Douglas Herbert meets Jamal Khashoggi to discuss Saudi Arabia’s role in the Middle East. Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s ruling royal family has been increasingly supporting the Syrian opposition. A former editor-in-chief of one of the most pro-reform newspapers in Saudi Arabia, Al-Watan, Jamal Khashoggi gives us his insight into Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy.
Is it the end of the line for Ali Abdullah Saleh? Or could the Yemeni president still have a hand in his country's future? Despite signing over power to his deputy, and despite Yemeni protesters wanting to put him on trial, the man hailed as the great survivor of the Arab Spring may still be able pull strings in his country's political future.
The Arab League is suspending Syria over its violence against civilians. In eight months, over 3,500 people have died at the hands of security forces. The regime of Bashar al-Assad looks friendless, isolated and even desperate - its final attempts at getting that suspension overturned have been soundly rejected.
Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz was appointed heir to the Saudi throne on Thursday following the death of his brother Sultan last week. Some have expressed concern that his "ultra-conservative" views may slow reforms in the kingdom.
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz (pictured), the heir to the Saudi throne, has died, according to an announcement on state television Saturday. His brother, Prince Nayef, is now in line to succeed King Abdullah.
Saudi King Abdullah arrived at Riyadh hospital over the weekend for a back surgery this week. The 87-year-old monarch of the oil-rich Gulf nation has undergone treatment in the US last year for a slipped disc complication.
An order from the very top of the work of a (clumsy) hustler playing both ends against the middle? François Picard’s panel argues over the motives and timing of an alleged plot to blow up the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
First, we bring you an exclusive interview from Bahrain with one of the 20 medics sentenced to prison for treating protesters. Next, our correspondents in Yemen meet with soldiers who have defected to join dissident forces. Finally, with women in Saudi Arabia being granted the right to vote, we ask how the Arab spring has affected women's rights across the Middle East.
They’ll soon have the right to vote - but not to drive. Women’s rights advocate Wajeha al-Huwaider berates the deliberate pace of reform in her kingdom. But fellow Saudi Naila Al Faifi defends what she describes as an evolutionary process.
They’ll soon have the right to vote - but not to drive. Women’s rights advocate Wajeha al-Huwaider berates the deliberate pace of reform in her kingdom. But fellow Saudi Naila Al Faifi defends what she describes as an evolutionary process.
