#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

“#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past” SANAA – A bronze statue of the main god of the kingdom of Saba, located in what is now the Yemeni province of Marib, lies in a dark and fortified room of the Sanaa National Museum. The piece was made by a man named Hawtar Athat in the first…

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#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement

#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement

“#Russia and Saudi Arabia prepare for joint manned space mission-statement” Enlarge Image Russia’s then-energy minister, Alexander Novak, speaks during a joint press conference with Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud (not pictured) at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 19, 2020. Reuters Russia is training cosmonauts from Saudi Arabia as both…

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#Lawmakers demand release of docs on Saudi involvement in 9/11

#Lawmakers demand release of docs on Saudi involvement in 9/11

“#Lawmakers demand release of docs on Saudi involvement in 9/11” Pressure is building on President Biden to release secret FBI documents showing Saudi Arabia’s alleged complicity in the 9/11 terror attacks, with families of the victims accusing the US government of letting a Middle East ally  “get away with the murder of our loved ones.” A group…

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#Jeff Bezos exposed as the king of fake news

#Jeff Bezos exposed as the king of fake news

“#Jeff Bezos exposed as the king of fake news” Wow: It now looks like Jeff Bezos and his damage-control team just made up not one but two whole stories to deflect coverage of his affair with a then-married woman: one, a claim that the Saudis had hacked his phone to get telling texts and revealing…

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#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary

#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary

“#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary” Foreign desk: An Intel ‘Bombshell’ That Wasn’t At Tablet, Eli Lake exposes the emptiness of Team Biden’s much-ballyhooed release of US intel blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “for ordering the operation that ended in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.” It’s based overwhelmingly on a classified report conducted…

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#Biden’s Yemen withdrawal will only embolden the terrorists

#Biden’s Yemen withdrawal will only embolden the terrorists

“#Biden’s Yemen withdrawal will only embolden the terrorists” All through the 2020 presidential campaign, both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris signaled their intention to end US support for the Saudi-led military effort against the Houthi terrorists attempting to install a radical, Iran-style theocracy on the kingdom’s southern border. On Thursday, President Biden, possibly in preparation…

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#Biden pauses, reviews several Trump-era foreign policies

#Biden pauses, reviews several Trump-era foreign policies

“#Biden pauses, reviews several Trump-era foreign policies” The Biden administration on Wednesday paused US arms sales to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — one of several moves to address Trump-era foreign policies. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who was confirmed as the nation’s top diplomat on Tuesday, outlined to reporters some of the…

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