News Analysis NEW DELHI—While Saudi Arabia maintains its neutrality over the Kashmir issue in India’s favor, India’s archrival Pakistan is making all efforts to mend its relations with the Gulf country and is wooing it to change its stance on Kashmir. These diplomatic moves are occurring in the context of India opposing terrorism in Kashmir,…
Saudi Arabia Continues ‘Neutrality’ Over Kashmir in Favor of India, While Pakistan Tries to Overturn It
Treasury Sanctions Saudi Officials and ‘Tiger Squad’ Members Over Khashoggi Killing
The Treasury Department on Friday imposed asset-freeze and prohibition-of-business sanctions against Saudi officials after a government report implicated them in the slaying of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The sanctions target Ahmad Hassan Mohammed al Asiri, Saudi Arabia’s former Deputy Head of General Intelligence Presidency, and Saudi Arabia’s Rapid Intervention Force (RIF), also known as the…
Saudi Crown Prince Approved Operation Against Khashoggi, US Intelligence Report Shows
WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified intelligence assessment released on Friday in a manner choreographed to limit damage to U.S.-Saudi ties Khashoggi, a U.S. resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post critical…
Biden Administration Reviewing Whether Israel, Saudi Arabia Are ‘Important Allies’
President Joe Biden’s administration is looking into whether Israel and Saudi Arabia are important allies for the United States, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Asked Friday whether the administration considers them “important allies,” Psaki said the Biden administration is involved in “ongoing processes and internal interagency processes” to discuss Middle Eastern issues….
UBC Graduate and Prominent Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Released From Prison
One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists and graduate of the University of British Columbia was released from prison Wednesday, her family said, after serving nearly three years on charges that have sparked an international uproar over the kingdom’s human rights record. Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia,…
Young Saudi Shi’ites Have Death Penalties Commuted to 10 Years in Jail
DUBAI—Saudi Arabia’s state-backed Human Rights Commission said on Sunday that three young Shi’ite Muslims sentenced to death when they were minors have had the penalty reduced to 10 years in prison. Ali Al-Nimr, the nephew of prominent Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr whose 2016 execution sparked demonstrations in Saudi Arabia and Iran, was 17 when he…
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