Archiv: The Sultan (ruler of Saudi Arabia)


22.05.2025 - 17:18 [ Jerusalem Post ]

France, Saudis seek to disarm Hamas, keep it as political entity – report

According to the sources, allowing Hamas to „retain a degree of political power would make it more likely to accept disarming,“ and the objective of the talks is to transform Hamas into a „purely political entity that can still play some role in future Palestinian governance.“

Reports have also indicated that there have been growing strains between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron over France‘s attempts to get more countries to recognize a Palestinian state.

22.05.2025 - 17:15 [ Middle East Eye ]

Report: France and Saudi Arabia planning proposal to disarm Hamas

Sources involved in the discussions told Bloomberg that according to the plan, Hamas would still maintain some political power in Gaza.

According to the report, the Saudis have presented the proposal to Hamas, although its unclear if French officials have contacted the group.

16.05.2025 - 22:54 [ CNBC ]

Qatari cybertrucks, elite camels and trillion-dollar vows: Why Gulf countries are going all out for Trump’s visit

The optics of the U.S. leader’s Middle East visit were strong, showcasing the larger-than-life opulence of the region’s richest petrostates — and how much of that wealth they are willing to spend to deepen their ties with the U.S. and advance their own economic agendas.

The numbers are historic. Qatar and the U.S. agreed on a $1.2 trillion “economic exchange”; Saudia Arabia promised to invest $600 billion in the U.S., and major projects were signed with the United Arab Emirates, after Abu Dhabi in March committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the U.S.

14.05.2025 - 15:37 [ CBS News ]

Trump meets with Syria‘s new leader, a former Islamist militant, after announcing sanctions to be lifted

In a readout on the two leaders‘ meeting in Saudi Arabia, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Mr. Trump had told the Syrian leader that „he has a tremendous opportunity to do something historic in his country,“ and urged him to join Saudi Arabia in signing onto the U.S.-backed Abraham Accords, to normalize ties with Israel.

14.05.2025 - 14:45 [ Economic Times / India Times ]

All about Humain, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s multi-billion dollar AI company

This announcement comes as key figures in the tech world, including Tesla‘s Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, are expected in Riyadh for a US-Saudi investment forum. The event is expected to feature a series of multibillion-dollar deals across AI, defence, and other sectors.

14.05.2025 - 14:37 [ ArabNews.com ]

Saudi Arabia signs deals worth more than $300 billion with US, crown prince confirms

During an address at the event, Prince Mohammed said the Kingdom was looking at $600 billion of investment opportunities, adding that he hoped this would raise to $1 trillion.

14.05.2025 - 14:34 [ Oilprice.com ]

U.S. and Saudi Arabia Sign Major Energy Deals During Trump’s Visit

The United States and Saudi Arabia signed an economic partnership agreement and a number of energy deals between Saudi oil giant Aramco and American companies during the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to the Kingdom on Tuesday.

14.05.2025 - 14:29 [ Time Magazine ]

Trump Announces $142 Billion Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia

The U.S. has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, the White House announced Tuesday, as President Donald Trump kicked off his Middle East trip in Riyadh.

13.05.2025 - 14:18 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Trump begins second term foreign tour in Riyadh, welcomed by Crown Prince

US President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for his first official overseas trip of his second term.

He was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

13.05.2025 - 14:15 [ CNN ]

Trump meets with Saudi crown prince as Middle East trip gets under way

• Middle East visit: President Donald Trump is on the first major international trip of his second term as he works to shore up relations with a trio of key allies and prove his might as a dealmaker on the world stage.

• On the agenda: Trump received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. Later today, he is expected to speak at a US-Saudi investment forum, where Elon Musk is also listed as a speaker. Trump will travel to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week.

• Weapons sale: The US announced a weapons sale of over $1.4 billion to the UAE ahead of Trump’s trip. A slew of deals between the two countries is expected to be announced during his visit, including investments in AI, chips, manufacturing and energy. Trump may also announce a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia.

12.05.2025 - 18:19 [ Washington Post ]

Trump repeatedly bypasses Netanyahu, stoking dismay among Israelis

“It’s disconcerting,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington.

“It’s total panic,” said Shalom Lipner, a former Netanyahu aide and a fellow at the Atlantic Council, describing the mood in Jerusalem.

12.05.2025 - 18:16 [ CNN ]

Trump’s Middle East trip leaves Netanyahu watching from the sidelines again

The White House has called it a “historic return to the Middle East” and promised “a shared vision of stability, opportunity and mutual respect.” Israel is once again not on the itinerary. And after Trump blindsided Israel several times already – announcing talks with Iran, a deal with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and direct talks with Hamas – Israeli officials are concerned another surprise could be coming.

08.05.2025 - 14:50 [ Reuters ]

Trump says he is not planning to visit Israel as part of upcoming trip

(May 6, 2025)

While the White House has never confirmed that Israel would be part of his upcoming trip, there have been widespread rumors in diplomatic and national security circles that he would extend his trip to visit the U.S. ally.

04.05.2025 - 19:42 [ Axios ]

Scoop: Hegseth plans Israel visit ahead of Trump‘s Middle East trip

Driving the news: Hegseth will arrive in Israel on May 12 and meet with his counterpart Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

– Hegseth will then travel to Saudi Arabia to join Trump‘s trip to the Gulf.
– Trump will also visit Qatar and the UAE but is not currently expected to visit Israel.

18.04.2025 - 01:15 [ Saba.ye ]

Citizen martyred by Saudi enemy fire in Sa‘ada

[Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:12:42 +0300]

Sa‘ada – Saba:
A citizen was martyred by Saudi enemy fire in Sa‘ada province on Thursday, a security official said..

16.04.2025 - 22:54 [ theCradle.co ]

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen border areas hours after intense US airstrikes

Officials from Saudi Arabia have privately said they will not join or help a ground offensive in Yemen.

13.04.2025 - 22:07 [ New Age (Bangladesh) ]

Much for world, Bangladesh to do to stop Gaza genocide

But the protests held in Suhrawardy Udyan on April 12 where a declaration outlined the demands for the United Nations, the world community and Muslim world leaders, especially Arab nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Bangladesh government appear hardly critical of the United States. Israel’s genocide in Gaza has, of course, resulted from the nonchalance of the Muslim world, especially Arab nations. But it could not happen without the complicity of the United States. Before the Balfour declaration was made public, it was approved by the United States in early 1918. The west, generally, and the United States, especially, having ignored the historical context has given rise to the current state of the conflict. The United States, the first country to grant Israel recognition on May 14, 1948, engineered the Oslo accord and the Abraham accord to further consolidate Israel as the colonial settler state in occupied Palestine with support from major Arab states. The Arab world and the United States are both equally responsible for the current state of Palestine and they all should be equally condemned.

18.03.2025 - 15:07 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Saudi Arabia condemns resumption of Israeli aggression on Gaza

RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation and denunciation of the resumption of Israeli aggression on Gaza, including direct attacks on civilian-populated areas, in blatant disregard for international humanitarian law.

16.03.2025 - 11:26 [ Middle East Eye ]

Is this the dawn of a new era in the Middle East?

The Gaza war and its aftermath in Lebanon and Syria seem to have strengthened the hands of Israel and Turkey, while weakening those of Iran and its allies. At the same time, the return of Trump appears to have brought the US even closer to Israel, and upped its opposition to Iran.

But how much this is truly a departure from the past should not be overstated. Most powers, such as in the Gulf and Egypt, have had to adapt to the new circumstances, but their policy positions have not drastically altered.

11.03.2025 - 08:12 [ New York Times ]

Zelensky Meets With Saudi Crown Prince Before U.S.-Ukraine Talks

Mr. Zelensky wrote on X that his discussions with Prince Mohammed, the de facto Saudi leader, who has sought to take a central role on the world’s diplomatic stage, were “good” and that he was “grateful” for the crown prince’s “wise perspective on global affairs and support for Ukraine.” Mr. Zelensky added that it was “especially important to hear words of confidence in Ukraine’s future.”

Their meeting came ahead of talks planned for Tuesday between Ukrainian and U.S. officials in the oil-rich Gulf state.

10.03.2025 - 08:04 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Neue Ukraine-Gespräche: Selenskyj reist nach Saudi-Arabien

Stand: 10.03.2025 06:59 Uhr

Neue Ukraine-Gespräche: Selenskyj reist nach Saudi-Arabien

10.03.2025 - 08:00 [ Associated Press ]

What to know ahead of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

Sybiha also spoke Friday with Rubio ahead of the talks. Sybiha described it as a “constructive call.” A two-sentence readout from the State Department said Rubio “underscored President Trump is determined to end the war as soon as possible and emphasized that all sides must take steps to secure a sustainable peace.”

10.03.2025 - 07:56 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Ukrainian officials Yermak, Umerov, Sybiha, Palisa scheduled to meet with their US counterparts in Saudi Arabia on Tues – Zelenskyy

(March 8, 2ß25)

„Next week, I will begin with a visit to Saudi Arabia. After my meeting on Monday with the Crown Prince, Ukrainian diplomatic and military representatives will stay for a meeting on Tuesday with the American team. The Ukrainian team will include Andriy Yermak, Andriy Sybiha, Rustem Umerov, and Pavlo Palisa,“ the president said on the X network on Saturday.

Zelenskyy also said a meeting of the diplomatic teams of Ukraine and the UK took place in Kyiv on Saturday.

04.03.2025 - 10:31 [ NewArab.com ]

Arab summit in Cairo convenes for Gaza‘s post-war future

The summit, which will begin at 3pm local time, will provide a response to US President Donald Trump‘s displacement plan announced in February which was staunchly rebuffed by the region.

04.03.2025 - 10:11 [ Bloomberg ]

Arab Leaders to Unveil Gaza Construction Plan to Counter Trump

The proposition is expected to be unveiled at an extraordinary Arab League summit in the Egyptian capital on Tuesday. But while the leaders of countries including Saudi Arabia will seek to project a unified front against Trump’s suggestion of displacing Palestinians, the initiative faces a number of major hurdles, according to several people briefed on the approximately 150-page document.

02.03.2025 - 23:24 [ WAFA.ps ]

Saudi Arabia denounces Israeli government‘s decision to halt humanitarian aid to Gaza

In a statement issued on Sunday by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kingdom reiterated its call for the international community to put an end to these grave Israeli violations, activate mechanisms for international accountability and ensure the sustainable delivery of humanitarian aid.

25.02.2025 - 22:58 [ NewArab.com ]

If Arabs want Trump to ditch his Gaza plan, they must make him an offer he can‘t refuse

The upcoming Arab League summit, scheduled to convene in the Egyptian capital Cairo on March 4, represents a moment of truth for Arab governments, individually and collectively.

For 500 days they have stood by, inert, as Israel conducted a genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with the unconditional support of Israel’s – and their – patron the United States.

The not entirely unpredictable culmination of this slaughter, and of the comatose Arab response, is that Washington now wants to seal the Palestinians’ fate not in Palestine, but in the Arab world and at Arab expense. It wants to literally export the Palestine question to the Arab world and thereby make it an Arab problem.

21.02.2025 - 18:55 [ Egypt Today ]

Egypt’s Sisi returns home after participating in Riyadh‘s meeting on Palestinian issue

CAIRO – 21 February 2025: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has departed from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, returning to Egypt after attending an informal meeting focused on the Palestinian issue.

The meeting saw the participation of the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.

20.02.2025 - 20:47 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Crown Prince convenes meeting of leaders of Gulf, Egypt and Jordan in Riyadh on Friday

RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman will hold an informal fraternal meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Egypt‘s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Riyadh on Friday, Feb. 21. The meeting follows an invitation extended by the Crown Prince to these leaders, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting an official Saudi source.

This meeting comes within the context of the special friendly meetings that have been held periodically for many years between the leaders of the GCC, Jordan and Egypt, the source said.

18.02.2025 - 04:14 [ Middle East Eye ]

As Trump looks to turn page on Gaza and Ukraine, all roads lead to Riyadh

Saudi Arabia is neutral ground for Trump to restore high-level ties to Russia, but the crown prince is opposing his Gaza plans

14.02.2025 - 19:33 [ Al Arabiya ]

Saudi Arabia welcomes hosting Trump-Putin summit in Kingdom, commends call between the two

Zelenskyy said on Friday that he planned to make trips to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Turkey but did not say when.

14.02.2025 - 19:24 [ Reuters ]

Saudi Arabia spearheads Arab scramble for alternative to Trump‘s Gaza plan

The role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely known as MbS, is shaping up to be key.
„We are telling the Americans we have a plan that works. Our meeting with MbS is going to be critical. He is taking the lead,“ said a Jordanian official.

12.02.2025 - 12:45 [ CBS News ]

Trump pushes Gaza plan in meeting with Jordan‘s King Abdullah II

„I don‘t have to threaten that. I do believe we‘re above that,“ Mr. Trump said. That contradicted his previous suggestion that holding back aid was a possibility.

12.02.2025 - 12:29 [ Le Monde ]

Gaza: Trump forces King Abdullah II of Jordan into diplomatic contortions

There was something painful about watching Jordanian King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday, February 11, his eyes nervously twitching as he tried not to upset his host, Donald Trump. Journalists asked him, several times over: Was his country, Jordan, ready to receive a part of the Gazan population on its soil, as the American president wants to remove them from Palestinian territory?

The king refused to answer. In his impeccable English, he cautiously took refuge behind Egypt‘s broader international stature.

12.02.2025 - 12:14 [ Middle East Eye ]

Jordan‘s King Abdullah avoids contradicting Trump‘s claim to authority over Gaza

“I think we have to keep in mind that there is a plan from Egypt and the Arab countries,” Abdullah said when prompted to speak by the president.

“We‘re being invited by [Crown Prince] Mohammed bin Salman to discussions in Riyadh..“

05.02.2025 - 20:03 [ Al Jazeera ]

‘Non-negotiable’: Saudi Arabia flatly rejects Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

“His Highness [Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman] has affirmed this position in a clear and explicit manner that does not allow for any interpretation under any circumstances.

“His Highness stressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that.”

05.02.2025 - 19:28 [ Le Monde ]

World reactions to Trump‘s proposal for US to ‚take over‘ Gaza Strip

„The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,“ Trump said. „We‘ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs.“

01.02.2025 - 00:58 [ New York Times ]

U.S. Relies Heavily on Saudi Money to Support Syrian Rebels

(January 23, 2016)

In addition to Saudi Arabia’s vast oil reserves and role as the spiritual anchor of the Sunni Muslim world, the long intelligence relationship helps explain why the United States has been reluctant to openly criticize Saudi Arabia for its human rights abuses, its treatment of women and its support for the extreme strain of Islam, Wahhabism, that has inspired many of the very terrorist groups the United States is fighting. The Obama administration did not publicly condemn Saudi Arabia’s beheading this month of a dissident Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who had challenged the royal family.