for the war

Feb 14, 2021 14:09

The Biden administration sparked a sense of hope around the world that the war on Yemen could finally be over. For those on the ground though, the bombs keep falling, food is scarce and hope is in short supply.
Can Biden remove Guantanamo 'stain' from US rights record?

Feb 14, 2021 06:44

The White House said on Friday Feb. 12 President Joe Biden’s aides have launched a formal review of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the controversial facility with the aim of doing so before he leaves office.
Yemeni families file petition against US for 'unlawful' killing of scores of relatives

Jan 31, 2021 16:05

According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the U.S. has carried out at least 336 drone strikes in Yemen between 2004 and 2020. The strikes, which span three presidential administrations, have killed as many as 1,389 people, including up to 225 civilians—among them 44 to 50 children.