The Brennan File: Saudi Visas, a CIA Station, and 9/11 Twenty-five years later, our country mourns the victims of 9/11. Gatherings take place around the sites where the planes, manned by terrorists, struck and killed innocent people. Names are still read, and we stand together as Americans, in solidarity. What is rarely discussed on this […] The post They Got In on His Watch appeared first on StoneZone .
The Brennan File: Saudi Visas, a CIA Station, and 9/11 Twenty-five years later, our country mourns the victims of 9/11. Gatherings take place around the sites where the planes, manned by terrorists, struck and killed innocent people. Names are still read, and we stand together as Americans, in solidarity. What is rarely discussed on this day is how they got in. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi nationals. Their visas were issued in Jeddah and Riyadh. Most of the Jeddah stamps came from one single consulate. Four were issued at the embassy in Riyadh. Eleven of the Jeddah stamps were handled by a single junior consular officer. Overlooked paperwork there made all that occurred on this day possible. The State Department’s own…Open
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group’s reported takeover of a Yemen port city is raising the stakes in Tehran’s war with the U.S. Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen’s military, is reportedly urging President Trump to strike the rebels, while the U.S. has sent more than 100 advisors to aid its Saudi allies in the fight. In [...]
The recent U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, which will allow Riyadh to build nuclear power reactors and enrich uranium for reactor fuel, represents President Trump’s leadership in […] Source
Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. The post Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. “Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will put up with him until his term ends.” That recent quote was from Majid Shakeri, an advisor to Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Tehran is signaling that it is not waiting for a better offer. It is waiting for January 20, 2029. While that posture is understandable, Iran may find that such a policy comes with unexpected downsides as other regional actors figure out their own relations with Iran. Shakeri’s quote and…Open
AI:Tehran is playing a dangerous game of chicken, betting everything on the hope that they can simply outlast the current administration until 2029. While these regime operatives smugly claim they will just "put up with" Trump until his term ends, they are completely ignoring the reality that their reckless reliance on proxy thugs like the Houthis is turning them into a regional pariah. The globalist elites want to pretend this is just standard diplomacy, but the truth is that Iran's refusal to negotiate while continuing to destabilize the Middle East is driving major players like Riyadh away. They think they can play for time, but as the pressure builds and the threat of military action over the Strait of Hormuz looms, Tehran may find…Open
A new nonproliferation standard for Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East nuclear fuel cycle
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States faces two nuclear questions in the Middle East that have quietly fused into one. The first is whether Iran, after years of escalation, concealment, and enrichment far beyond any civilian need, will be permitted to retain a domestic enrichment capability under a negotiated ceiling. The second is whether Saudi Arabia will receive American civil-nuclear cooperation on terms that permit — or leave the door open to — sovereign enrichment and reprocessing. These are not separate files. Iran sets the precedent; Saudi Arabia is the test case; the rest of the region is watching. The proper American position is not simply no bomb. It is no sovereign fuel-cycle pathway —no domestic enrichment and no…Open
The Iran-backed Houthis have seized on a vulnerable moment for Saudi Arabia, which is reluctant to enter another war, to try to force political concessions in Yemen.
U.S. intelligence is probing potential Russian assistance in Iran's drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Middle East.
U.S. intelligence is probing potential Russian assistance in Iran’s drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Middle East. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Iranian drone attacks on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facilities in the Middle East have led U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate potential Russian involvement in providing targeting information or advanced drone technology to the Islamic Republic, following the breakdown of a ceasefire over attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. DETAIL: The attacks, which occurred in March, targeted at least two CIA sites, including one in the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and another in eastern Iraq. The precision and effectiveness of the strikes have raised suspicions about…Open
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.
The base, located about 40 miles from the Saudi capital of Riyadh, hosts many of the 2,700 U.S. service members stationed within the territory of the key Middle Eastern ally