Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia

  1. Prince Saud bin Faisal Al Saud, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, participates in a United Nations forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 28, 2010

    Saudi Arabia Withdraws Monitors From Syria

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    The kingdom tries to put more pressure on Bashar al-Assad as part of its regional struggle with Iran.

  1. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, addresses a climate change conference in Montreal, Canada, December 8, 2005

    Saudi Arabia Reminds Iran Who’s Boss

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    The Saudi oil minister declares that the kingdom will make up for a drop in Iranian oil production “almost immediately.”

  1. A merchant ship sails off the starboard side of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge while transiting the Straits of Hormuz, July 5, 2004

    Circumventing the Strait of Hormuz’ Bottleneck

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    As Iran has threatened to shut the narrow waterway from international oil tankers, what alternatives are there?

  1. Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud and Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign minister of Turkey, during a security conference in Munich, Germany, February 6, 2010

    Saudi Prince Predicts Regional Proliferation

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    The former Saudi spy master warned that the kingdom might seek a nuclear capacity of its own unless the West stops Iran.

  1. President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen

    Saudi Arabia Brokers Yemeni Power Transfer

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    The oil kingdom convinced President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. The Saudis will maintain their influence in Yemen.