Tag: Iran
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Media Reactions – 25 Days of Biden
Below is a quick review of recent Saudi media reactions thus far to US policies towards Saudi Arabia and a number of regional issues – including a summary of main narratives, a note on what Biden administration policy seems to be, and quotes from some of the more prominent commentators (especially Abdelrahman al-Rashed, for reasons…
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Qassem Suleimani
[To be updated] Official and Semi-official: Restraint The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was guarded in its official statement, despite implicitly referencing past Iran-associated actions as justification and motivation for the act. The Kingdom “calls for the importance of self-restraint” to avoid “aggravating the situation, with unbearable consequences.” Adel Jubeir (Minister of State for Foreign…
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Iran, Aramco, and Other Things
Iran Iran has been a consistent topic of discussion in recent weeks, owing to the framing of uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq as anti-Iranian revolts, protests within Iran itself, and lengthy investigations involving leaked documents that ran in the NYT and the Intercept this past week. The protests within Iran were a “Red Card for…
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The Eye of the Storm – Abqaiq and Khurais
Given the demands of other work I don’t have time to cover the Saudi media scene at present in depth – suffice to say that coverage of the (almost certainly but not conclusively Iranian-backed) attacks on oil facilities at Abqaiq seems somewhat muted from inside the Kingdom, and there being less of a tense atmosphere…
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Aden and the STC: 3 Views
Three recent op-eds in three separate Saudi papers (Okaz, Al-Sharq al-Aawsat, Al-Jazirah) on recent developments in Aden. Events in Aden – why now? Perhaps the events in Aden were linked to the reports of behind-the-scenes efforts underway to reach international understandings aimed at reigning in some of the region’s crises, including the crisis with Iran…
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KSA Papers: 6.22-6.29, 2019
UN Report on the Death of Jamal Khashoggi “What is always happens is that the hostile media has its material ready and its agenda set, as in the case of the report of the UN Rapporteur on Wednesday. The report was heralded by Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Qatar and hostile Turkish media channels, with the European Union…
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KSA: June 15-22
Confrontation with Iran “Today, the world has a real chance to get rid of the civilizational threat that the Iranian regime represents. It is useless to talk of a “peaceful solution” unless the regime changes, and under no circumstances should the current regime be expected to change its behavior. This is not the “behavior” of…
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MBS Interview: 6.15.2019
“Mohammed bin Salman to «Al-Sharq al-Awsat»: Iran’s recent attacks require a firm stance from the international community,” interview with Ghassan Cherbal, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 6.15.2019 Unofficial translation, some sections rearranged for thematic reasons. [Update: official translation available here: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1769696/mohammed-bin-salman-asharq-al-awsat-we-don%E2%80%99t-want-war-we-won%E2%80%99t-hesitate-dealing ] Major sections: Iran Jamal Khashoggi Yemen PIF Aramco IPO Iran The region has recently witnessed serious…
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KSA: June 8-14, 2019
Saudi Papers in Translation Key topics: Qatar and HBJ Interview with the Telegraph U.S. media reports on Saudi missile development Potential for confrontation with Iran Qatar and HBJ “In the midst of Qatar’s two-year-old celebrations of its “glorious achievements”… what really matters to its neighbors is that they have achieved a large part of their…
The Bitter Lake 