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In pursuit of oil and Mideast security, Biden to meet with Saudis he once regarded as pariahs

WASHINGTON — Nothing about President Joe Biden’s visit this week to the Middle East is going to be easy.

Los Angeles Times

Biden once wanted to make Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' – so why is he playing nice with the kingdom's repressive rulers now?

Even before setting foot in the Middle East for his first visit to the region as president, Joe Biden felt compelled to defend a portion of the trip. “I know that there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to Saudi Arabia,” Biden acknowledged in an op-ed for…

The Conversation

Killing of Palestinian journalist threatens to overshadow Biden's Israel trip

Joe Biden flies to the Middle East on Tuesday for his first trip to the region since entering the White House. Before a visit to Saudi Arabia – one which reawakens the age-old foreign policy dilemma of realpolitik versus human rights – the US president goes to Israel, where he…

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Saudi Arabia's powerful prince unbowed by Western uproar

Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has emerged unbowed from the international outrage over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi four years ago, as Western leaders who once tried to isolate him now seek his support.

Reuters

Factbox: Biden set to tackle oil, Israel, Yemen, Iran on Saudi trip

President Joe Biden will visit the United State's most important Arab ally Saudi Arabia on July 15-16 after two years of strained ties over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the war in Yemen.

Reuters

Timeline: U.S.-Saudi ties through good times and bad

U.S. President Joe Biden visits Saudi Arabia at a rocky time in relations, which have been tested by the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Yemen war.

Reuters

Biden will push for greater oil output on Mideast trip -Sullivan

U.S. President Joe Biden will make the case for greater oil production from OPEC nations to bring down gasoline prices when he meets Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday.

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Exclusive: U.S. weighs resumption of offensive arms sales to Saudis - sources

The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on whether Riyadh makes progress toward ending the war in neighboring Yemen, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Reuters

In Mideast, Biden struggling to shift policy after Trump

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Biden defends pending visit to Saudi Arabia in opinion piece

President Joe Biden, preparing for a trip to Saudi Arabia amid criticism of its poor human rights record, defended his decision in a newspaper opinion piece, insisting that he had long supported reforms and sought to reorient but not rupture relations with a longstanding strategic partner. Read further on Dynamite…

Dynamite News

‘Reorient… not rupture’: Biden defends Saudi visit in column

US president writes in Washington Post his visit will keep US ‘strong and secure’ and that human rights is on agenda.

Al Jazeera

Jon Talton: Jeff Bezos adds his own misdirection on the inflation debate

It’s not unprecedented for titans of industry to attack presidents. Henry Ford was so outraged over former President Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days of initial policies to address the Great Depression that he huffed FDR’s “particular genius is to try to run other people’s businesses.”

Tribune News Service

Biden struggles to define agenda ahead of visit to Saudi Arabia

US president says Arab normalisation with Israel and other regional issues are driving his upcoming trip to the kingdom.

Al Jazeera

Back from Europe, Biden turns to diplomatically delicate Saudi Arabia trip

U.S. President Joe Biden turns his attention this month to a sensitive trip to the Middle East that will test his ability to reset relations with Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince after Biden denounced him as a pariah.

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The Independent UK

US judge asks Biden if Saudi crown prince should have sovereign immunity in Khashoggi civil suit

John Bates, a US district court judge, has given the Biden administration until 1 August to indicate whether it has an interest in the Khashoggi civil case

The Guardian - UK

Judge puts Biden on the spot over immunity for Saudi crown prince

Court invitation to clarify prince’s status comes as president faces criticism for ditching promise to turn Saudi Arabia into a ‘pariah’

The Guardian - UK

A mirage of peace? Joe Biden ventures back into Middle East’s shifting sands

US president’s controversial visit to Saudi Arabia comes at a moment of great upheaval as Russia and China compete for influence, says Observer columnist Simon Tisdall

AFP

Israel, Arab countries deepen cooperation ahead of Biden visit

Manama (AFP) - The United States, Israel and four Arab countries agreed to closer cooperation and annual foreign ministers' meetings on Monday, two weeks before President Joe Biden's first visit to the Middle East.

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As questions on Saudi links to 9/11 swirl, why is Donald Trump hosting a LIV Golf tournament?

This tale involves a famous golf course in New Jersey and one of that community’s most famous part-time residents.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: US must take lead on press freedom

Last month, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Shireen Abu Akleh, an American-Palestinian journalist, while she was reporting for Al Jazeera on an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. She was wearing a helmet and vest clearly marked “PRESS.”

Tribune News Service

Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince embrace as years of rancor end

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday agreed to work toward closer relations in areas such as economy and defense to turn the page on years of rancor that had brought trade and diplomatic ties to a virtual standstill.

France 24

All is forgiven? Saudi leader on first Turkey visit since Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman is visiting Turkey, less than four years after dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered his consulate in Istanbul, never to reemerge. Does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan burying the hatchet with the Gulf oil giant have anything to do with Turkey's skyrocketing inflation and soaring energy…

The Guardian - UK

Saudi crown prince visits Turkey as relations thaw after Khashoggi murder

Mohammed bin Salman welcomed by President Erdoğan in state visit expected to yield significant trade deals

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia and Turkey resume path to partnership amid new Middle East realities

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seek new opportunities to bolster their power

AFP

Saudi prince visits Turkey for talks clouded by Khashoggi murder

Ankara (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler took a big step out of international isolation Wednesday by paying his first visit to Sunni rival Turkey since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.

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