List of Saudi Arabia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Despite King’s Death, U.S.-Saudi Relationship Unlikely to Change
Relations between the two countries will remain largely the same, and for a simple reason: Saudi Arabia badly needs the U.S.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With King’s Death, Younger Generation of Saudis Near Power
The death of King Abdullah has a younger generation of Saudis moving into the top echelons of power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt Cancels Arab Spring Tribute to Mourn Saudi King Abdullah
King Abdullah vociferously opposed the Arab Spring and propped up Egypt's military-backed government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rolling Back Reforms in Riyadh
Will King Salman maintain Abdullah’s legacy of progress toward a more open and inclusive society in Saudi Arabia?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Saudi Arabia’s New King Manage a Restive Middle East?
King Abdullah spent his life trying to keep the Middle East stable. But his successors are now left tending to crises that threaten to overwhelm the oil-rich monarchy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 King Abdullah Dies, Disrupting Saudi Arabia at a Sensitive Time
Plunging oil prices, the Islamic State, and a shadow war throughout the Middle East. The next ruler of the House of Saud has a full plate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia’s Beheadings Are Public, but It Doesn’t Want Them Publicized
The arrest of the man who filmed a recent beheading demonstrates the Saudi government’s sensitivity to mounting criticism and uncomfortable parallels with ISIS.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nicolas Maduro’s Excellent Adventure
With his country's oil-based economy reeling, Venezuelan President Maduro travels the world looking for help.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Blasphemy Brigade
Saudi and Egyptian officials walked arm in arm with the unity marchers in Paris. But the blasphemy laws they’re happy to push at home are hypocritical, cynical, and dangerous.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Royal Roulette
With King Abdullah in the hospital, the West should be bracing for a stormy succession battle within the House of Saud.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Saudi Arabia Trying to Cripple American Fracking?
Well, it's said as much, but the real reason for the flood of new Saudi oil is more complicated.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Would the Saudis Deliberately Crash the Oil Markets?
Simple: to undermine Tehran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Has a Shiite Problem
Washington's friends in Riyadh continue to oppress and marginalize 15 percent of the population. That's going to lead to disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Talking Turkey: What Will OPEC Do?
For the first time in years, an OPEC meeting matters. But the group will be hard-pressed to reach agreement on how to halt the slide in oil prices.