In the final days of the Second World War, Franklin D. Roosevelt held a meeting with Saudi King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud onboard the USS Quincy. The US president assured the Saudi King, who was concerned with the plight of the Palestinians, that any actions taken would be done so in full consultation with both the Jews and the Arabs living in...

The explosion in Beirut last week was reportedly caused by the ignition of ammonium nitrate. But the events that led to blast can be traced back decades. Lebanon is at its most critical juncture since the end of the civil war. Corruption and economic mismanagement had bought the country to the precipice of economic catastrophe before the...

Abstract Saudi Arabia represents the sixth most powerful foreign lobby in the United States. Following Israel and Qatar, Saudi Arabia is the third country in the Middle East to invest the most in shaping U.S. foreign policy, according to the Foreign Lobby Watch . Investigations surrounding Russia’s influence in making Donald Trump win the...