Washington preparing a multi-billion dollar arms package for Saudi Arabia, potentially topping $100 billion, sources tell Reuters. The proposal is expected to coincide with Trump’s upcoming visit to the kingdom.
President Trump will embark on a diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE from May 13–16, the White House confirms.
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud is highest highest-ranking Saudi to visit Iran in nearly 30 years. He will meet with the chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms Trump is set to visit Saudi Arabia in May, in what will be his first trip abroad in his second term.
President Donald Trump announces plans to visit the Middle East in the coming weeks, marking his first foreign trip of his second term. The itinerary includes stops in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with the possibility of additional destinations.
Sources tell Axios that US President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia in mid-May, marking his first foreign trip since returning to the White House. No plans at this time for a trip to Israel.
Missile fired from Yemen towards Israel lands in Saudi Arabia; country's air defense says US forces intercepted the missile.
French President says he spoke with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and they condemned the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
Secretary of State meets Saudi Crown Prince in Jeddah, reiterates US position that Hamas must have no role in postwar Gaza.
Egyptian President expected to visit Riyadh on Thursday to discuss an Arab initiative for Gaza that could include up to $20 billion for reconstruction.
Secretary of State visits Riyadh, tells Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that any resolution for Gaza must enhance regional security. State Department statement makes no mention of Trump's Gaza plan.
CNN report: Saudi Arabia has expressed openness to mediating between the Trump administration and Iran in the efforts to negotiate a new agreement aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal rips Trump’s proposal for Gazans to relocate to other countries: The problem in Palestine is not the Palestinians. It is the Israeli occupation.
Saudi Arabia reaffirms that normalization with Israel is conditioned on a Palestinian state, after Trump responded "no" when asked by Arutz Sheva whether the Saudis are expecting a Palestinian state as a condition for normalization with Israel.
The Saudis need our assistance with their sworn enemy Iran – and if Iran is successfully neutralized, how valuable does this treaty then remain for them? The answer is, not much, so why should we concede anything substantive in order to achieve it? Opinion.
Five Arab foreign ministers and senior PA official send letter to US Secretary of State, expressing opposition to any plans that would displace Palestinian Arabs from Gaza.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK: We are happy to engage in processes with anyone, but we do have some red lines, and for us to end the last 75 years of pain and suffering caused by one problem has to include a Palestinian state.
Dr. David Wurmser says as long as it is dependent on the Palestinian issue, it is better that Israel and the US not work to bring the Saudis into the Abraham Accords.
Syria’s new Foreign Minister, Asaad al-Shibani, visits Saudi Arabia, the first foreign trip by Syria’s new leadership following their rise to power last month.
Saudi Arabia executed 330 individuals this year, marking the highest annual total in decades, according to tally published by Reuters.
US Secretary of State tells Foreign Affairs magazine that Hamas has been more productive on getting a ceasefire and hostage release deal done "because they’ve seen that the cavalry is not coming to the rescue."
Prime Minister's Office denies report a breakthrough was reached in normalization talks with Saudi Arabia with declaration Israel is committed to a 'path toward a Palestinian state.'
According to the report, Crown Prince bin Salman shows no interest in recognizing a Palestinian state, but wants to appease public opinion in his country.
Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that there is an opportunity to bring home the hostages, and connected it to peace with Saudi Arabia which would 'change the face of the Middle East.'
Saudi Arabia continues recent trend of criticism of Israel, this time denouncing IDF operations at the UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
Prince Turki Al Faisal, who served as Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, denounces the Jewish state as "genocidal" and an "apartheid" state, expresses hope that Netanyahu will face charges at the ICC.
Saudi Arabia has executed 101 foreign nationals in 2024, according to an AFP tally, a figure which nearly triples the 34 foreign executions recorded in both 2023 and 2022.
As Arab and Muslim leaders convene in the Saudi capital, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman demands that the global community "immediately halt the Israeli actions against our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon."
Speaking to the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas called for Israel to be suspended from the UN and for international sanctions to be imposed on it
Saudi Arabia's military chief Fayyad al-Ruwaili visits Tehran, holds discussions with Iran's top military commander, General Mohammad Bagheri.
Sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios that the US and Saudi Arabia are exploring a potential security agreement independent of a broader deal with Israel.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, says Riyadh could potentially act "quite quickly" on bilateral agreements with Washington, even if a comprehensive deal involving the recognition of Israel is not achieved.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, condemns the "complete blockade" of northern Gaza, reiterates that normalization is dependent on a Palestinian state.
Saudi defense ministry spokesman confirms Saudi Arabia recently participated in military exercises with Iran and other nations in the Sea of Oman, but says no other exercises are planned at this time.
Commander of Iran's navy says Iran and Saudi Arabia are preparing for joint military exercises in the Red Sea. The report has not yet been confirmed by Saudi Arabia.
MBC network's offices in Iraq stormed and ransacked by Shi'ite militia supporters angered by the network's description of Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar as terrorists.
Amid concerns over its human rights record, Saudi Arabia falls seven votes short in its bid to secure a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It was previously elected to the UNHRC in 2013.
Saudi news channel Al Hadath reported that a man who came from Iran shook Nasrallah's hand and smeared it with a substance that Israel could track.
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he would be willing for Israel to conduct counterterror operations in Gaza following war. 'I don't personally care about the Palestinian issue, but my people do.'
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Saudi Arabia would not recognize Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, criticizes the "crimes of the Israeli occupation".
Director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute (AAPI): 'The Accords survived the war because of ties between the people, and not just the leaders. Saudi and UAE have 2 demands to be involved in Gaza.'
The are doing that by destabilizing Saudi Arabia which is already frustrated by the US State Department's attitude towards Iran. Opinion.
Mohammed bin Salman reportedly tells US lawmakers he fears being killed as Anwar Sadat was if he normalizes relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
The ban was imposed in 2021 amid concerns about the toll of the Saudi-led war against the Houthis in Yemen.
Sources say Biden has decided to lift a ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, reversing a three-year-old policy, amid tensions in the Middle East.
In first remarks by a Saudi official on Haniyeh elimination, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister says it was a "blatant violation" of Iran's sovereignty.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused efforts to achieve normalization deal with Saudi Arabia until after US elections, report says.
In recently televised address, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badreddine Al-Houthi warned against Saudi Arabia’s “collaboration” with the United States, Israel, and Britain in implementing measures to close Sanaa’s banks, airport, and seaport.
American and Israeli officials familiar tell Ynet that normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not a realistic possibility until after the US presidential elections in November.
Both the UAE and the Saudis have toned down their educational messages about Israel, while the PA has only made them worse. The State Dept doesn't seem to care. Op-ed.
Fabian Hamilton, a candidate with Britain’s Labour Party, tells attendees at an event in a mosque that his party will stop arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia if it wins this week's election.
According to the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, the pilgrims died as a result of heatstroke as temperatures in the Saudi city are expected to reach 116 F.
US and Saudi officials told WSJ that the deal is close to being finalized, but US approval may depend on it being tied to Israel-Saudi normalization, for which Saudis demand Israeli commitment to a Palestinian state.
Senator Lindsey Graham receives Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Prize: 'Everybody wants to kill all the Jews, so now's the time for people in the US to circle the wagons. Speak up, speak out. We're next.'
Senior US official says the US and Saudi Arabia have a “near final set” of bilateral agreements in place, but a broader deal with Israel is not close yet.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan says defense agreement with Saudi Arabia goes hand-in-hand with the kingdom and Israel normalizing ties: You can’t disentangle one piece from the others.
US, Saudi Arabia, may sign deal on condition that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel the moment Israel's government is willing to agree to a Palestinian state along the 1948 borders.
US officials say Biden administration and Saudi Arabia are finalizing agreement for US security guarantees which would be part of broader agreement which includes Israeli-Saudi normalization.
Saudi Arabia has launched a wave of arrests of citizens who attacked Israel and identified with Hamas on social networks amid the Gaza war.
A source in the Saudi royal family said that Israel must make sacrifices for peace to create a regional alliance with the Arab nations and that there will be no normalization without a Palestinian state.
