Kathy Kelly (2023-09-06). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia. dissidentvoice.org 
The Saudis picked us up from the detention center in Daer and put us in a minibus going back to the Yemen border. When they released us, they created a kind of chaos; they screamed at us to "get out of the car and get away." … this is when they started to fire mortars …
People's Dispatch. (2023-09-06). Yemeni Government Criticizes Decision To Cut Humanitarian Aid. popularresistance.org On Monday, September 4, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, criticized the World Food Programme's (WFP) decision to scale back its aid program in the country. He termed it part of the US attempts to continue the humanitarian crisis there. Earlier, the WFP had stated that due to lack of funds, it will be forced to cut the size of its aid program in Yemen from September. | Al-Houthi met with WFP's Middle East and North Africa director, Corinne Fleischer, and claimed that the UN has failed to carry out the humanitarian program in Yemen which faces what is considered to be one of the…
MEE staff (2023-09-07). Yemen: Campaign launched over missing Omani travel vlogger. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Campaign launched over missing Omani travel vlogger | Prominent travel content creator goes missing in Marib, with many calling for his release and news on his whereabouts | Thu, 09/07/2023 – 15: 38 | The Omani vlogger Harith al-Shariqi regularly shares his travels with his thousands of followers on YouTube and Instagram (Screengrab/Instagram) | An online campaign has been launched in solidarity…
People's Dispatch. (2023-09-06). Yemeni Government Criticizes Decision To Cut Humanitarian Aid. popularresistance.org On Monday, September 4, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, criticized the World Food Programme's (WFP) decision to scale back its aid program in the country. He termed it part of the US attempts to continue the humanitarian crisis there. Earlier, the WFP had stated that due to lack of funds, it will be forced to cut the size of its aid program in Yemen from September. | Al-Houthi met with WFP's Middle East and North Africa director, Corinne Fleischer, and claimed that the UN has failed to carry out the humanitarian program in Yemen which faces what is considered to be one of the…
Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-06). Saudi Arabia and Iran take next step in re-establishing ties, exchange ambassadors. peoplesdispatch.org The Saudi and Iranian embassies had already resumed operations over the previous months. The developments are a result of an agreement in March which was brokered with Chinese mediation…
Kathy Kelly (2023-09-07). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia. counterpunch.org
Dave DeCamp (2023-09-06). Blinken Speaks With Netanyahu, Abbas Amid Saudi Normalization Push. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas amid a US push to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. According to the State Department, Blinken and Netanyahu discussed several issues, including Iran and …
MEE staff (2023-09-06). Jared Kushner's investment firm to acquire stake in Israeli company. middleeasteye.net 
Jared Kushner's investment firm to acquire stake in Israeli company | Affinity Partners, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, is making its first Israeli investment | Wed, 09/06/2023 – 20: 28 | Jared Kushner gestures as he attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on 25 October 2022 (AFP) | The private equity firm of Jared Kushner, son-in-law an…
MEE staff (2023-09-06). Spain will defend 'strategic autonomy' after Saudi Arabia moves in on Telefonica. middleeasteye.net 
Spain will defend 'strategic autonomy' after Saudi Arabia moves in on Telefonica | Telecom giant has major presence in Latin America and ties to Spain's defence industry | Wed, 09/06/2023 – 21: 27 | The Telefonica logo is displayed in Barcelona, Spain, on 2 March 2022 (AFP) | Spain is scrutinising Saudi Telecom Company's (STC) bid to take a major stake in Telefonica, one of the country's largest compani…
Melvin Goodman (2023-09-06). We Must Reduce the American Role in the Middle East. counterpunch.org The U.S. preoccupation with the Middle East over the past six decades has been a costly endeavor with little benefit. The traditional twin pillars of U.S. policy in the region have been relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia. Relations with Israel have been complicated due to domestic pressures on U.S. administrations that prevent a forthright approach to dealing with Israel. As a result, the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in the 1960s was handled duplicitously by the administration of Lyndon Johnson. Relations with Saudi Arabia are dependent on U.S. energy requirements, and Saudi influence in the OPEC arena.
teleSUR (2023-09-06). Bank of China Opens Branch in Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Bank of China (BOC) opened its branch in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to expand its financial service network in the Arab country. | RELATED: | "The establishment of the branch, serving as a conduit for trade and investment between China and Saudi Arabia, reflects a tangible commitment to advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries," BOC President Liu Jin said. | The Bank of China is…
Kathy Kelly (2023-09-06). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations With Saudi Arabia. progressive.org Rather than assisting people afflicted by droughts, impoverishment, and intensifying wars, the United States is acting in its own perceived self-interests and entertaining Saudi demands for even more military power.
Kathy Kelly (2023-09-07). Prioritizing Human Rights in Relations with Saudi Arabia. counterpunch.org
teleSUR (2023-09-06). Bank of China Opens Branch in Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Bank of China (BOC) opened its branch in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to expand its financial service network in the Arab country. | RELATED: | "The establishment of the branch, serving as a conduit for trade and investment between China and Saudi Arabia, reflects a tangible commitment to advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries," BOC President Liu Jin said. | The Bank of China is…
Dave DeCamp (2023-09-06). Blinken Speaks With Netanyahu, Abbas Amid Saudi Normalization Push. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas amid a US push to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. According to the State Department, Blinken and Netanyahu discussed several issues, including Iran and …
Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-06). Saudi Arabia and Iran take next step in re-establishing ties, exchange ambassadors. peoplesdispatch.org The Saudi and Iranian embassies had already resumed operations over the previous months. The developments are a result of an agreement in March which was brokered with Chinese mediation…
Melvin Goodman (2023-09-06). We Must Reduce the American Role in the Middle East. counterpunch.org The U.S. preoccupation with the Middle East over the past six decades has been a costly endeavor with little benefit. The traditional twin pillars of U.S. policy in the region have been relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia. Relations with Israel have been complicated due to domestic pressures on U.S. administrations that prevent a forthright approach to dealing with Israel. As a result, the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in the 1960s was handled duplicitously by the administration of Lyndon Johnson. Relations with Saudi Arabia are dependent on U.S. energy requirements, and Saudi influence in the OPEC arena.
MEE staff (2023-09-06). Saudi Arabia and Iran exchange ambassadors after seven-year fallout. middleeasteye.net 
sputnikglobe (2023-09-06). Putin, Saudi Crown Prince Note Cut in Oil Production Will Stabilize Market – Kremlin. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman noted that reduction in the oil production will stabilize the global market during a phone conversation on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
Arabic press review: Tens of thousands of Libyans expelled from their homes | Meanwhile, Yemenis are forced to skip meals as prices soar, and Jordanian refugees face severe funding shortages | Fri, 09/08/2023 – 13: 18 | People gather along the promenade in Libya's second city of Benghazi on 26 March 2023 (AFP) | Libyans expelled from homes by Haftar: | A new report by UN experts s…
Saudi Arabia tops 100 executions in 2023 | Amnesty International warns that death penalty is being used in 'grossly unfair trials' in Saudi Arabia | Fri, 09/08/2023 – 17: 54 | More than 1,000 death sentences have been carried out since King Salman assumed power in 2015 (AP/File photo) | The number of executions conducted by