Biden had promised during his presidential campaign to make Saudi Arabia "a pariah" for a few reasons, Khashoggi included. And though he has made some (but perhaps not enough) progress in that ...
The nomination comes at a low point in US-Saudi relations, with Biden clearly distancing himself from the country and Crown Prince Mohammed — also known as MBS — reportedly trying to punish ...
Notably, Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia in July 2022 and meeting with MBS underscored this change, with U.S. efforts to broker normalized relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and enlisting ...
Last year, the Biden administration released a declassified intelligence report that directly implicated MBS in Khashoggi's murder. Sanctions were slapped on a number of Saudis in concert with the ...