The Senate in Washington and the Court of Appeal in London find fault with current policy on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Articles tagged: ‘USA’
The Bahrain workshop: who’s going and who isn’t?
Posted onPalestinians, whether official or business, will not attend the Bahrain workshop. Seven Arab states will nevertheless take part; so will some international organisations. The event will not be a resounding success but an embarrassing flop may have been narrowly avoided.
Sudan – counter-revolution
Posted onSudan – killing of demonstrators stalls negotiations between military and protesters. Ethiopian mediation knocked off course.
Syria on a cliff edge
Posted onSyria – fighting continues, mainly in and around Idlib between the Syrian army and jihadis. International complications.
Tankers attacked near the Gulf again
Posted onTwo tankers attacked and left adrift in the Gulf of Oman. Pompeo again accuses Iran.
Lebanon and Israel to talk
Posted onUS shuttle diplomacy has achieved agreement on talks to take place between Lebanon and Israel on the maritime border.
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia questioned
Posted onArms sales to Saudi Arabia by US, UK and France criticised, but governments undeterred. Missiles/nuclear.
Sudan – turn for the worse
Posted onSudan – 60 demonstrators killed, talks between the military and the protesters stalled.
Deal of the [next] century
Posted onKushner briefly visits Morocco and Jordan to boost the deal of the century. Netanyahu’s failure to form a government may have put the kibosh on the timing if not the deal itself.
The Qatar dispute two years on
Posted onQatar vs. the 4 – petty squabbling continues. Hints of an olive branch, but no solution in sight.