Saudi Arabia

Anger at the presence of U.S. troops on sacred Saudi soil led Osama bin Laden to found al Qaeda and wage jihad on the West. The crown prince’s decision to welcome them back could light the fuse again.

From Princess Haya to Sheikha Latifa, our top reads on why the Gulf’s rich and famous want out.

With the war in Yemen stalemated, the UAE has started pulling back—leaving its powerful ally holding the bag.

The bipartisan bill follows the revelation that a longtime Trump advisor was pushing for lucrative nuclear deals with Riyadh.

The Foreign Relations Committee, in a rare breach of decorum, engages in a bitter dispute over how to pressure Riyadh.

The British ambassador to the United States exits the stage, and Europe tries to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

After years of denouncing Obama and cozying up to Trump, Saudi Arabia is trying to resurrect its influence among Democrats in advance of the 2020 election. It won’t work.

The Trump administration has done more for the millions in camps than any Islamic leader.

Trump’s Washington celebrates a militaristic Fourth of July, protests surge in Hong Kong, and the European Union chooses new leadership.

The Saudi crown prince’s regional aggression and disdain for human rights have prompted religious scholars and pious pilgrims to refuse to go on the hajj. 

European leaders should not lend support to a Trump administration plan that dangles economic carrots to Palestinians while entrenching the Israeli occupation.

“This country will not stand for it,” Trump says after drone shootdown.

The death of Mohamed Morsi is the latest milestone along the country’s slide into terminal irrelevance.

The recent strikes make clear that Iran’s enemies won’t be able to bypass it in the Persian Gulf.

The Saudi crown prince vowed to crack down on radical clerics—but the victims have mostly been advocates for moderate Islam.

Lawmakers accused the State Department of concocting a “phony emergency.”