The Department of the Treasury announced today that they will sanction the 17 individuals who were involved in the killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this October. The move from the Trump Administration will freeze any assets the individuals have in the U.S. and…
Since his presidential campaign began, the media has obsessed over Donald Trump’s penchant for lying. Journalists have meticulously documented and cataloged every mistruth, as if one day he’ll wake up, realize he got it all wrong, and apologize.
Watch your ass, Jared Kushner. Eric Trump has some Opinions about the Middle East.
It appears that not even the alleged role members of the Saudi government played in the death and dismemberment of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is enough to keep U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin from hobnobbing with Saudi bigwigs at an upcoming “anti-terrorism” summit in late October.
It’s been two weeks since Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and presumed murder at the hands of Saudi operatives—ones whom, evidence strongly suggests, were working at the behest of Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman. But despite all signs pointing a targeted assassination meant to silence an…
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on the internal deliberation process that led Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to certify to Congress that “the governments of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians” in Yemen, allowing the US to…
According to The Young Turks, the Pentagon is planning to train Saudi Arabian military pilots inside the U.S. Federal procurement documents show that the U.S. Air Force is looking for private contractors to lead the training, which will be “conducted in the U.S. at contractor’s facility.”
The current civil war in Yemen between Houthi rebels and a coalition led by Saudi Arabia is one of the worst humanitarian crises on Earth. Air strikes by Saudi Arabia, helped along by U.S. intelligence, weapons, and troops, have killed more than 5,000 civilians since the war began in 2015, and the resulting famine has…
The political media had a collective meltdown on Monday over President Donald Trump’s speech about the new $717 billion defense budget he signed. The meltdown wasn’t about the sheer enormity of the money we’re spending on the military, though. Nor was it about how the language in the bill seeks to escalate tensions…
The Senate voted on Tuesday not to debate a bill that would have cut off U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition that has been waging war in Yemen for the past three years by a vote of 55–44, with 10 Democrats joining with Republicans in voting to continue supporting the war.
The latest travel ban put forward by the Trump administration went into effect on December 8 and includes eight countries, most of which are majority Muslim. It also includes an onerous process to obtain a waiver, which ultimately comes down to whether or not the Departments of State and Homeland Security think you…
For families with roots in countries singled out by President Trump’s travel ban, this holiday season is a particularly complicated time to explore what being American truly means. In the second video of our “Banned Recipes” series, a Yemeni American opens up her kitchen to show us how to make Saltah, a dish designed…
Update: After this story was published, Afrah Nasser announced on Twitter on Monday that her third visa application was (finally) approved:
