U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Continue reading
Adel al-Jubeir, the minister of state for foreign affairs, spoke a week after four oil tankers– two of them Saudi– were targeted in an alleged act of sabotage off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading
Saudi Arabia said drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as other assaults targeted energy infrastructure elsewhere in the kingdom on Tuesday Continue reading
One of the tankers was en route to pick up Saudi oil to take to the United States. Continue reading
WSP Global Inc., an engineering firm headquartered in Montreal, has continued to land infrastructure work in Saudi Arabia even after a dispute erupted with Canada last summer, said Isabelle Adjahi, one of its senior vice-presidents. Continue reading
Amnesty said Saudi Arabia has stepped up the rate of executions in 2019, with at least 104 people put to death since the start of the year. Continue reading
President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. Continue reading
Montreal law professor Daniel Turp, citing Saudi Arabia’s poor human-rights record, asked the Federal Court to review the government’s decision to issue export permits authorizing the deal. Continue reading
It marks the first sweep of arrests to target individuals perceived as critics of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October. Continue reading
A newly released federal document provides a close look at Saudi Arabia’s retaliation against Canada, following criticism by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Twitter of the regime’s arrest of women’s rights activists. Continue reading