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Middle East

Deconstructed: Congress Caves to Saudi Arabia on Yemen

This week, the Senate voted down a resolution that would have blocked a defensive weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The measure attracted support from senators of both parties for its potential to pressure the kingdom to end the war in Yemen. Intercept reporters Sara Sirota and Ken Klippenstein join Ryan Grim to discuss what the politics surrounding Saudi Arabia look like with a Democrat back in the White House. Transcript coming soon.

Source: Deconstructed: Congress Caves to Saudi Arabia on Yemen

Uncategorized, Yemen

Will Saudi Arabia ever End its Catastrophic War on Yemen?

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America profits from this War (ODT)

via Will Saudi Arabia ever End its Catastrophic War on Yemen?

Uncategorized, USA

US to deploy 3,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia News | Al Jazeera

The deployment is part of what the US has described as defensive moves following the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities last month [File: Massoud Hossaini/Reuters] [The Associated Press]

Trump’s Troops for Oil, but not for Life of any Kurd (ODT)

via US to deploy 3,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia News | Al Jazeera

terrorism

U.S. Peace Council returns from Syria: “It is not President Assad against his own people, it is President Assad and the Syrian people, all together, against outside mercenary forces, terror organisations, supported by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United States, and underneath it, Israel” | the real Syrian Free Press

The truth about Syria and what is happening in Syria is all here, in the video below, outlined and documented during this press briefing by the U.S. Peace Council (USPC).We cannot be sure how l…

Source: U.S. Peace Council returns from Syria: “It is not President Assad against his own people, it is President Assad and the Syrian people, all together, against outside mercenary forces, terror organisations, supported by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United States, and underneath it, Israel” | the real Syrian Free Press

Iran

Saudi king hopes final Iran deal will boost security – How is it that only Israel is against this deal surely the Sunni Saudi’s would be against it but it seems not.

US President Barack Obama held talks with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace in Riyadh, on January 27, 2015

Saudi king hopes final Iran deal will boost security – Your Middle East.

Andrew Bolt, Beheading

Abbott & Bolt beheadings Ok in Saudi Arabia

What’s behind the spike in Saudi beheadings?

Young Bangladeshis stage a mock execution in protest of Saudi Arabia beheading eight workers in 2011 [Reuters]
Human rights groups say there has been an upsurge of executions in Saudi Arabia, after more than one execution per day in the first three weeks of August was carried out. To date this month, the country has almost doubled the number of declared executions in the seven months before August 4.Charges have included murder, drug smuggling, and sorcery. On August 18, four members from the same family in the southwestern city of Najran were beheaded for smuggling a “large quantity of hashish“.  The next day a Saudi national was executed in the northern city of Qurayyat for sorcery.The Saudi Ministry of Justice has announced the execution of 26 individuals since August 4. In the seven months prior, 15 executions were carried out, bringing the total number to 41 so far this year. However, there were no executions during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan this year between June 28 and July 28

Each year, the Saudi government executes foreign nationals as well as local citizens.