Khashoggi, Jamal
Pressure Grows for U.A.E. to Free Asim Ghafoor, American Lawyer
Pressure is mounting in the United States for the United Arab Emirates to release a Virginia lawyer who represented Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist who was murdered and dismembered by Saudi agents in 2018. On Thursday, members of Congress and a grouping of Muslim organizations held two separate news conferences to […]
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Twitter Worker Accused of Spying for Saudi Arabia Heads to Trial
SAN FRANCISCO — While working at Twitter from 2013 to 2015, Ahmad Abouammo was responsible for helping celebrities, journalists and other notable figures in the Middle East promote their Twitter accounts. He handled requests for Twitter’s coveted blue verification badges and arranged tours of the San Francisco headquarters. But the Justice Department says he misused […]
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Biden’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Draws Criticism and Modest Accords
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Biden exchanged the shaken fist for a fist bump on Friday as he abandoned his promise to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” and sat down with the crown prince he deemed responsible for the grisly killing and dismemberment of a columnist who lived in the United States. In the most […]
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Biden’s Saudi Lesson: The Only Path Runs Through M.B.S.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Saudi Arabia that President Biden will visit this week is a country being actively reshaped by the whims and visions of one man: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. As the de facto ruler of the oil-rich monarchy, the 36-year-old prince has cast himself as a reformer, loosening some restrictions of ultraconservative […]
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Mickelson and LIV Golf Attract Fans and Anger to Oregon
He called on Mickelson to “be a man, step up, accept the truth of who you’re getting in bed with.” The Saudi government has long denied any involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks. The Sept. 11 Commission, in its 2004 report, found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials […]
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LIV Golf Is Drawing Big Names and Heavy Criticism in Oregon
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — The Saudi government-backed LIV Golf Invitational series arrives in the United States on Thursday as it continues to roil a genteel sport with a slogan that promises, “Golf, but louder.” Except this is probably not the kind of noise its supporters had in mind. There is vehement opposition by some to […]
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Saudi Prince Visits Turkey For First Time Since Khashoggi Murder
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia visited Turkey on Wednesday for the first time since Saudi agents murdered the prominent dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018, driving a deep rift between the two regional powers. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in […]
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Why You Can’t Watch LIV Golf on American Television
For the Saudi-backed upstart LIV Golf tour, the strategy for luring top golfers like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson away from the prestige and stability of the PGA Tour was simple: Offer cash, and lots of it. The arrival of the new tour and the defection of PGA Tour stars were major disruptions in what […]
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Biden to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Ending Its ‘Pariah’ Status
WASHINGTON — President Biden, who as a candidate vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” in response to the assassination of a prominent dissident, has decided to travel to Riyadh this month to rebuild relations with the oil-rich kingdom at a time when he is seeking to lower gas prices at home and isolate Russia […]
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